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…
Nolan Arenado can hit too. Just in case his bat got jealous of the attention that his glove got on Tuesday night, Arenado decided that he would show off his offensive skills as well. With two outs in the bottom of the 1st inning and two on, the Rockies looked like they might start the night leaving a golden opportunity…...
Tyler Chatwood could set the tone on Friday night. After a tough stretch in early May, the Colorado Rockies returned to Coors Field for seven games against the Giants and Diamondbacks. The homestand was a make-or-break set of games for the Rockies. If the Rockies go on to do anything special in the 2013 season, they very well may point…...
Tyler Chatwood made his case on Saturday. A win on Sunday, and no one will be talking about the Colorado Rockies lackluster offense over the prior two weeks. A win on Sunday, and the conversation will move back to the Rockies being a contender. On Saturday night, the Rockies rode the wave of momentum to a 10-2 victory over their…...
The Rockies have lost eight straight at AT&T Park. It looked like the Colorado Rockies had finally broken through. The Rockies put up five runs in the 2nd inning of Tuesday night’s game against Tim Lincecum and the defending World Champion San Francisco Giants. That isn’t a typo. The Rockies, who in year’s past have scored five runs in an…...
Dexter Fowler Can the Colorado Rockies have a mulligan for Monday’s home opener? After perhaps the most disappointing regular season game in franchise history on Monday, the Rockies bounced back and showed why fans should be excited to see them play in 2012. The team, without hitting a home run, combined for 22 hits and 17 runs to even the…...
As early as it is, this game was pivotal to the Colorado Rockies season.The club made a point in the offseason that they were gunning for the Giants, angry that they had won the World Series, even though the Rockies felt they had the more talented team.A mess in every aspect of the game, the Giants coming to town represented…...
Sometimes you just tip your cap and move on.Tim Lincecum took a no-hitter into the 7th inning before Carlos Gonzalez laced a single into right field. After Todd Helton doubled down the right field line, Lincecum’s bid for a shutout ended as well.In the end, the Rockies lost the opener of a three-game series 8-1 to the Giants.For all of…...
If the Colorado Rockies are out of the race, someone forgot to tell the players.On Saturday, Troy Tulowitzki gave the Rockies the victory on a double to left-center field that scored Carlos Gonzalez all the way from first base in the 10th inning. The Rockies won 10-9.Tulowitzki’s hit came after he tied the game up with a double in the…...
Let’s face it. They did this to themselves.With one swing of the bat from Pat Burrell essentially ensured that the Rockies will finish no better than 3rd place in the National League West. His blast to left field gave the Giants a 2-1 lead in the 7th inning that would hold up as Tim Lincecum dominated the Rockies.Jhoulys Chacin was…...
The Colorado Rockies are in the middle of what seems to be their annual September march to the playoffs.Once again, the national media is turning its attention towards the team that plays at Coors Field. The team that has been phenomenal at home and less than impressive on the road, is suddenly on fire. On August 22 the Rockies were…...
One thing that is certain, the Colorado Rockies like drama as much as a middle school girl. After struggling throughout the majority of the season, the Rockies found a way to stay within striking distance. As the hole starting getting larger, the club went 8-2 on a 10-game homestand leading up to the All-Star break. They were within one error…...
Hindsight is 20/20.It is easy to second guess a managers decisions, but Jim Tracy makes it easy. The problem with being stubborn is that you are too stubborn to learn from your mistakes.From the looks of it, Tracy doesn’t realize that a run counts the same whether it is scored in the 1st inning, 4th inning, or 9th inning. He…...
For the second time this season, the Rockies made Tim Lincecum, the two-time defending Cy Young winner, look like just another pitcher. This time, 22-year old Jhoulys Chacin kept the Rockies in the game long enough to win 6-3.Chacin shook off a two-run first inning in which Aubrey Huff hit a long home run to right field. He held the…...
Who would have ever thought that the Colorado Rockies would have a pitcher who was writing his name into the history books?The answer to that is most people. However, most people would think that the Rockies pitcher re-writing the history books would be for something bad, like highest ERA after 10 starts, or most home runs given up in a…...
The Dodgers own the Rockies. Plain and simple. There is no other way around it.On Sunday the Rockies had a chance to win a three game series against the Dodgers for the first time since late September of 2007 when the Rockies swept Los Angeles in Chavez Ravine in route to the World Series.Since then, however, the Dodgers have simply…...
On Saturday night, Ubaldo Jimenez lost his bid to become the first Colorado Rockie to win the Cy Young award. What is interesting about it is that Jimenez hasn’t pitched since Wednesday, and won’t pitch until Monday when he squares off against Tim Lincecum and the San Francisco Giants. 2,000 miles away, in Miami, Colorado native Roy Halladay pitched the…...
Wednesday night at Coors Field, Ubaldo Jimenez wrote the latest chapter of a story that looks as if it is going to have a very happy ending.Heading into the game, Jimenez sported a record of 8-1 with an ERA of 0.99, the best in all of baseball. By the end of a 7-3 victory over the Diamondbacks, the lanky right-hander…...
In Seattle, Mariners fans refer to young starting pitcher Felix Hernandez as King Felix.News flash to Mariners fans. Your king has been deposed. With all due respect to Hernandez, who won 19 games in 2009, Ubaldo Jimenez has become the best young pitcher in Major League Baseball. On Thursday Jimenez once again showed his domination, defeating the Astros and Roy…...
It’s early. There is no denying that. However, with an eighth of the season already complete, it’s not too early to speculate on who will win the postseason awards.My early vote for National League Cy Young is more cut and dry than most. It’s easy. Ubaldo Jimenez. While there is a case for both Tim Lincecum and Colorado’s own Roy…...
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