Blake Street Bulletin

John Denver is probably turning over in his grave. Remember his iconic song “Rocky Mountain High”? Great tune. Well, Colorado’s beloved baseball team has reached a new Rocky Mountain Low. The Rockies have hit Rox bottom, posting a putrid 33-52 record going into the All-star break. Almost twenty games below .500! It’s almost one of …

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There’s a saying on HBO’s hit television show Game of Thrones, and that’s “You Win or you Die.” Well, from the Rockies perspective, not only are they dead right now – due to a nauseating amount of losing recently – but their heads have been chopped off, just like poor old Ned Stark. In fact, …

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Now that’s more like it. The Rockies play over the last week has been a nice breath of fresh air. In the Month of May, the Rockies stunk up the place. In fact, they were downright putrid, and pretty much played the team out of contention. On April 30th, the Rockies were exactly .500, and …

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Remember that famous scene in Adam Sandler’s hilarious comedy The Waterboy, when a hillbilly played by Rob Schneider screams out, “Oh (expletive), we suck again!” I kind of felt like screaming that after watching the Rockies for the past few weeks. No matter how you look at it, the Rockies definitely suck right now, and …

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As we steamroll into the 2012 baseball season, there is always a massive amount of hearsay and conjecture. Emphatic statements are exclaimed, and intriguing questions are asked. That’s the beauty of covering a 162 game season for the Colorado Rockies.  The plot lines and twists that will unfold on Blake Street this summer are impossible …

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The Rockies have lost 10 of their last 13 games. We are witnessing another brutal late season swoon that has been hard to watch. Remember when they won 21 of 22 games in 2007. The Rockies went on an unprecedented, historic run to end the season. They steamrolled through the playoffs, swept the Phillies, swept …

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This is an A-Z guide for the Rockies 2011 Season. Astounding early season spurt, Appeared to be an Aberration Blake street Bombers appears to Be Behind us Cargo Consistently Creates Crazy Courageous Catches De La’s trip to Disabled list Doomed the Rockies Dreams

I attended the ball game Friday night at Coors field for my fiance’s birthday.  Sixteen of us rolled deep to Lower Downtown to celebrate. The Rockies lost 4-1. Chris Nelson made two bonehead errors on one play, Cargo got ejected, Tulo didn’t play and the Rockies never got the sticks going. Just another day at the …

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