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• Wednesday Rockpile: How often are the Rockies planning to rest players exactly?

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, December 18, 2024 When the San Francisco Giants introduced their new shortstop Willy Adames, the 29-year-old from the Dominican Republic quickly made it clear he wants to play all 162 games in 2025. “If he lets me,” Adames said jokingly about manager Bob Melvin. The Giants are likely to incline his offe...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Colorado Rockies at the Winter Meetings: Day 1

Photo by Jessica Tobias/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, December 10, 2024 Yesterday marked the beginning of the 2024 MLB Winter Meetings in Dallas, Texas. Like all other teams, the Colorado Rockies were there, answering questions and making the rounds. General manager Bill Schmidt and manager Bud Black, too, spoke to media, and although there wasn’t...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: Just what are the Rockies planning at second base?

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, December 9th, 2024 Even though general manager Bill Schmidt said that the team had “considered all options” with former top prospect and Gold Glove winning second baseman Brendan Rodgers, it came as no surprise when the Colorado Rockies chose to non-tender him last month. Rodgers, now 28-y...2024
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• Should the Colorado Rockies sign Kirby Yates?

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, December 3, 2024 Because it’s that very slow time in the offseason — unless you happen to be Juan Soto or a team hoping to sign Juan Soto — between the end of awards season and the start of the Winter Meetings next week, there’s little baseball news to discuss. (Seriously: Just rebrand the MLB Network the ...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: How does Rodgers non-tender fit into Rockies 1st-round draft history?

Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, November 30, 2024 Last week, the news that the Rockies non-tendered Brendan Rodgers hit me harder than I thought it would. It was brutal and frustrating to see him fall victim to injuries on a regular basis, but his potential always seemed to be worth the wait. Unfortunately, the Rockies 2015 first-round draft pick, who is one of only four Rockies to be ...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Why did the Colorado Rockies sign Kyle Farmer?

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, November 25, 2024 Initially, last Friday unfolded about like we thought it would: The non-tender deadline had passed with the Colorado Rockies moving on from Cal Quantrill (no suprise) and Brendan Rodgers (kind of a surprise) while tendering a range of players who were expected to remain on t...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 20, Greg Jones

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images The speedster shined in Triple-A but appeared in just six games with the Rockies You’re reading the 2024 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at the season had by every player to play for the Rockies in 2024. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: The Letter and the Two Trophies

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, November 11th, 2024 It’s later than expected. Colorado is experiencing major snowfall for the first time since spring. The Major League Baseball regular season has been over for more than a month whilst a dreaded bully was crowned king. It’s been quiet at 20th and Blake. Coors Field sits cavernous and...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Potential trade suitors for Brendan Rodgers

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, November 6, 2024 At times over the past several years, it's seemed that Brendan Rodgers's name has come up as a potential trade chip for the Colorado Rockies. After the 2018 season, it was rumored that the Rockies could have obtained J.T. Realmuto from the Miami Marlins if they included Rodgers in the trade...2024
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 47, Jordan Beck

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Due to a wrist injury, what he can do remains to be seen. You’re reading the 2024 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at the season had by every player to play for the Rockies in 2024. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Ref...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: What does Charlie Blackmon’s retirement mean for the Colorado Rockies?

Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, September 24, 2024 Late yesterday, the news became official: Charlie Blackmon announced his retirement. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Charlie Blackmon (@chuck__nazty) Evan Lang wrote a terrific overview of Blackmon’s career yesterday, and our ...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: 2024 looks a lot like 2023, but here are 5 reasons to still watch the Rockies

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for July 26, 2024 At this point last season, the Rockies record was very similar to now. In 2023, the Rockies were 40-63 (.388). They finished July 9-13, 7-20 in August and 10-19 in September and October on their way to the worst finish in franchise history with 103 losses. Before the trade deadline, GM Bill Schmidt dealt...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Rockies fans, there’s a new Nolan in LoDo

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, October 17, 2023 It’s time to acknowledge an uncomfortable truth: Kris Bryant will never be the face of Colorado Rockies, despite their best efforts. He’s here & he’s perfect pic.twitter.com/GgnxVwuAIr— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) March 18, 2022 To be clear, Bryant is a great baseball player, and his a...2023
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• Tuesday Rockpile: The case for signing Charlie Blackmon to a one-year extension

Photo by Dustin Bradford/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, August 15, 2023 It’s happening. The Colorado Rockies are letting the kids play just as they’re coming out from under some veteran contracts, which includes seeing the end of Charlie Blackmon’s six-year, $108 million deal. (This year, he’s making $15 million.) In 2024, the Rockies can reset an...2023
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"Rockies’ general manager Bill Schmidt isn’t quite prepared to name Vodnik the closer, but likes what he’s seen so far."

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"Bill Schmidt keeps pointing to the future and the prospects that the Rockies have, yet they call up a prospect with a hot bat and have him sit on the bench without playing before sending him down."

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"General manager Bill Schmidt told reporters (including The Athletic’s Nick Groke) today that manager Bud Black will return for the 2023 season, saying that “Buddy came here right when we were ready to…"

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"The Rockies have removed the “interim” tag from Bill Schmidt, as Schmidt will take over the team’s front office as the new general manager."

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"Rockies vice president of scouting Bill Schmidt insists he isn't this smart, even though the scouts make him look that way."

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""He's a grinder," said Rockies scouting director Bill Schmidt."

• Wednesday Rockpile: How often are the Rockies planning to rest players exactly?
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• Should the Colorado Rockies sign Kirby Yates?
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• Friday Rockpile: How does Rodgers non-tender fit into Rockies 1st-round draft history?
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Why did the Colorado Rockies sign Kyle Farmer?
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 20, Greg Jones
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Potential trade suitors for Brendan Rodgers
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• Tuesday Rockpile: There can be only one: Brenton Doyle’s case for winning a Platinum Glove

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, November 5, 2024 If you’re a fan of the 1986 film classic Highlander, you know the first rule: Only one Immortal can survive. Oddly enough, this Russell Mulcahy cult favorite was on my mind when watching the Gold Glove awards on Sunday night, an evening that recognized Colorado Rockies Ezequiel Tovar and Brent...2024
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• Thursday Rockpile: A calendar guide to the coming offseason

Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, October 24, 2024 The World Series starts tomorrow! It’s sure to be one of the most watched, most profitable, and (probably) most competitive Fall Classics in recent history. We don’t care about that, though. We’re Rockies fans, and thus we’re much more focused on the weeks and months following ...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: There can be only one: Brenton Doyle’s case for winning a Platinum Glove
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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies keep signing on for non-competitive future

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, October 11, 2024 According to the Cambridge Dictionary, one of the definitions for the word competitive is “eager to do better than others in an activity, esp. trying to win in a sports activity.” It’s not a word that usually needs defining, especially in the sports world. But it seems like the Rockies might nee...2024
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• Rockies extend Bud Black for ninth season as manager

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Black believes the Rockies are headed in the right direction The Colorado Rockies announced that manager Bud Black will indeed return as the manager through the 2025 season, his ninth season with the team. The Colorado Rockies announced today that they have extended Manager Bud Black’s contract through the 2025 season. pic.twitter.com/KqsGVKfkqH— Ro...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: The Rockies need accountability to execute on any future offensive vision

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, October 7th, 2024 With just over a week between the Colorado Rockies and an ignominious end to the 2024 Major League Baseball regular season, there are a number of questions as to what comes next for the beleaguered franchise. After finishing 61-101 for their second 100-or-more-loss season...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: The Rockies have largely failed to improve at base stealing in 2024

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, September 23rd, 2024 The Colorado Rockies have largely struggled to steal bases during the Bud Black era, especially following their 2018 playoff run. From 2019 through 2023, the Rockies have never stolen more than 80 bases in a season, with a low mark—discounting the COVID-19 shortened 20...2024
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2024: numbers 10 to 6

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images We’ve now entered the Top 10! We’re now in the top ten of the mid-season 2024 Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list. Previously we had PuRPs 30-26, 25-21, 20-16 and 15-11. As a reminder, in this edition of the PuRPs poll, 35 ballots were cast, with 30 points granted for a first place vote, 29 for second, etc. For each player on the PuRPs list, I’ll includ...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: As Black passes Hurdle, Rockies need to pass the torch to the next manager

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, August 22, 2024 Compared to the loss-filled months of April and June, the Rockies really have played better since the All-Star break. Even though the sample sizes are vastly different, the Rockies were 34-63 (.351) before the Midsummer Classic and are 13-18 after (.419). The Rockies have 33 games left this se...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: Rockies keep signing on for non-competitive future
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 47, Jordan Beck
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• Tuesday Rockpile: What does Charlie Blackmon’s retirement mean for the Colorado Rockies?
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• Tuesday Rockpile: At 66 starts in a row, Toglia is becoming 1B staple

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, September 3, 2024 Twenty-nine years ago this week, Cal Ripken Jr. played his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking Lou Gehrig’s record. He added three more seasons, playing every Baltimore game from May 30, 1982 to Sept. 19, 1998. His record of playing 2,632 games in a row is not made to be brok...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: As Black passes Hurdle, Rockies need to pass the torch to the next manager
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• The Youth Movement is on at 20th and Blake

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images The Rockies appear to finally - FINALLY - be committed to letting the kids play A couple weeks ago, my good buddy Evan Lang wrote a great article detailing the necessity of the Rockies moving on from some veterans in favor of their young players. This is a sentiment shared by many an embattled Colorado fan that has become disillusioned with the middlin...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Should Adam Ottavino be the next Colorado Rockies manager?

Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, August 20, 2024 When the New York Mets visited Denver earlier this month to play the Colorado Rockies, it was a kind of homecoming for relief pitcher Adam Ottavino. He was with the team from 2012-2018 and was part of the last group to make it to the postseason. Of that time, Ottavino told Denver media, “To me, 2018...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: The Future of the Rockies bullpen is drawing near

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, August 19th, 2024 As the Colorado Rockies are barreling towards their second-consecutive 100-loss season, there’s no doubt that a struggling bullpen has been one of the key factors of yet another lost season. For the third-straight season, the Colorado bullpen is the worst in Major League Ba...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: The Future of the Rockies bullpen is drawing near
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• Rockies Plan To Retain Bud Black As Manager For 2023 Season
The Rockies are wrapping their fouth straight losing season, yet the organization hasn’t felt compelled to make a change in the dugout. General manager Bill Schmidt told reporters (including The Athletic’s Nick Groke) today that manager Bud Black will return for the 2023 season, saying that “Buddy came here right when we were ready to…...2022
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• Rockies Hire Todd Helton As Special Assistant
The Rockies announced that franchise legend Todd Helton has been hired as a special assistant to GM Bill Schmidt. According to Danielle Allentuck of The Denver Gazette (Twitter links), Helton’s primary responsibility will be working with minor league players, and Allentuck notes that Helton has already been working with prospect Michael Toglia (Colorado’s first-round pick…...2022
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• Rockies extend Bud Black for ninth season as manager
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• Wednesday Rockpile: The Rockies have an identity crisis
Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, April 19, 2023 When the Colorado Rockies wake up each morning and look at themselves in the mirror, what do they see? Are they an exciting team drawing closer to contention thanks to a roster full of well-developed and energetic young players? No, that sounds more like the Baltimore Or...2023
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• Thursday Rockpile: The 2023 Rockies will live or die by the starting rotation
Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, April 6, 2023 The first cycle through the Colorado Rockies rotation was a mixed bag of results. It was the one aspect of the team that was left relatively untouched during the offseason by general manager Bill Schmidt and the team’s plan of attack seems to simply hope and pray that they perform better in 2023. ...2023
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• Tuesday Rockpile; The Rockies signed three veterans to one-year contracts. How’s that working out?
Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Remember during the offseason when Bill Schmidt promised that the Rockies would not block their young players? “[W]e’re going to give our guys opportunities,” he told David Laurila in early December. That sounds like a general manager committed to letting the kids play. Since then, howeve...2023
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• Tuesday Rockpile: An early (and flawed) attempt to measure the apathy of Colorado Rockies fans
Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, April 18, 2023 I spent the weekend pondering Joelle Milholm’s Friday Rockpile, “Could changes in the game alter how the Rockies operate?” She’s raised some compelling issues. In the Colorado Rockies’ first home stand, attendance was down (admittedly, the sample size is to...2023
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• Thursday Rockpile: Kris Bryant and the Rockies might have a brighter future than Russell Wilson and the Broncos

Photo by Dustin Bradford/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, December 28th, 2023 It’s no secret that the Colorado Rockies signing of veteran Kris Bryant to a seven year, $182 million contract before the 2022 season has been an absolute flop so far. Bryant’s lengthy and expensive contract includes a full no-trade clause and has felt more and more like...2023
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• Ranking the Rockies: No. 20, Greg Jones
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Potential trade suitors for Brendan Rodgers
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• Monday Rockpile: Will the Rockies be contenders like they claim in 2025?

Photo by Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, October 21st, 2024 When the Colorado Rockies limped to the finish line of their 2024 campaign with yet another losing season—their sixth in a row—and their second 100-or-more-loss season in franchise history at 101-61, fans heard more of the same from their long beleagu...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: There can be only one: Brenton Doyle’s case for winning a Platinum Glove
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• Wednesday Rockpile: The danger of not trading Ryan McMahon

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, July 24, 2024 The 2024 Trade Deadline is just six days away and the Colorado Rockies once again find themselves in the position to be sellers if they so choose. A muddy playoff picture, especially for the Wild Card, makes this year particularly interesting and a decent opportunity for any team willing to m...2024
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• MLB Draft 2024, Day 1, Rounds 1 & 2: Rockies preview and open thread

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The Rockies have three picks tonight After having three first-round picks in the 2023 MLB Draft, the Colorado Rockies have three in the first two rounds once again in the 2024 draft. After a 59-103 record (.364) in 2023, the Rockies will be picking third overall. As always, there’s a lot of speculation. You can find Purple Row’s analysis from Renee Dechert...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Predicting the Colorado Rockies 2024 first-round draft selection

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, May 21, 2024 It’s time to let the MLB draft speculation begin! This year, the draft will be held July 14-16 in Arlington as part of the All-Star Game festivities. As for money, the Colorado Rockies will have a bonus pool of $17,243,400 and the following picks: 3rd pick (first round; $9,070,800...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: This is why we need local sports journalism

Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, September 29, 2023 Thank you, Denver Post. I had a whole different Rockpile written today, but I scrapped it in order to give a shoutout to the Denver Post, specifically Patrick Saunders, Kyle Newman, and Matt Schubert for the amazing, in-depth, and no-holds-barred four-part series that dropped Thursday, explainin...2023
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• Colorado Rockies prospect rankings, mid-season 2023: numbers 20 to 16

Photo by David Jensen/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images These five prospects round out the bottom half of the 2023 mid-season PuRPs list! We’re entering the mid-point of the mid-season 2023 Purple Row Prospects (PuRPs) list. Previously we had PuRPs 30-26 and 25-21; today we head into the top 20. As a reminder, in this edition of the PuRPs poll, 22 ballots were cast, with 30 points granted f...2023
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• A new documentary celebrates the community that brought MLB to Colorado
Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, July 27, 2023 If it takes a village to raise a child, then it’s no wonder it takes a city to bring a Major League Baseball team into existence. That city needs skilled politicians, lawyers, creative business folks, people who can bring and find money, architects, baseball fans, taxpayers, ...2023
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• Monday Rockpile: An insular philosophy, reaffirmed
Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, January 30, 2023 Once again, we have entered “Sent from my iPad” season for the Colorado Rockies. On Saturday, Dick Monfort spoke at the annual Northern Colorado Friends of Baseball breakfast in his hometown of Greeley, Colorado, and…oh boy. Monfort’s appearance was first reported on by Patrick Saunders at the...2023
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