Fear the beard: Charlie Blackmon off to red-hot start for Rockies

"It won't be long," he said, "but if I'm feeling really bad one day, I'll go in there and watch and be like, 'Man, I used to be pretty good.'"

Charlie Blackmon is batting .548 after the first week of the season, the only player in the majors above .500 :: Russell Lansford/Icon SMI

"It won't be long," he said, "but if I'm feeling really bad one day, I'll go in there and watch and be like, 'Man, I used to be pretty good.'"