Make it Rocky vs. the Rockies.

If you didn’t catch it late last night, the Colorado Rockies rallied to beat the San Diego Padres, 9-8.

That means the Mile High Guys will be here Wednesday afternoon to kick off the National League Division Series at Citizens Bank Park against the Phils.

There are several things you should know going into this. One of them is not good. Another is for the most part an inconvenience. The other is simply an outrage.

First: All the Rockies have done in rallying to topple the Padres is win their 14 of their last 15 games. These guys can flat-out hit. Then again the Phils have won 14 of 17 to knock off the Mets.

Put these two teams in the bandbox known as Citizens Bank Park and you have all the makings of a slugfest. And ditto that for hitter-friendly Coors Field in Denver.

Second: If by any chance you don’t have cable or satellite TV, there is something you need to know about this much-anticipated series that the die-hard Phillies faithful have waited 14 years to see. You’re not going to see it. Major League Baseball’s entire Division Series playoffs are being televised on TBS. That’s cable.

Unlike the NFL, which puts games that are broadcast on ESPN on a local outlet, there’s no such arrangement for the baseball playofffs. Unless you can get TBS, better break out the radio. I’m wondering just how many fans this will afffect. We’ll try to find out today.

Finally, the first two games of this series will take place at 3 p.m. Perfect. I have long been of the belief that these playoff games should be played in the daytime. Yes, the shadows will be an issue, and the Phils don’t seem to hit that well in these late-afternoon encounters.

But all the news is not good. For the third and fourth games of the series, the teams head to the Mile High City. Game time Saturday night is 9:30 p.m. It gets worse. If a Game 4 is necessary Sunday night, it will start at 10 p.m.

That’s not a misprint. The game will actually start after a lot of people who need to get up to go to school or work on Monday morning are already in bed.

Full confession here: Starting games at 9:30 and 10 p.m. is no treat for newspapers either. We basically will be holding our deadlines for the results of the games.

It wouldn’t make much sense to do otherwise. But it causes all kinds of problems.

What if they play 18 innings Sunday night? That would put the conclusion somewhere in the vicinity of 2 or 3 a.m. Nice.

It just reaffirms what I have thought for some time. Players don’t rule baseball. Neither does management.

TV does. They’ll play these games when TV tells them to play them. Even if it means starting games at 10 p.m.

Maybe they could make it Fan Appreciation Night.