They say history has a way of repeating itself. And on a hot summer Tuesday night at Coors Field, echoes from the past – ghosts from bygone eras – wandered the hallowed grounds of the baseball diamond ready to etch a new name into the history books; German Marquez. Like a waking dream, this moments felt eerily familiar to Marquez.…...
From Kyle Freeland and Ubaldo Jimenez to Marvin Freeman, Drew, Patrick, and guest Mark Knudson (former Rox pitcher) dive into the best and most interesting pitching seasons for the Colorado Rockies and MLB over the last 30 years.
Eight days after signing a contract extension for five years, $43 million, German Marquez showed exactly why the consensus around these parts was that, despite him being just 24-years-old, the Colorado Rockies got an absolute steal. He is already the owner of some franchise and even MLB records for strikeouts and on Sunday, he may well have pitched the best…...
I had one simple question for three complex men. The Colorado Rockies have existed for 25 years and for 23 and a half of them, the idea that they could ever boast a dominant pitching staff seemed more far-fetched than anything ripped from the pages of a comic book. And yet, as I stood before a player who has worn…...