On a stacked episode of the BSN Rockies Podcast, Drew Creasman sits down with Manny Randhawa and Tracy Ringolsby to talk about the possibility of MLB implementing an electronic strike zone. There are differences of opinion. Then, Kyle Freeland joins the podcast to talk about his stretch of quality starts, showing off his athleticism, and picking the minds of experienced…...

Jeff Scott can’t help but laugh when he thinks back 19 years, to that day in June 1999, when as the scouting director of the St. Louis Cardinals he used the team’s 13th round draft choice, the 402nd player selected that year, to announce on the conference call, “The St. Louis Cardinals selected Pujols, Albert, a third baseman from Maple…...

Chris Rusin’s name was mentioned, and Walt Weiss, former manager of the Rockies and current bench coach for the Braves, flashed a smile. “I called him the Swiss Army Knife,” Weiss said. “He can fill any role you need on your pitching staff.” The emergence of Rusin as a key part of the Rockies' pitching staff is, in part, due...

On this episode of the BSN Rockies Podcast, Drew Creasman and Tracy Ringolsby break down the Colorado Rockies Opening Day clunker against the Atlanta Braves. Plus, some thoughts on the season thus far and the season to come. More on Charlie Blackmon’s new contract, who will emerge as the slugger the Rockies need, and which young player will step up…...

Three years into his college career, Rockies center fielder Charlie Blackmon was a left-handed relief specialist. His junior year at Georgia Tech, he only threw 12 innings.

But then, Blackmon’s baseball journey took a strange turn. 

Root Sports should bring back Tom Helmer when Joel Klatt leaves. The Colorado Rockies got dominated by Shelby Miller to start out their six-game road trip. After Eric Young, Jr. led off the game with a single, the Rockies didn’t reach base again. The good news is that the pitching staff is still looking good. Jon Garland is proving to…...

When will Dick and his brother make a move? No one called this Colorado Rockies team a World Series contender. No one said they would win 100 games. However, even the biggest critic couldn’t have thought that this team would be this bad, this soon. On Sunday, the Rockies were swept at home for the second straight three game series,…...

July 30th, 2011 will be remembered by Colorado Rockies fans as a very dark day. Few fans pictured this image before the 2011 season began. As news that the team had indeed traded their ace, Ubaldo Jimenez to the Cleveland Indians, fans stood in shock. Despite a disappointing first half of 2011, Jimenez was the first true dominant pitcher in…...

It is becoming the least surprising award in Colorado. On Friday, the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association named Drew Goodman of Root Sports as Colorado Sportscaster of the Year. Goodman will most likely have to build a bigger mantle in his living room to fit the award on it. This is his ninth time winning the award in the past…...

No one wants to be that guy. No one wants to be the person who claims that a team lost because of an umpire or an official. It comes across as a petty excuse for a team not getting the job done. To be fair, the Rockies offense did not score enough runs to win most Major League Baseball games,…...