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• Luis Peralta and some Rockies pitching trends

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The young, exciting lefty talent is part of a growing trend within the Rockies’ pitching scouting and development. It’s well documented that the Colorado Rockies have tried all sorts of pitching ideas and philosophies throughout their now more than three decades of existence, most not turning out all that well, even after experiencing initial success. Even...2024
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• Thursday Rockpile: Will the Colorado Rockies have another 100-loss season?

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, August 29, 2024 We’re fast entering the homestretch of the Colorado Rockies 2024 season. This morning, Patrick Lyons of Just Baseball posted this: The toughest remaining schedule in MLB belongs to the Colorado Rockies who need to go 13-15 in order to avoid losing 100 games for the second year in a row. pi...2024
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• Thursday Rockpile: Will the Colorado Rockies have another 100-loss season?

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, August 29, 2024 We’re fast entering the homestretch of the Colorado Rockies 2024 season. This morning, Patrick Lyons of Just Baseball posted this: The toughest remaining schedule in MLB belongs to the Colorado Rockies who need to go 13-15 in order to avoid losing 100 games for the second year in a row. pi...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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• Friday Rockies: As Todd goes gold, whose number will be retired next?

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, August 15, 2024 During the Rockies current six-year playoff drought, significant franchise highlights have been few and far between. Coors Field hosting the 2021 All-Star Game and Germán Márquez throwing a scoreless inning in it, Elias Díaz hitting the winning homer and being named the All-Star MVP in 2023 and...2024
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Prospects I’d like to see debut in the final months of 2024

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, August 7, 2024 Following a fairly uneventful trade deadline for the Colorado Rockies, there isn’t a whole lot to look forward to if you’re a fan of the team for the rest of the season. You will likely see Jake Cave play more than he ever has in his career, Elias Díaz hobble his way down t...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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• Monday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: Hunter Goodman and Michael Toglia are making strides as big league sluggers

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, June 24th, 2024 Back at the beginning of May I took to the page pleading for the Colorado Rockies to stop mishandling young first baseman, outfielder, and catcher Hunter Goodman. The Rockies were struggling immensely with an 8-26 start and the 24-year-old Goodman wasn’t getting much playin...2024
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• Rockies Planning To Place Kris Bryant On Injured List
The Rockies expect to send Kris Bryant back to the 10-day injured list, Bud Black told reporters after today’s loss to the Reds (video relayed on X by Patrick Lyons). The Colorado manager said Bryant’s rib soreness “didn’t really respond to treatment,” necessitating the IL trip. Thomas Harding of MLB.com writes that first baseman Michael Toglia…...2024
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• Affected by Altitude: Do we call a moving truck or an ambulance? (feat. Patrick Lyons)

Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images Evan is joined by Patrick Lyons to discuss the plentiful roster moves and injuries of the Rockies, deals to be made, and having fun with a bad baseball team. For more information on the future of podcasts here at Purple Row, please click here! ★ ★ ★ The podcast Affected by Altitude is hosted by Purple Row staff writers Evan Lang and Skyler...2024
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• Jordan Beck adjusts to the ups and downs of a big league life

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, May 28, 2024 It’s been a big May for Jordan Beck. After a scalding spring training (.370/.433/.519; .952 OPS), Beck began the 2023 season as an Albuquerque Isotope and #6 on our PuRPs list. Back in February, Jeff Aberle wrote, “If the opportunity arises, Beck could conceivably be a big-league factor as so...2024
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• A bee swarm delayed last night’s game at Chase Field two hours. How long is too long a delay?

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports We’ve seen bee delays in Spring Training... but during the season, it’s pretty unusual. Tuesday night’s Dodgers/Diamondbacks game at Chase Field had an unusual reason for a delay: The Dodgers-Dbacks game is in a delay due to a swarm of bees pic.twitter.com/SxansNG1op— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) May 1, 2024 The game was delayed for nearly two hours wh...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: Chase Dollander headlines a high-performing 2023 starting pitcher class

Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, April 9th, 2024 Despite being selected in the 2023 MLB Draft, RHP Chase Dollander (no. 2 PuRP) didn’t make his regular season professional debut for the Colorado Rockies until April 5, 2024. Although he did pitch a scoreless inning while starting the Spring Breakout game back in March, it’s o...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: Pre-season projections agree the Rockies will be the worst team in baseball in 2024.

Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, February 12, 2024 Football season is finally over with the San Francisco 49ers falling to the Kansas City Chiefs in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday evening. That means it’s finally baseball season as camps across Arizona and Florida open for all 30 MLB squads. The Colorado Rockies have reported to their camp at the team’s Salt River Complex, where their jo...2024
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• Friday Rockpile: 2024 looks a lot like 2023, but here are 5 reasons to still watch the Rockies
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Some takeaways from the Colorado Rockies prospects panel at RockiesFest

Sterlin Thompson, Zac Veen, Drew Romo, Chase Dollander, Gabriel Hughes, Jaden Hill, and Case Williams | Renee Dechert Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, February 6 A highlight of RockiesFest 2024 was the “Player Q&A: Rockies Prospects” panel, which brought together Chase Dollander (2023 mid-season #4 PuRP) Jaden Hill (2024 pre-season #19 PuRP) Gabriel Hughes (2023 mid-season ...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: What will happen with the Colorado Rockies television broadcasts?

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, December 12, 2023 “When they were owned by Turner, the Braves played a prominent role in pushing baseball’s economics to its current model, one that present-day commissioner Rob Manfred has said can be thought of as two businesses: the in-person experience at the ballpark and media distribution.” — Evan Drel...2023
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• Friday Rockpile: MLB, Rockies need to patch together a new future for TV, streaming viewership
Photo by Matt Dirksen/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for March 17, 2023 The 2023 season is 13 days away, but there are more questions than answers when it comes how Rockies fans will be able to watch their team this season. If you go to Coors Field, you’re all set. If the Rockies are out of town or if for some silly reason your life doesn’t allow you to atten...2023
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"— Travis Sawchik (@Travis_Sawchik) January 17, 2024 For more, read these writers: Manny Randhawa (here and here) Mike Lupica (here) Patrick Lyons (here) Clint Hurdle (here) Travis Rowland (here) Evan Lang (here) Patrick Saunders (here) Mike Klis (here) Ryan Thibodaux’s indispensable Hall of Fame tracker has kept fans up to date on the voting, and as of 7:00 last night, Helton had received 82."

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"— Patrick Lyons (@PatrickDLyons) April 30, 2023 Generally speaking, the Rockies performed worse than ever at home in their first month of the 2023 season."

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"”~ Bud Black— Patrick Lyons (@PatrickDLyons) September 10, 2022 He did travel to Chicago with the Rockies when they faced the White Sox: Yes, Kris Bryant is in Chicago with the #Rockies this week."

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• Thursday Rockpile: Will the Colorado Rockies have another 100-loss season?
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Should Adam Ottavino be the next Colorado Rockies manager?
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Prospects I’d like to see debut in the final months of 2024
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• Monday Rockpile: Why can’t the Rockies conquer the Coors Hangover?

D. Ross Cameron-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, July 29th, 2024 It’s no secret the Colorado Rockies—like most teams—perform better in the friendly confines of their home ballpark. However, the Rockies have always been the victim of over-inflated offense at the high altitude of Coors Field. We’ve seen it lead to national media discounting the accomplishments of ...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: What does Jared Thomas bring to the Colorado Rockies?

Photo by Samuel Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, July 23, 2024 Last Sunday with the 42nd pick in the 2024 MLB Draft, the Colorado Rockies drafted 1B/OF Jared Thomas from the University of Texas. With the 42nd pick in the 2024 Draft, the @Rockies select @TexasBaseball outfielder Jared Thomas, No. 60 on the Top 250 Draft Prospects list. W...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: The 2024 Colorado Rockies All-Star Snubs

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, July 8th, 2024 Major League Baseball announced the complete initial rosters for this year’s All-Star Game on Sunday afternoon. The Colorado Rockies have not had multiple All-Stars since they sent four players to the Midsummer Classic in 2019. As expected, the Rockies once again have just ...2024
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• Chase Dollander selected to represent Rockies at the Futures Game

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The pitching standout will be the first Rockies pitcher selected since Ben Bowden in 2019. This morning, Major League Baseball announced this year’s participants in the Futures Game. The game's brightest stars take center stage in Arlington ⭐️Presenting the 2024 #FuturesGame rosters. pic.twitter.com/kNQwMZioeT— MLB (@MLB) July 2, 20...2024
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• Friday Rockies: As Todd goes gold, whose number will be retired next?
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• Tuesday Rockpile: What does Jared Thomas bring to the Colorado Rockies?
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• Jordan Beck adjusts to the ups and downs of a big league life
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• Friday Rockpile: In times like these, Rockies fans must consider the A’s fan

Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, May 24, 2024 Usually, if the Rockies went 4-5 on a road trip, it wouldn’t be so bad. After all, the Rockies have an all-time franchise winning percentage of .389 on the road (957-1501) and 4-5 equates to .444. If the Rockies did that consistently, they would be a much-improved squad....2024
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• Friday Rockpile: The Rockies have lost their heads on the basepaths

Jim Rassol-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, May 3, 2024. As the season of breaking all the wrong records continues, it’s time to track a new stat for the Colorado Rockies: BBMs — boneheaded baserunning mistakes. On Thursday, as the Rockies set a franchise record for trailing in 31 straight games, which also happens to be all of their 2024 games, the Rockies comm...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: Chase Dollander headlines a high-performing 2023 starting pitcher class
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• Monday Rockpile: The 2024 Colorado Rockies All-Star Snubs
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• Jordan Beck adjusts to the ups and downs of a big league life
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• Have the Colorado Rockies improved their base-stealing game?

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, May 14, 2024 Think back to the 2023 offseason when MLB implemented a number of rule changes in an attempt to pick up the pace of play and add more action. By adding bigger bases and limiting pitcher disengagements, MLB hoped to make 2023 the “Year of the Stolen Base.” It worked. As Bleed Cubbie Blue’s Al Y...2024
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• This Week in Purple: Mother’s Day

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for May 11-12, 2024 In a weekend filled with graduation festivities and Mother’s Day celebrations, the Colorado Rockies checked two more boxes off their list: they finally won back-to-back games for the first time in 2024 and made it to double-digit wins. They beat the San Francisco Giants 9-1 on Thursday and the...2024
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• This Week in Purple: The Bar’s on Fire

Photo by Pamela Smith/Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for May 4-5, 2024 It’s pretty clear that the 8-23 Colorado Rockies are not a good baseball team. However, last night, they got a rare road win, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2. Plus, they stopped an historic skid. The streak is over:The Colorado Rockies, for the first time this season, never trailed in a ga...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile and Weekly Pebble Report: Chase Dollander headlines a high-performing 2023 starting pitcher class
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• Monday Rockpile: The story of the Colorado Rockies’ rally ski helmet

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Monday, April 8, 2024 Last week, I wrote about the Colorado Rockies new “rally ski helmet,” a much-needed celebration given that most MLB teams created one in 2023 while the Rockies opted out. As you know by now, those days are history. The Rockies are now sitting with the cool kids at the Home Run Celebration Table in the M...2024
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• September 15 update: Former Cubs Javier Báez, Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo and Kyle Schwarber
Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Time to check in with old friends again. With today being an off day for the Cubs, and a satisfying sweep of the Mets just completed, I thought it would be a good time to check in on some of our old favorites. Javier Báez Javy has hit .278/.297/.444 (10-for-36) since the last update with 13 strikeouts. He’s not had a good year and he’s playing for a team...2022
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• Monday Rockpile: Rockies fans are showing they’re tired of watching bad baseball (plus Pebble Report)
Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, May 1, 2023 The Colorado Rockies mercifully snapped a seven-game losing streak at Coors Field with a win on Sunday against the Arizona Diamondbacks. That was their only victory in the series against the Snakes, however, and the team’s lone series victory of the season was accomplished on the road in Cleveland...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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• Wednesday Rockpile: Good for Jon Gray

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, November 1, 2023 As the Texas Rangers continue to put on a show in the 2023 postseason I can only think of one thing: Good for Jon Gray. It’s always a little bittersweet seeing former Colorado Rockies move on to bigger and better things while finding success but something about Gray’s time in ...2023
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Will Todd Helton be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2024? (We’ll know in a few hours.)

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, January 23 Today, we’ll know if Todd Helton will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He should. His teammates are clear in making a case for the former first baseman. As former Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki told Patrick Saunders, “He was a fierce competitor and that’s what sticks out the mos...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: Pre-season projections agree the Rockies will be the worst team in baseball in 2024.
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• Tuesday Rockpile: What has to happen for the Rockies to “play .500 ball” in 2023
Photo by Cooper Neill/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, January 31st, 2023 Dick Monfort has been known to give ambitious predictions for his team prior to the start of the new season. The pinnacle of the Monfort prediction was for the 2020 Rockies to improve on their 71-91 2019 record and to win 94 games. That season, the Rockies had a winning percent...2023
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Opening Day preview for 2023
Chris Humphreys-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, March 28th, 2023 Today makes the last day of Spring Training before the Rockies make the short trip up to San Diego to start their season with four games against the San Diego Padres and a quick two game series in LA. After six games on the road, the Rockies will come home for seven games, including the home open...2023
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Will Todd Helton be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2024? (We’ll know in a few hours.)
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• Thursday Rockpile: Will the Colorado Rockies have another 100-loss season?
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Should Adam Ottavino be the next Colorado Rockies manager?
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• Friday Rockies: As Todd goes gold, whose number will be retired next?
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• Monday Rockpile: Why can’t the Rockies conquer the Coors Hangover?
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• A bee swarm delayed last night’s game at Chase Field two hours. How long is too long a delay?
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• Monday Rockpile: Three low-risk, high-reward free agents for the Rockies to consider

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, November 27, 2023 The quiet off-season rolls on for the Colorado Rockies. There has been little-to-nothing in terms of news for both the team and most of MLB in the waning days of November. The Arizona Diamondbacks and Seattle Mariners recently struck a deal, with the Snakes acquiring 3B Eugenio Suárez from the ...2023
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Three Colorado Rockies who should be Gold Glove finalists (or winners)

Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, September 26, 2023 That the 2023 Colorado Rockies have not had a good season is no secret — Evan Lang looked at the specifics yesterday. But there’s one area in which the team has been strong, their defense, and on this front, three Rockies have been outstanding: Brenton Doyle, Ryan McMahon, and Ezequiel Tovar. As speculation begins turning to award se...2023
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• Friday Rockpile: For the Rockies, the NL West just can’t be won

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, September 8, 2023 While most Rockies fans were skeptical of Dick Monfort’s .500-ball prediction “if (stuff) goes right” prior to the 2023 season, there was still good news about the 2023 schedule: fewer National League West games. For a team that hasn’t won the division in its 30-year existence and will in...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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