Apr 12
***Spoilers ahead*** There are a lot of reasons to make a movie. Money, art, to tell a story, money, to bring a serious issue to the spotlight, and money are just some of those reasons. Oh, and don’t forget money. So, when I saw that a new movie about Jackie Robinson was coming out, I …
Apr 09
On September 18, 2010, the Rockies, led by two Troy Tulowitzki home runs and eight shut-out innings by Jhoulys Chacin, beat the Dodgers 12-2 to move within a game of the first place San Diego Padres and a half game back of the Giants. Colorado was sitting on 82 wins with fourteen games left to …
Apr 03
The Rockies experiment with a four-man rotation was perhaps the strangest development during the disastrous 2012 season. Widely mocked, the four-man rotation with its 75 pitch limit did not last long and the Rockies are on the record as going forward this year with a traditional 5 man rotation with a 90-100 pitch limit. What …
Sep 22
It’s time to take a little break from the paired-pitching analysis and replacement-level player dissection that is the 2012 Rockies to discuss the second wild card. I’ve hated the idea since before it became a reality, back when Tom Verducci of Sports Illustrated first brought it up. To be fair, it wasn’t his idea, but …
May 24
Pre-Occupied with Oakland Baseball After getting swept by the lowly Mariners at Coors Field last week, the Rockies have few chances left to salvage any dignity against their interleague foes from the AL West. When the Oakland A’s come to Denver in a couple weeks, we better be ready for another scrappy series and pull …
May 04
Quick: who are the greatest third basemen in baseball history? Brooks Robinson? Ron Santo (says the bitter Cubs fan)? Mike Schmidt? George Brett? Chipper Jones? Before Friday night’s game between the Colorado Rockies and the Atlanta Braves the Rockies honored Jones with some sort of gift and it was presented by Todd Helton (I couldn’t …
Apr 24
After the Rockies got off to a slow start in the opening week of the season, losing two of three to the commonly-agreed-upon worst- team-in-baseball, my attention drifted to the local teams while touring the ballparks of the Midwest. Part 1 of this stage of the tour recapped an entertaining and educational opening day at …
Mar 22
The Rockies played their first game in 1993, and this year will be their 20th season. Twenty years of baseball and not a single number (other than Jackie Robinson’s “42”) has been retired. Can this really be true? Sure, the Rockies have not been the most successful franchise over those years (only qualifying for post-season …
Jan 10
I don’t know why I feel compelled to write about the Hall of Fame. So many keys have already been struck by fingers on the Hall of Fame and yet I feel my little insignificant space on the Internet needs to have more written on the subject. I’ll make it quick. Jeff Bagwell should have …
Dec 15
Well, it’s that time of year again. No, not Christmas. It’s Hall of Fame time and that means it’s time for most of the BBWAA to get all high and mighty on us. They’ll exclude guys because of arbitrary numbers and ridiculous standards. But, more than anything they’ll exclude guys because of the dreaded C …
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