When Hideo Nomo signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1995 to become the first Japanese player in Major League Baseball since San Francisco Giants’ reliever Masanori Murakami (1964-65), he opened the proverbial door for all ballplayers in the Land of the Rising Sun. Naturally, it was a trickle at the start for Nomo’s compatriots: one more player in 1996,…
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…
If a player for the Giants or Dodgers gets injured, it can force a rule change, so what will have to happen to them to get rid of these dumb rules?
These are the games that good teams win. They are also the games that bad teams lose. The Colorado Rockies are the latter, and therefore they lost this time. The final score was 4-3. Jordan Lyles was very good again on Monday, but he spoiled a really good outing with something that has become a trend for him. He…...
Now that was gut wrenching.The Colorado Rockies blew a 7-3 lead in a must-win makeup game against the Phillies on Thursday night at Coors Field. The Phillies rallied to score nine runs…that’s right, nine runs in the 7th inning to put any hope of a Rockies postseason berth out of mind.Chase Utley hit a grand slam and drove in six…...
When fans thaw out on Monday morning reality may set in. The Colorado Rockies had several chances to take a commanding 2-1 lead in the best of five division series, but ended up on the wrong end of a 6-5 loss to the Phillies. The Rockies held a 3-1 lead through three innings and looked as if they were cruising.…...
Coming into Tuesday night’s game with the Phillies the Colorado Rockies had won four straight and quickly turned around the fate of what seemed like an ill-fated road trip after dropping the first three games in New York. The Rockies were able to run the streak to five in a row after pounding the Phillies 8-3. Playing against the World…...