Where would the Rockies be without 2007?

The Tampa Bay Rays took their first American League crown in 2008, just one year after the Rockies took their first in the National League. As Tampa Bay currently rides out their second trip to the World Series, Rockies fans are left to wonder just how long it will be until a second trip of their own.

If World Series odds were based on sheer probability (a huge understatement, of course), MLB teams would have a 1-in-30 chance at winning a title. A pennant every 15 years is on pace with that probability, so Colorado’s NL pennant in their 15th year was right on cue. If the next World Series berth is also on probabilistic cue, the Rockies would expect it to come on their 30th anniversary in…