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Colorado Rockies: Finger injuries and snow highlight opening weekend

Ubaldo Jimenez​On Friday, the Rockies lost a nail-biter and left the game worried about their starting pitcher's thumb cuticle. On Saturday, the Rockies won a nail-biter and left the game worried about their starting pitcher's blister. And while both games against the Arizona Diamondbacks were ... More >>

Colorado Rockies: Top five storylines heading into the season

Troy Tulowitzki.​The Rockies are the best team in baseball. As of this writing they're a half game ahead of the defending World Series Champion San Francisco Giants. We're not sure what all the talk of grapefruit and cactus is about or why the good players keep leaving after half a game, but ... More >>

Colorado Rockies opening day will be on a Friday, and on April 1 -- no joke

Salt River Fields​Major League pitchers and catchers report to spring training today -- Valentine's Day. Which is appropriate considering how little most of the guys will see their loved ones over the next seven or eight months. But the brand spanking new Spring Training facility for the Colo ... More >>

Colorado Rockies aren't dead yet in NL West, but even Ubaldo Jimenez is on life support

Ubaldo Jimenez.​Want three Denver blog posts? Got 'em for you. Purple Row's Russ Oates has the sad task of recapping the Rockies' second loss to the Diamondbacks in a row. Eeesh. Colorado Pols notes that Ken Buck was MSNBC personality Keith Olbermann's second worst person in the world the ot ... More >>

Colorado Rockies lose crucial game to San Diego Padres at home -- and it's all my fault

Miguel Tejada.​Who's to blame for the Colorado Rockies snapping their ten-game winning streak with a 6-4 loss to the San Diego Padres at home last night? The starting pitcher, who gave up a two-run shot to Miguel Tejada before many fans had found their seats? The bullpen, which allowed the Pad ... More >>

Proposing on a roller coaster and what we might get for 'Melo

Look ma, no hands!​And now for your final blog roundup of the week: Roundball Trading Company gives us its speculations on the all-but-impending Carmelo Anthony trade. Gilbert Arenas, really? Purple Row has a breakdown of the Rockies' weekend series with the "venomless" Arizona Diamondbacks. ... More >>

Gambling with Homer: Down a Franklin but still feelin' good

My girlfriend. Ha! I wish!​Hello, sports fans. My name is Homer Duggins and I've been a monster Denver devotee for, like, my whole life! When I was a kid, I totally asked my parents to paint my room blue and green for the Denver Zephyrs, and I wore black and gold to school every day for a year ... More >>

Glass still half-full for Colorado Rockies despite getting slammed yesterday

Wish I hadn't seen it coming, but I did. In a Friday blog, I wrote that there was a very real prospect of the Colorado Rockies getting swept by the San Francisco Giants following their two consecutive Coors Field losses against the Los Angeles Dodgers. And so it came to pass, with the Rockies falli ... More >>

The next biggest series of the year for the Colorado Rockies

Ubaldo Jimenez.​In an August 24 blog, I noted that commentators had been hyping the Colorado Rockies' homestand against the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers as the most important in team history. I questioned that hyperbole at the time, and given that this particular stretch sp ... More >>

Today's featured event: The Rockies roll into the second half tonight at Coors Field

The Colorado Rockies kick off their second-half home opener against the Diamondbacks tonight at Coors Field on a high note, after yesterday's 6-1 win in San Diego, which gave starting pitcher Jason Marquis his league-leading twelfth win. But Jim Tracy and the boys (and you and me) all know that ever ... More >>

Are the Rockies too pleased by All-Star recognition?

Brad Hawpe. Sure, it's great that both Brad Hawpe and Jason Marquis made the All-Star team as representatives of the Colorado Rockies. Moreover, an argument can be made that both Aaron Cook and Huston Street deserved to receive nods as well -- a testament to the improvement the squad's made since i ... More >>

Is it too soon to jump back on the Rockies' bandwagon?

A Flickr photoHouse of horrors? Or home, sweet home? Just when it looked like the Colorado Rockies were well on their way to redefining the word "pitiful," the team has done the seemingly impossible: won five games in a row, including yesterday's 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. But before ... More >>

The Colorado Rockies v. the Arizona Diamondbacks -- and why everyone needs an Uncle Bobby

A Flickr photoBank One Ballpark circa 2003.Have you ever had one of those days when, for whatever karmic reason, the forces of nature conspired specifically in your favor? Like life just decided to comp your tab that day? The season-opening series between the Colorado Rockies and the Arizona Diamond ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, April 7 edition

Wipe that Homer Simpson drool off your face... Eat healthy, live healthy. Today in Cafe Society: • Beer AND donuts at Watson's? Oh, why do you toy with my emotions! • Sip and slip into spring at Tamayo. • Coffee Spot: Aviano Coffee. • V.G. Burgers currently homeless as well as meatless. †... More >>

The Killers and M83 at Magness Arena

The Killers and M83Saturday, January 17, 2009Magness ArenaBetter Than: Not seeing them at all, even though the Magness sucks.Have you seen Denver University's Magness Arena? It's a cement tomb. The pharaohs would love this place. Hell, spent nuclear fuel would find a good home here. I'd rather liste ... More >>

Sports memories, selling cheap

Broncos fans distraught over the team's disintegration over the past three weeks are likely taking a break from all things sports today and probably tomorrow. But for those of you who can't get enough pain, Opening Day for the 2009 Colorado Rockies is only 98 days away, and the home opener against ... More >>

The top five players the Colorado Rockies got rid of too soon -- not including Matt Holliday

Colorado Rockies: doomed

Disasters That May Yet Befall Troy Tulowitzki

Colorado Rockies' Anemic All-Star Achievement

Top Ten Ways to Motivate the Colorado Rockies

Colorado Rockies Gagging, Choking, Failing

Going Postal For Tulo

Five USPS employees are bleeding purple every hour on the hour for their favorite Rockies player.

Trading Spaces

A Denver couple learns the ABCs of filming commercials.

Ballot Up!

My Gift to You, Rockies Fans

How The Colorado Rockies Became America's Team

Please Don't Play the Jesus Card, Rockies

The Denver Dailies Score a Double With Colorado Rockies Covers

The Denver Press Club's Gridiron Show Versus the Rockies

How To Identify The Arizona Diamondbacks

Oceanaire A Cool Breeze

Oceanaire A Cool Breeze

An Open Letter to Rockies Fans

The Colorado Rockies Don't Lead the League in Sucking Anymore

Rock On!

Rox Time

The first big home stand beckons.

Diamond in the Rough

After a dozen years, your Colorado Rockies still face a rocky road. Play bawl!

Past Time

Baseball's older, by George!

Yanks a Lot

Baseball's fall is all New York.

Rox Off

Draining the last drop at Coors Field

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Thin Air, Thin Hope

The secret Rockies formula: Prepare to meet thy doom.

Heaven Help Us

A World Series miracle could save a devilish year.

A Really Rocky Start

Helton's anemia and pitchers' schizophrenia aren't the only clouds over Coors Field.

Owners Get Batty

The Boys of Summer and Joys of Autumn fade into baseball's Icy Winter of Discontent.

Backwash

16 HP rides high with Hoarse, a new collections of live cuts from local performances.

Yuck!

The Rockies hit the dog-meat days of summer.

Night & Day

May 28 - June 3, 1998

Rox in His Head?