Keeler: As Rockies’ Kris Bryant heads back to injured list, fans are ready to move on: “He can’t handle the game anymore”

Colorado Rockies first base Kris Bryant (23) views the tablet in the dugout during the game against the Cincinnati Reds at Coors Field Wednesday, June 05, 2024. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

The last button Rockies skipper Bud Black pushed right at Coors Field was on the front of the clubhouse microwave.

Rookie pitcher Angel Chivilli got thrown to the wolves (the wolves, er, Reds, won on Wednesday, thanks to a six-run ninth), which means Colorado’s lugging a five-game losing skid into Nolan Arenado’s backyard.

Check that. A five-game losing skid and no Kris Bryant.

Again.

“It’s looking like we’re going to put him on the injured list,” Black said after his star’s back problems re-emerged over the past few days. “And let this settle down and hopefully come back in the 10-day period.”

In the meantime, Buddy, you’ll just have to forgive Harrison Haus for presuming the worst. Or rather, more of the same.

“(Bryant) has a knack for not playing when we’re here, I’ll say that much,” the Cubs convert from South Bend, Ind., who now lives in Aurora told me as we watched the eighth inning of a maddening 12-7 loss to Cincinnati from the back of Section 130.

“I mean, in the last couple years, probably, we’ve been to 15 (games).”

“How many of those did Bryant miss?” I asked.

Haus peered into the beer splashing about his plastic cup. He took a reflexive sip while doing the math in his head.

“Ten of those,” Haus replied.

“Sounds about right,” I said.