The Colorado Rockies may be one of only three teams to have not won a Cy Young Award since 1993, but plenty of the game’s greatest pitchers have passed through Denver over the last 31 seasons. Two such recipients came through LoDo in the past three days with a fourth starting on Saturday. This includes a pair of three-time winners…
Justin starts the podcast by talking about his disappointment regarding Todd Helton not being inducted into the Pro Baseball Hall of Fame. Justin talks about why Todd was such a big factor for him becoming a sports fan, and why he’s tired of East Coast sports writers diminishing the accomplishments of all great athletes in the Mountain Time Zone. Justin…
Patrick Mahomes purchased stake in the Kansas City Royals and Giannas Antetokounmpo owns part of the Milwaukee Brewers. Could Nikola Jokic become another back-to-back MVP who joins his hometown’s ownership group? Which Denver athletes own teams in other cities? And what did Will Ferrell do back in 2015 that gets him on this list of athletes who own teams?
The Contemporary Era Ballot committee announced the names of who could be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as part of the 2023 Class and there’s a Colorado Rockies player on the list. Who could be next to join Larry Walker in Cooperstown? Plus, the Rockies added two new coaches with interesting pedigrees. Can they turn the tide on…
Outfielder Wynton Bernard of the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes drops by to talk about the changes in MiLB this season as well as one surprising change coming up in 2023. What’s the housing situation been like? And how challenging is that ‘Topes Slope in centerfield? Suzie and Patrick ponder the question: Is Derek Jeter overrated? Their answer may surprise you. Plus,…
The National Baseball Hall of Fame announced David Ortiz as the only new member in the Class of 2022 as all other players on the ballot received less than 75%. Todd Helton took another step closer to Cooperstown by appearing on 52.0% of ballots from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Writers from Purple Row and RoxPile – Justin Wick,…
K.P. Wee, author and host of The K.P. Wee Podcast, discusses his late book, “The Case For Barry Bonds in the Hall of Fame: The Untold and Forgotten Stories of Baseball’s Home Run King.” He details the double standards and unfair criticism Bonds has faced in his career, not to mention several interesting anecdotes about his treatment of teammates that…
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…
On this day in 1993, Coors Field was approved to add seat to the upper deck in right field and expand capacity to over 50,000. It also kicked off an era of new stadiums with Ball Arena (1999) and Empower Field (2001) following soon after. Top of the Rockies continues and we discuss the best moments of the year, including…
Drew Goodman joins the show to discuss and celebrate the deep and rich history of baseball in Colorado before the Rockies arrived in 1993.
From Barry Bonds to Bobby Abreu. With Hall of Fame announcements on the horizon, Drew and Patrick reveal who they would vote for if they had the chance at this ballot.
Drew and Patrick say goodbye to a legend. Hank Aaron truly belongs on the short list of people who could claim to be the greatest player in the history of baseball.
Drew Goodman joins us to chat Todd Helton, Larry Walker, Nolan Arenado and the MLB Hall of Fame. What truly makes a Hall of Famer? And are there more borderline Colorado Rockies than we tend to think?
Andres Galarraga and a few other former Colorado Rockies deserve much more attention from Hall of Fame voters. Drew and Patrick make the case for him along with the likes of Fred McGriff and Carlos Delgado.
From Nolan Arenado to Albert Pujols, we celebrate the best current players in MLB and the Colorado Rockies. Makayla Perkins joins Drew and Patrick to draft current players who will end up in the Hall of Fame.
Colorado Rockies baseball counts. Your baseball matters. On Tuesday, January 21, at approximately 4:15 Mountain Time, an entire franchise — everyone who has ever worn the uniform with pride, anyone who ever bought a ticket, every member of the Coors Field staff from the ushers and security guards to those who serve food and drink or sell swag or seats…