Colorado Rockies

Rockies mission: Solve Tim Lincecum

Tim Lincecum, in a screen capture from his last start against the Rockies.​Last Thursday, we talked about the impending trio of games between your Colorado Rockies and the San Diego Padres, and the importance of the Rocks winning at least two of the three games going into a key series in San F ... More >>

Rockies-Padres series looms large

The Padres' Adrian Gonzalez.​Watching the Rockies' 4-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds last night wasn't as suspenseful as anticipated given the circumstances; the Reds had taken the lead late, only to surrender it to Seth Smith, who singled with the bases loaded in the ninth. After all, the ... More >>

Colorado Rockies' mission: Sweep Cincy

Ian Stewart.​The Colorado Rockies' 4-3 victory against the Cincinnati Reds yesterday, thanks to a timely solo shot by Ian Stewart, means the club has won five of the first six games during its ongoing homestand, thereby taking advantage of their extremely favorable September schedule's first p ... More >>

Lucky thongs for the Colorado Rockies

Cock-a-doodle-do!​I confess: I really wasn't sure why the Colorado Rockies went to the trouble of picking Jason Giambi off the discard pile last month. But now I know -- the lucky thong. The lucky gold thong, that is, which Giambi lets teammates wear to help them break out of a slump -- and h ... 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 >>

Update: Colorado Rockies ratings going yard

Troy Tulowitzki in a shot from the FSN Insider website.​It's happening again. Just as in 2007, when the Colorado Rockies' World Series run coaxed people who would usually rather shave their body with a rotary lawnmower than watch a baseball game to plant themselves in front of their set, viewe ... More >>

Other lessons in Rockies' astonishing 14-inning victory

Ryan Spliborghs.​This morning on ESPN Radio, Jason Smith noted that only one walk-off grand slam in Major League Baseball history had taken place in a later inning than Ryan Spilborghs' 14th inning shocker that lifted the Colorado Rockies to an unlikely win over the San Francisco Giants last n ... More >>

Proof that the Colorado Rockies have the biggest balls

"Hulk can't smash balls! Too big!"​ Yesterday's blog headlined "Colorado Rockies Scoring With Big Balls and Small" prompted a note from Alek Komarnitsky, an amateur photographer whose website, Komar.org, features great family shots and plenty more. (Earlier this year, his photos of dogs chasin ... More >>

Colorado Rockies scoring with big balls and small

Tulo.​Local sports yakkers have been hyping the Colorado Rockies' current homestand as the most important in the history of the franchise, which strikes me as an example of enthusiasm trumping short-term memory. Seems to me there were some pretty key series at Coors Field during the run-up to ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, August 5 edition

The Breathe boys.​Who's gonna clean up this mess? Today in Backbeat Online: • Q&A with Kyle Evans of Breathe Carolina. • Q&A with Krispy Kream of the Knux. • Tip sheet: Meet Shel, our new favorite band. • A first look at Pictureplane's new video. • MP3 Freeloader: Joy Subtraction. ... More >>

Inside the Rockies: Drawing a crowd, if not yet a paycheck

With news that the mothership is landing in the local-sports market , and with sports-blog coalitions like SBNation and Bleacher Report continuing to expand, there are lots of questions about what the future of sports journalism will look like. Inside the Rockies wants to be part of the answer. ... 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 >>

The Rockies-Dodgers series: Moral victory or reality check?

A Flickr photo"What do you think? Should we take these guys seriously or not?" I argued earlier this week that the Colorado Rockies had a chance to establish themselves as true contenders during this week's three-game series against the Dodgers in Los Angeles. "If the Rocks get swept, they'll know ... More >>

Denver Blogs: The Ty that binds... maybe

A Flickr photo. Our daily blog-o-rama. Missing something? Send tips. Grading the Nuggets draft. (Denver Stiffs) Colorado doctors have been arrested for participating in a truly weird and despicable fraud scheme. (5280) Remember old Matt Holiday, the fella you were mourning before the Rockies rip ... More >>

Colorado Rockies: The season starts over today

Back on June 12, I wrote that I wouldn't be able to look at the Colorado Rockies' glass as half full until they reached the .500 mark. To the delight of Rockies' fans everywhere, that happened yesterday, thanks to a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. This outcome was doubly important, because it ... More >>

Rockies: Don't turn your win streak upside down

As pointed out in a blog yesterday, the Colorado Rockies need stability more than a franchise-record win streak -- and it's a good thing, since the Rocks were clubbed to death in a 12-4 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays last night, halting them one victory short of a best-ever twelve triumphs in a row. ... More >>

Rockies need stability more than streak record

Photo by Holly Harris With the recent end of the Denver Nuggets' exciting season, plenty of fans in these parts probably figured that they wouldn't have another competitive local pro-sports team to follow until... the Nugs start playing again in the fall. But the Rockies have elbowed their way back ... More >>

Is the Colorado Rockies' glass suddenly half full?

A Flickr photo Casual baseball fans who hear that the Colorado Rockies have suddenly won eight games straight, including ultra-rare road sweeps against the St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers, may start thinking about corner-turning, even though the Rocks are currently mired in fourth pla ... 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 >>

Go for the Gold!

Rockies finally get over Clint Hurdle

See ya. This morning, we published a blog asking the musical question, "Clint Hurdle: How Many Times Has He Not Been Fired?" Don't have to ask that anymore: Believe it or don't, the Rockies pulled the trigger a few hours later. Bench coach Jim Tracy will serve as interim manager -- and it wouldn't ... More >>

Clint Hurdle: How many times has he not been fired?

Clint Hurdle during happier times. Yesterday afternoon, I was listening to the Klatt and Kreckman Show on Mile High Sports Radio/AM 1510 when the conversation turned to an item just put online by the Denver Post: To wit, Colorado Rockies manager Clint Hurdle hadn't been fired yet. That the Post co ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, May 20 edition

Photo by Denny DoesKevin Devine. Let us infotain you. Today in Backbeat Online: • Q&A with Kevin Devine. • This Just In: blink-182 reuninon tour hits Fiddler's in September. • Undercover and underage at LIFEspot. • Seems like old times: Jason Heller back in Westword and Off the Wall return ... More >>

We Will Rock You

Wake-Up Call: Snow job!

The pert young anchor turned to the avuncular weathercaster. "So," she said. "What happened to that eight big inches you promised me last night?" The inches have changed over the years -- to ten, to twelve -- as the story takes on all the trappings of an urban legend, but its origins are definit ... More >>

Fearless Colorado Rockies opening-day prediction: 72 wins in 2009

On opening day, hope is supposed to spring eternal for Colorado Rockies fans -- and that's certainly the case in some quarters. Among the predictions made by readers on an April 4 Inside the Rockies post are a couple that suggest the Rocks could actually win the National League West, and several m ... More >>

Denver Blogs: It's snowing -- so let's talk baseball

Photo courtesy of FlickrDid Rockies pitcher Jason Marquis bring some curse with him? Yet another tour of the local blogosphere. Send those links. If Jason Marquis is the Rockies' third starter, it may be a long season. (Purple Row) Chef conference comes to Denver. Be prepared to overhear copious ... More >>

How do the Colorado Rockies blow? Let us count the ways...

Sarcasm drips from the headline on Purple Row, a website devoted to the Colorado Rockies. It reads: "Rockies Find New Ways to Keep the Streak Alive; Now 0-7." Yep, the Rockies are zilch-for-2009. In a different blog, our Purple Row friends advise Rockies fans not to panic yet, and even trot out t ... 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

The Westword.com blog shortcut, November 12 edition

Matt Holliday and the Rockies' case of premature ejaculation

No Rockie road for the Rays

The Post and the Rocky ask the same good question

Saying goodbye to Matt Holliday -- and to the Colorado Rockies' own Father Time

Colorado Rockies: Let's revisit the good old days (because this season sucks)

It's Broncos season in Denver, but Funny's transition is Rockie

The Gang's All Beer

Colorado Rockies: doomed

Hot Dog Heaven

Permanent (Matt) Holliday

Disasters That May Yet Befall Troy Tulowitzki

CC Sabathia Puts the Rockies Back in the Headlines -- By Beating Them

Colorado Rockies Apologia Smacks of the Bad Old Days

Could Shawn Chacon Be Heading Back to the Rockies?

Home State Hero Shawn Chacon Goes Sprewell on GM

Top Ten Ways to Motivate the Colorado Rockies

John Elway, Swinger

The Gang's All Beer