Colorado Rockies continue to win in bunches and take their 7th series in 10 tries in Sunday’s win over the New York Mets. Since April 30th, the Rox are 16-10, second-best in the National League. How many games in a row does Ryan McMahon with a home run? Is it time for a change at closer with Daniel Bard dominating…
Todd Helton will be in the Baseball Hall of Fame. There is zero doubt about it now. The 17-year veteran of the Colorado Rockies has finally begun to receive significant support from voters in the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) during his fifth year on the Hall of Fame ballot. Now, the only question is whether Helton will be…
Cody Bellinger, center fielder for the Colorado Rockies. It has an interesting ring to it. A notable player coming from a premier team to find his way in Denver – and not the other way around – would be nothing short of a shocker. Yet, those odds drastically increased last Friday when Bellinger was non-tendered by the Los Angeles Dodgers…
The Colorado Rockies had a Big Bang moment that helped them form into a real baseball franchise and it wasn’t Opening Day 1993. No, that pivotal moment that created the Rockies universe happened with the 1992 Expansion Draft. Held at the Marriott Marquis in the New York City on November 17, 1992, two groups of baseball professionals gathered to make…
Black is back for another year beyond 2022 and Drew Goodman of AT&T SportsNet breaks down why this is a big deal for the Rockies. Was it Colorado or Bud that didn’t want a longer extension? We also get into Commissioner Manfred’s morning press conference and figure out if it was filled with more good news or bad news. DON’T…
Now that Gil Hodges has been selected by the Golden Days Era Committee to be enshrined in National Baseball Hall of Fame, every player who has received at least 50% of the vote in a year has made it to Cooperstown. Todd Helton appears set to reach that mark in his 4th appearance on the ballot. Before you make a…...
The voice of the Rockies on AT&T SportsNet joins the podcast for his weekly conversation about all things Colorado baseball. Drew Goodman highlights an intriguing coaching hire who could push the right buttons to help give the lineup more pop. We update the figures on Todd Helton’s Hall of Fame candidacy and figure out if Baseball Reference’s most popular player…
When thinking about the all-time greatest Colorado Rockies players and managers in the club’s relatively brief history, a short list immediately comes to mind from the past 29 seasons. Larry Walker, Todd Helton, Troy Tulowitzki, Carlos González, Nolan Arenado and Charlie Blackmon comprise the player side with each man having spent at least eight years in Denver. Only seven managers…
One Colorado Rockies' outfielder is remembering the lessons of Don Baylor and it could shake up the entire NL postseason race.
On this episode of the BSN Rockies Podcast, Drew Creasman remembers the very first manager of the Colorado Rockies, Don Baylor, who recently passed away but left behind a lifetime of wonderful memories. Of course, we talk a bit about Greg Holland’s second blown save in a row and what, if anything, it means for the Rockies moving forward. And,…...
When Clint Hurdle brought the Colorado Rockies first manager back on to his staff before the 2009 season, the move was celebrated.The club had gone back to it’s roots and hired someone who understood the culture of the Rockies. However, that move will continue to haunt the Rockies for years to come. It became increasingly clear as the 2010 season…...
It almost sounds like a joke.This is the offense that all of the pundits said would win the Colorado Rockies their first ever National League West crown. This is the offense that needed to help this Colorado Rockies team win five-out-of-six on this road trip and after five games has scored a grand total of seven runs. It doesn’t take…...
What’s new? Nothing with the Rockies.On Thursday night in Los Angeles, a place the Rockies go to lose, dropped the final game of the three game series. They were shutout once again, 2-0.In 28 innings in the three game series, the Rockies scored a total of three runs. One of those was a gift, in the 10th inning of the…...
The Colorado Rockies fired Don Baylor after the 1998 season. They never should have brought him back.The club’s Baylor managed were referred to as the “Blake Street Bombers.” They set all sorts of records for home runs. From 1993 to 1998 Colorado baseball fans were not real baseball fans, they had fallen in love with a game that was more…...
To paraphrase Yogi Berra, it gets late early around here.The Colorado Rockies once again blew a 3-0 lead in the late innings and lost to the lowly Houston Astros 4-3 on Tuesday night at Coors Field.The loss spoiled a phenomenal performance from Jeff Francis, who delivered seven innings of two run baseball. In giving up just seven hits, Francis threw…...
The Colorado Rockies struggles continued in Houston on Wednesday. The lackluster baseball team that was nearly every analysts pick to win the National League lost 7-3 to the National League’s worst team, against their worst pitcher.Houston starter Felipe Paulino, sporting a 0-6 record with a 5.72 ERA, was the latest National League pitcher to throw the game of their life…...
This team is like a good Hollywood script. It almost as if the team forgets that they can win the game earlier than the seventh, eighth or ninth innings. But why should they do that, that wouldn’t be as much fun.The Rockies, trailing 4-2 in the seventh inning, got a huge hit from Seth Smith. Smith doubled for the second…...
Dexter Fowler impressed the Rockies so much at Double-A Tulsa last year that when September rolled around, they decided to give him a taste of big league action.Fowler had just finished helping Team USA to the Bronze metal in Beijing, and had made an impressive catch at the Futures game, an event that takes place during All-Star Weekend that features…...
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