Clint Hurdle will always be considered an integral part of Denver’s professional sports landscape. As manager of the Colorado Rockies in 2007, he helmed one of the greatest single runs in the history of the game, winning 21 of 22 games en route to reaching the franchise’s only World Series. On Friday, he took time before a local fundraiser to…
No matter what has happened to the Colorado Rockies during the last five years, the memories of the 2018 National League Wild Card Game simply cannot be erased. Colorado has won 10 playoff games during their five postseason appearances in 31 seasons. Seven of those came in 2007. Two others came in elimination games. But the most recent came exactly…
Do you remember waking up on this day 15 years ago? Sure, recalling last night’s dinner can be enough of a challenge for most, but 2007 is something different. There. Now it’s starting to come back to you. On the morning of October 16, 2007, you woke up and realized your baseball team, the Colorado Rockies, were heading to their…
Drew Goodman, voice of the Colorado Rockies for AT&T SportsNet, shares his thoughts on the final week of the season. Which players – and why – should we monitor? Who won’t be on the field in Los Angeles? And what moves do the Rockies need to make for 2023? Goodman also shares his thoughts on 2007 Rockies on the 15th…
There may be a lockout preventing the Colorado Rockies from improving their on-field talent, but that hasn’t prevented them from adding a notable free agent to their front office. On Thursday, it was announced that Clint Hurdle would be returning to the organization as a special assistant to the general manager. Manager for the beloved 2007 Rockies that won 14…...
Previewing the 2021 season through the Top of the Rockies Awards, honoring the best in Colorado baseball while paying tribute to the legends that came before. Rocktober may have gotten snuffed out on this date in 2007, but there were still highlights and fun facts worth celebrating. Plus, how did Seattle Mariners’ legend Ichiro Suzuki cost the Rockies the World…
MLB Trade Rumors released their arbitration projections for the Colorado Rockies and a few players could go the way of David Dahl last season. How do these figures impact the offseason spending for Colorado? Plus, coaching changes for the San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks have looked quite different while the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants do battle…
With the Chicago White Sox indicating they’ll pick up the $16 million option on Craig Kimbrel only to shop him around on the trade market, do the Rockies have a capital to acquire the superstar closer? Arizona Fall League action kicked off in Scottsdale and three of Colorado’s top prospects featured in a walk-off victory for the Salt River Rafters,…
The voice of the Colorado Rockies for AT&T SportsNet joins us for a live in-studio show to discuss myriad topics. Bud Black shared his strong thoughts on Brendan Rodgers, the need for power hitting and Trevor Story’s future on the most recent Drew Goodman Podcast. Plus, surprising 2021 World Series prediction and identifying the different between a good and bad…
The defensive concerns for the 2021 Colorado Rockies were hardly that. A breakdown of how each position fared across MLB as well as analysis of Ryan McMahon and Nolan Arenado. This week marks the anniversary of the 2007 Rockies sweeping the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS. Relive the moments of the first postseason series won by the franchise. Dodgers and…
It may sound strange to consider, but even coming off the heels of a losing season and the overwhelming absence of a World Series win – not to mention even a single National League West pennant – there has never been a better time to be a baseball fan from Colorado. The run for Rocktober in 2007 was as magical…
In 2017, the youthful and exuberant Houston Astros took MLB by storm, slamming their way through the Postseason and downing the Los Angeles Dodgers in an exciting and energizing World Series. Alex Bregman, Carlos Correa and Jose Altuve electrified a lineup, baseball team and city and created baseball’s newest dynasty. In 2018, a Colorado Rockies team whose core was centered…...
On Wednesday night October 4, 2017, Jon Gray will have the ball on the game's biggest stage, this is how they got here.
Editor Drew Creasman is joined by former Colorado Rockies outfielder and current ROOT Sports analyst Cory Sullivan.
“We’re a second half team.” “Ubaldo Jimenez is turning the corner, if he can return to form, we have a chance.”There are plenty more quotes that have emerged from the Colorado Rockies clubhouse. They all sound nice. They all are very optimistic. They all give fans hope that their team can once again emerge from yet another disappointing start and…...
Rocktober wasn’t supposed to be over before the middle of the month. The team that seemed to be carried by destiny for four months was suddenly staring at four months of off season. After carrying a 4-2 lead into the ninth inning, closer Huston Street faltered for the second time in as many days. In a season full of irony,…...
The saying goes “you don’t know what you got until it’s gone.”Todd Helton had to wait one extra day for his 2,000 career hit after the official scorer in Atlanta ruled his liner past Yunel Escobar. It was a debatable ruling that everyone seemed to care about except for Helton himself.The hit came in the third inning, a hard ground…...
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