By now, you’ve probably had a good chance to watch or listen to a game during Spring Training and have recognized the 1.5x speed that is now Major League Baseball. If you like your games to be longer than the typical three-hour film from Martin Scorcese, get used to something closer to the two-and-a-half mark thanks to a series of…
Colorado added roster depth by signing three players on minor league deals. Who are these new Rockies and how can they help the club in 2022? Plus, long-time umpire Joe West calls it a career while the MLB Umpires’ Association adds five new upstarts. Learn about Cowboy Joe’s country album, his suspensions for touching players and the $500,000 he won…
Derek Montilla & Jesse Friedman join the show to draft from the cadre of players who have suited up for both the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks. SPOILER: Patrick’s team is the best! We commiserate over both teams being stuck in the NL West with those California clubs as well as figure out how bad having good attendance at one’s…
After paying tribute to Tommy Lasorda, Drew and Patrick remember a few more forgotten pitchers in Colorado Rockies history by taking a look at the careers of Armando Reynoso and Jhoulys Chacin. Complete with sim!
The 2010 Colorado Rockies may not have been able to become the first squad to reach consecutive postseasons, but staff ace Ubaldo Jiménez certainly pitched in a fashion befitting of a playoff performance each time he took the bump at 20th and Blake during that lost season. Jiménez put together the most dominant six months of any purple pitcher with…
No matter what happens during his playing career, whether it’s multiple All-Star Game selections, Cy Young Awards or a trip to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, the biography of Antonio Senzatela will have a large section that focuses on his mother. Before signing with Colorado as an international free agent out of Venezuela, Senzatela was raised on baseball…
The indelible mark on our memories is left oftentimes by the sheer rarity of an event or the magnitude of a result. LoDo legends such as Carlos González and Nolan Arenado have their share of heartwarming efforts, but reflecting upon their best single-game performance comes down to their highlight-making cycles in 2010 and on Father’s Day in 2017, respectively. It was…
On Opening Day 2016, Colorado traveled to Arizona to pit their shiny new toys against one another. During the offseason, Zack Greinke opted out of a three-year, $71M pact ($23.7M average annual salary) with the Los Angeles Dodgers only to stick around in the NL West and sign with the Diamondbacks on a six-year, $206.5M pact ($34.4M average annual salary).…