Do you remember the only Rockie to hit a triple in the All-Star Game? How many have homered during the Midsummer Classic? And which Blake Street Bomber went to the finals of the Home Run Derby? Patrick & Suzie recap Tuesday’s All-Star Game before highlighting the best moments of the Colorado Rockies’ first half, including the top players and favorite…
As much as some curmudgeonly folks like to point at analytics as ruining the modern game of baseball, there a countless other reasons why the rise of statistics in the public domain have actually made the sport all the more palatable. For all the flaws of Wins Above Replacement (WAR), it helps give context to what we think our eyes…...
They say history has a way of repeating itself. And on a hot summer Tuesday night at Coors Field, echoes from the past – ghosts from bygone eras – wandered the hallowed grounds of the baseball diamond ready to etch a new name into the history books; German Marquez. Like a waking dream, this moments felt eerily familiar to Marquez.…...
In a fashion seemingly typical for only a player aligned with the Colorado Rockies, Carlos González finished third in the National League MVP voting (2010) before being selected to his first All-Star Game (2012). Against the Pittsburgh Pirates and their manager Clint Hurdle on this day in 2012, González gave the former Rockies’ skipper a taste of what could have…
Following an outstanding 2007 season that saw Matt Holliday fall short of winning the second NL MVP in franchise history, the Oklahoma native put forth an equally impressive 2008 in his final year before being traded to the Oakland Athletics. Entering a three-game series at home versus Atlanta, Holliday had a slash line of .182/.280/.364 through the first six games…
In the wake of the 1994 players’ strike that caused the cancellation of the World Series, part of the collateral damage for the small market Montréal Expos was the need to cut costs on what was already the second-lowest payroll in MLB. After trading closer John Wetteland to the New York Yankees, even more Expos players, including three All-Stars, moved…
In 2016 Jon Gray had the ninth-best pitching season by fWAR in the history of the Colorado Rockies, he was a rookie. Now unencumbered by the the weight of playing in the show and with the unquestioned title of ace of the staff on his name, the Gray Wolf could howl towards uncharted territory for a Rockies starting pitcher.…...
The 2015 season was rough for the Colorado Rockies starting pitching. They lost starter Jordan Lyles in late May and failed to produce a 10-game winner. Not to mention free agent acquisition Kyle Kendrick giving up a MLB leading 33 home runs and sporting a dismal 6.32 ERA. However, there were a few bright spots, Jon Gray made his MLB…...
It finally happened. The Colorado Rockies have finally said that Jon Gray has done everything that he can in Triple-A to prove that he deserves a shot at the Major League mound. He will make his much anticipated debut on Tuesday night at Coors Field against the Seattle Mariners. The hard-throwing righy out of the University of Oklahoma was…...
Playing out the string isn’t too much fun to watch. On Tuesday night it was the Pittsburgh Pirates, a few nights before it was the Angels. Tomorrow night could be the Dodgers turn. Meanwhile, the Colorado Rockies finished a 3-1/2 hour game in San Diego that literally means nothing. It would have been a nail biter–if anyone still cared. Instead,…...
Tyler Matzek has been very good in his rookie year. Many fans of the Colorado Rockies gave up on Tyler Matzek years ago. Check out the comments section on pieces written on the night that he pitches. There are plenty of people who still don’t want to believe. There are Rockies fans who insist that he isn’t good and that…...
Coors Field isn’t an easy place to pitch. Classic Coors Field. That is what many people say after yet another football score at Coors Field. The Colorado Rockies lost to the Milwaukee Brewers by a field goal on Friday night, 13-10. It was the type of score that has been seen at Coors Field for the past 20 seasons. When…...
Jorge De La Rosa has the quietest 16-win season in baseball history. Move over Aaron Cook, Coors Field has a new leader in wins. On Wednesday night in Denver, Jorge De La Rosa continued his impressive, but extremely quiet season. The left-hander picked up his league-leading 16th win of the year, carving apart a Dodgers lineup that threatened, but couldn’t…...
The Colorado Rockies are about to enter a season in which even the most optimistic fans think they won’t be a .500 team. Aaron Cook returned to Colorado on a minor league deal. Since exiting the playoffs in heartbreaking fashion in 2009, the Rockies have fallen hard. A 2010 campaign saw them stay in the race until they packed it…...
The Rockies are going back to a 5-man rotation. With a chance to win a series in San Diego on Saturday night, the Colorado Rockies couldn’t get the job done, dropping the nearly meaningless game 4-3. Drew Pomeranz continues his search for economical pitching, going just three innings and delivering 67 total pitches. The news for most of the Rockies…...
When does Bob Apodaca start getting heat? An exciting night at Coors Field on Tuesday night came to an end with the Colorado Rockies hottest hitter, Carlos Gonzalez, striking out to end the game, leaving the Rockies one run short. Three innings earlier, the Rockies were down 7-0, struggling at the plate against lefty Ted Lilly, but more importantly, out…...
Jeremy Guthrie battled through 7 rough innings on Monday. It is still early. There is no reason to panic. However, after 10 baseball games in the 2012 season, it seems as if the Colorado Rockies might think a little higher of themselves than they should be. In the midst of an offseason dedicated to rebuilding the clubhouse culture, the Rockies…...
It has been an extremely disappointing season, there is no doubt about that.The Colorado Rockies look more like the 2004 version of the Rockies than a team that was supposed to contend for the National League West crown, and push for the World Series. The disappointment from the fans is evident. There is plenty of frustration to go around, from…...
As the Colorado Rockies season continues to dwindle down the drain, Aaron Cook continues to take the mound every fifth day. Anyone who still argued three weeks ago that the Rockies had a chance to crawl back into the race had completely ignored the fact that Cook was a regular in the club’s rotation. Look at Cook’s line on Sunday…...
Here we go again. It is almost getting annoying how predictable these Colorado Rockies are. Under perform for most of the season in nearly every aspect of the game, dig a big hole, make sure every last person who follows baseball has written them off, then suddenly jump out of the grave and come back to life. The Rockies, winners…...
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