You’re going to win a bet with this. A lot of bets, actually. When reflecting on the greatest players to ever suit up for the Colorado Rockies, your list may reach the 20s before you even think of a pitcher. The Blake Street Bombers are an easy five. Todd Helton makes six. There may be the entire lineup from 2007,…
The Colorado Rockies have certainly had their share of players that you forgot donned the purple pinstripes.
Corey Dickerson was the hero on Thursday. The results for the Colorado Rockies in 2013 are going to be similar to what they always seem to be. There will be no postseason in Denver. However, there has been something different about the 2013 September for the Rockies. This year they haven’t quit. They certainly have lost their fair share of…...
Roy Oswalt is still a Rockie. Just like late on a Friday afternoon after a long week of work, the Colorado Rockies can see the finish line. Thirteen games remain on the schedule, the results of which are far from consequential. The Rockies have been out of the race since they forgot their bats on a 10-game west coast road…...
Chad Bettis only got three innings of work for the Rockies. The Colorado Rockies make decisions that simply don’t make sense. Wins and losses don’t mean much on September 8th, when the playoffs are well out of reach. However, the games and the way the team plays must remain important, especially for a Colorado Rockies team that has talent, but…...
Drew Pomeranz was terrible for the Rockies on Saturday. Want to know what happened in the Colorado Rockies game in Arizona on Saturday night? Dig into the memory bank, back into a dark time. Look somewhere in the August to September range of 2012. Replay that game and that basically sums up the Rockies performance. The hitting was a lackluster…...
Roy Oswalt didn’t look like the answer the Rockies were hoping for. It didn’t take long to determine who was going to win on Tuesday night at Coors Field. The Colorado Rockies had the unenviable task of defeating Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers. It might not have been a fair matchup for his Coors Field debut, but Roy…...
Michael Cuddyer deserves an All-Star appearance. No one is more excited for a plane to touch down in Denver than the Colorado Rockies. The baseball team that formerly looked like a contender ended a nine-game, three-city road trip on Wednesday after winning just two of the nine games in which they played. They now sit one game below .500. Roy…...
Roy Oswalt was better than his line showed in his debut. The Colorado Rockies continued down the wrong path on an east coast road trip that is becoming a trend at least once a year for this franchise. The Rockies lost to the Washington Nationals 5-1 in Roy Oswalt’s Rockies debut. With the anticipation of Oswalt, many will look at…...
The Rockies are a better team if Jeff Francis is part of the pastnot a part of the future. This Colorado Rockies lost their best player last week. However, that didn’t stop them from finishing the week just one-half game out of first place. The prevailing feeling among Rockies fans is cautious optimism. Everyone wants to believe that the team…...
Sorry Jeff, it’s time for the Rockies to say goodbye. The Colorado Rockies saw their chances at tying the game in the 9th inning on Saturday fade away with one quick grab by Padres second baseman Jedd Gyorko. Tyler Colvin, making his 2013 debut after a rough spring training landed him in Triple-A, hit a Luke Gregerson pitch as hard…...
Roy Oswalt signed a minor league deal with the Rockies. The Colorado Rockies continue to surprise the baseball world. As they begin a homestand against the Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Yankees, the Rockies are in the midst of one of the toughest stretches of the season. Before flying to Arizona, the Rockies played three against the best…...
Christian Friedrich took another step forward on Friday night. When it rains, it pours. The Rockies got a good performance from Christian Friedrich, but lost 4-1 to the Rangers. If things seemed like they couldn’t get any worse for the Colorado Rockies, the Rangers had to choose this series for Roy Oswalt to make his Texas debut. The righty held…...
Ricky Nolasco is not an easy pitcher to beat. For the Rockies, however, winning on Wednesday night was a big deal. The reason? Starting on Thursday the Rockies face Josh Johnson, then Roy Halladay in Philadelphia on Friday, and there is a strong possibility that the club will be facing Roy Oswalt on Saturday.All indications are pointing to the fact…...
Sometimes there is a silver lining. Losing three-out-of-four to the second worst team in the National League seems like it would be horrible. Make no mistake, the losses sting, and frankly, the Rockies are digging themselves a hole that they may not be fortunate enough to climb out of. However, the Thursday matinée at Coors Field provided at least a…...