Category Archive: Mark Ellis

Feb 20

Rockies Spring Training preview: second base

Boston Red Sox Photo Day

Over the next week I will preview the 2012 season for the Rockies position by position. There have been some fan favorites jettisoned from the team and some new faces (albeit longer in the tooth) who have jumped on board. Today we talk second base. Previous: Catcher, first base Players lost: The Rockies had eight …

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Dec 21

Five reasons the Rockies will be better in 2012

This is what a record crowd looks like at a baseball game

Nearly 20 years ago the Rockies could do no wrong. If the team lost 14-20 the stands would still be full the next day. Mile High was packed with rabid fans and a few years later when Coors Field opened up the franchise had to add a third deck to the right field bleachers to …

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Aug 04

Analyzing recent Rockies lineups

Iannetta bats leadoff and Nelson plays everyday

There are some unwritten manager rules in baseball that have been around a long, long time. Some of them are OK, like giving your pitcher the green light to throw at an opposing player when the opposing team plops your stud hitter in the back. Some of them are just plain dumb, like putting the …

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Jul 16

Rockies starting to flash some leather

Ellis has given the Rox a huge boost on defense. (Karl Gehring/ The Denver Post)

Maybe there is life left in the Rockies after all.  In the two games since the All-Star break, Colorado has played with an edge that was rarely seen over the first half.  For the second time in his last three starts, Juan Nicasio was completely dominant.  Dexter Fowler returned to the lineup and immediately made …

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Jul 07

Rockies rotating lineup pain: self inflicted

Jim Tracy

During last night’s broadcast Alanna Rizzo, Root Sports roving reporter, went in-depth in discussing how much the Rockies lineup had changed since Opening Day. She elaborated on the fact that the Rockies have had seven different players at second base, seven play third, eight different outfielders, 10 different starting pitchers and even three different starting …

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