On his 1-year anniversary with the Colorado Rockies, manager Jim Tracy recorded his 100th win as head honcho. To little fanfare (perhaps because the win was sandwiched between two losses to the hated Dodgers), Jim touched on an important landmark in his career with Colorado.
So certain is this information that it’s in the Farmer’s Almanac. Migrating birds are called from 600 miles away by the faint ringing of late-inning crowd noise emanating from Coors Field on warm nights in late May. The Mayans even predicted the last five years of Rockies history in their little known Calendario de Béisbol, accurate to within 5 games on a 162 game season.
Rockies catcher Miguel Olivo took the first pitch of the 10th Inning deep into the left field bleachers for a huge walk-off 4-3 win on Wednesday afternoon. Olivo was 5 for 5 in the game, and turned a hanging curve ball into a no-doubter for the win.
After an emotional game that went extra innings last night, to say the Rockies game out flat would be giving them too much credit. n the end, they put five runs across and Pelfrey silenced the Rockies bats in a 5-0 shutout.
This was a winnable game for the Colorado Rockies, despite starter Greg Smith giving up a 3-run home run in the 1st and a solo shot in the 5th.
The new Rockies promotional commercials are out, and should be on the air soon.
I can smell spring in the air. My Helton jersey that I just bought on eBay is on it’s way and I’m ready.
The evolution of Denver, Colorado as a baseball town completed another stage on Thursday, October 1st, 2009.
On a beautiful fall day at Coors Field, Franklin Morales struck out Alcides Escobar for the final out of the Rockies’ 9-2 win against the Milwaukee Brewers, and the Rockies clinched the 2009 National League Wildcard Championship.
Colorado Rockies Manager Jim Tracy summed it up nicely Sunday night at Coors Field:
“There’s been pitches of the year, innings of the year — that’s the defensive play of the year,” Tracy said.
