The Colorado Rockies have certainly had their share of players that you forgot donned the purple pinstripes.
Dexter Fowler pulled through for the Colorado Rockies on Saturday evening. On the third pitch of his 14th inning at bat against the Dodgers Blake Hawksworth, Fowler singled to left field, plating Mark Ellis, who had nearly ended the game one at bat earlier, with what turned out to be a two-out double to the right-center gap. With third place…...
When you score one run and Aaron Cook is on the mound, odds are there won’t be a W put up in the win column. Cook had a great night through five innings. He gave up one run on two hits through the first five frames, and then the flood gates opened. After two fluky base hits, one off of…...
Colorado Rockies fans should be used to it at this point.The club has made a habit of rising up from the dead, right when the most loyal of their fans have given up. It looks like they are going to do it again in 2011. Going into the All-Star break, the Rockies were .500 at home, something unfamiliar to even…...
The Colorado Rockies traded for a guy named Mark Ellis on Thursday.However, don’t look at the name and you would think they got a reincarnated Mickey Mantle. In the six-run second inning that propelled the Rockies to a win, the Royals decided to intentionally walk Carlos Gonzalez in order to get to Ellis. A move that would spell their doom.…...
It was the laugher that the Colorado Rockies haven’t had all season long.On Friday night, the Rockies got the fireworks going before the sun set. Mark Ellis, just acquired by the Rockies on Thursday, made a big bang in his Rockies debut. He went 3-for-5 in his debut with a double and a home run. He had three RBIs. That…...
One thing is for sure, the Colorado Rockies believe that they are contenders. On Thursday afternoon before the Rockies took the field against the White Sox, the club traded Triple-A right-hander Bruce Billings and cash to the Oakland Athletics for second baseman Mark Ellis.Ellis is having a difficult season, hitting just .217 in 62 games, but he is a career…...