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Matt Holliday

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    Top 10 sports stars who pissed us off by leaving Colorado

    Ubaldo Jimenez.​This weekend, Ubaldo Jimenez, the greatest pitcher in Colorado Rockies history, is expected to make his first start for the Cleveland Indians. Which got us to thinking: What pro athletes who left Colorado teams either by choice or force have been most painful for local fans to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    The 20 greatest moments in Colorado Rockies history

    Ubaldo Jimenez.​If mediocrity was a woman, she would have a restraining order on the current Rockies team. The only thing notable about this team is that Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez are both battling nagging injuries. So why not look back on the good times? On the twentieth anniversar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Worst blown calls in baseball history: Armando Galarraga's shoulda-been perfect game joins list

    A Flickr photoArmando Galarrago got jobbed.​Last night, Detroit's Armando Galarraga got screwed out of a perfect game when umpire Jim Joyce mistakenly called a runner safe with two outs in the ninth. Had Joyce, who's admitted his error, seen straight, Gallaraga would have joined an extremely ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2009

    Josh McDaniels F-bombs and the history of motivational rhetoric

    ​We'll leave it to the shrinks and pundits to try to figure out which Broncos team is going to show up in Kansas City next week. Will it be the upstarts who shocked just about everybody for six games? The head cases who fell flat against the Redskins and were absolutely impotent against the Ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    Rockies get best of Holliday trade (last night, anyway)

    Huston Street heads toward his teammates after finishing off the Phils last night.​ Even after the Wacky Wednesday loss in game one of their playoff series against the Philllies, the Rockies still had a chance to regain home-field advantage -- and they managed to do so with a little help from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2009

    Gambling with Homer: Breaking even in Rocktober

    ​Homer Duggins is the biggest sports fan in Denver and Westword's gambling, uh, "expert." Read his dispatches every Friday in the Latest Word sports section. What an incredible week it was for Denver sports! Good thing it's chilly now too, because it get really hot wearing my Sakic jersey on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    Rockies can become contenders, not pretenders, in Dodgers series

    Aaron Cook. Fears that the Colorado Rockies might turn their win streak upside down after losing for the first time in twelve games to the Tampa Bay Rays on June 16 proved unfounded in a major (league) way. The next day, the team began a stretch of fourteen games in fifteen days, with nine of those ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2009

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    April 9, 2009

    We Will Rock You

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2008

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2008

    The 10 most memorable Denver sports moments of 2008

    Ten Denver sports moments we'll remember (sometimes against our wishes) from 2008.10. The Birdman flies back into DenverReserve center and reformed party addict Chris "The Birdman" Anderson re-joined the Nuggets this year after a two-year suspension for an unspecified violation (cocaine). He's not t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2008

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

    Ten Denver sports moments we'll remember (sometimes against our wishes) from 2008.10. The Birdman flies back into DenverReserve center and reformed party addict Chris "The Birdman" Anderson re-joined the Nuggets this year after a two-year suspension for an unspecified violation (cocaine). He's not t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2008

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

    Ten Denver sports moments we'll remember (sometimes against our wishes) from 2008.10. The Birdman flies back into DenverReserve center and reformed party addict Chris "The Birdman" Anderson re-joined the Nuggets this year after a two-year suspension for an unspecified violation (cocaine). He's not t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2008

    Permanent (Matt) Holliday

    Ten Denver sports moments we'll remember (sometimes against our wishes) from 2008.10. The Birdman flies back into DenverReserve center and reformed party addict Chris "The Birdman" Anderson re-joined the Nuggets this year after a two-year suspension for an unspecified violation (cocaine). He's not t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2008

    Colorado Rockies' Anemic All-Star Achievement

    Ten Denver sports moments we'll remember (sometimes against our wishes) from 2008.10. The Birdman flies back into DenverReserve center and reformed party addict Chris "The Birdman" Anderson re-joined the Nuggets this year after a two-year suspension for an unspecified violation (cocaine). He's not t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2008

    Colorado Rockies Apologia Smacks of the Bad Old Days

    Ten Denver sports moments we'll remember (sometimes against our wishes) from 2008.10. The Birdman flies back into DenverReserve center and reformed party addict Chris "The Birdman" Anderson re-joined the Nuggets this year after a two-year suspension for an unspecified violation (cocaine). He's not t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2008

    Bobble Yourself Like Matt Holliday and Tulo

    Ten Denver sports moments we'll remember (sometimes against our wishes) from 2008.10. The Birdman flies back into DenverReserve center and reformed party addict Chris "The Birdman" Anderson re-joined the Nuggets this year after a two-year suspension for an unspecified violation (cocaine). He's not t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2008

    Top Ten Ways to Motivate the Colorado Rockies

    Ten Denver sports moments we'll remember (sometimes against our wishes) from 2008.10. The Birdman flies back into DenverReserve center and reformed party addict Chris "The Birdman" Anderson re-joined the Nuggets this year after a two-year suspension for an unspecified violation (cocaine). He's not t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2008

    Epic Rockies Game Handcuffs Dailies

    Ten Denver sports moments we'll remember (sometimes against our wishes) from 2008.10. The Birdman flies back into DenverReserve center and reformed party addict Chris "The Birdman" Anderson re-joined the Nuggets this year after a two-year suspension for an unspecified violation (cocaine). He's not t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2008

    The Old College Try

    Ten Denver sports moments we'll remember (sometimes against our wishes) from 2008.10. The Birdman flies back into DenverReserve center and reformed party addict Chris "The Birdman" Anderson re-joined the Nuggets this year after a two-year suspension for an unspecified violation (cocaine). He's not t ... More >>

  • News

    March 13, 2008

    Hope for the Colorado Rockies Springs Eternal

    A What's So Funny special report from spring training in Tucson.

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2008

    2007 Best of Denver Winners

    In 2007, when Westword published its twenty-fourth Best Of Awards, things were looking up for the Rockies: Matt Holliday, our winner for "Best Rocky," was a rising star, and he and the rest of the team's young players were -- who knew? -- just months away from an improbable World Series run. Now ... More >>

  • News

    November 8, 2007

    It Takes Balls

    Cranky Steve Horner won’t stay in his corner.

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2007

    The Onion Peels the Colorado Rockies

    Cranky Steve Horner won’t stay in his corner.

  • News

    November 1, 2007

    Harold Squared

    The local media wielded a purple crayon during the Rockies' unlikely run, leading to an excess of everything but restraint.

  • News

    October 25, 2007

    Going Postal For Tulo

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

  • News

    October 18, 2007

    Two Rockies Fans Take One for the Team

    They thought they were supporting their club. The Rockies and the City and County of Denver thought otherwise.

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2007

    Please Don't Play the Jesus Card, Rockies

    They thought they were supporting their club. The Rockies and the City and County of Denver thought otherwise.

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2007

    Colorado Rockies: A Team of Know Names

    They thought they were supporting their club. The Rockies and the City and County of Denver thought otherwise.

  • News

    October 11, 2007

    Rockies Score Front-Page Saturation

    More and more sports stories are winding up on the front page – but such placement isn’t always a winner.

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2007

    Pardon This Rockies Interruption, Bitch

    More and more sports stories are winding up on the front page – but such placement isn’t always a winner.

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2007

    Rockies Baseball: Stranger than Fiction

    More and more sports stories are winding up on the front page – but such placement isn’t always a winner.

  • News

    September 20, 2007

    The Rockies Rock!

    Heading for the playoffs.

  • News

    July 12, 2007

    Summer Holliday

    Hey, Matt Holliday, let’s go play some catch.

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2007

    White Trash and Mr. Jones

    Hey, Matt Holliday, let’s go play some catch.

  • Calendar

    March 29, 2007

    Rock On!

    Hey, Matt Holliday, let’s go play some catch.

  • News

    March 31, 2005

    Diamond in the Rough

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

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