Subject: Philadelphia Phillies

• The Rockies' Final Countdown

  September 25, 2007

• Pardon This Rockies Interruption, Bitch

  October 3, 2007

• How To Watch The Rockies Game From Your Cube

  October 4, 2007

• Colorado Rockies: A Team of Know Names

  October 11, 2007

• Game One: Yeesh.

  October 25, 2007

• Shuck and High Five

  New York baseball nostalgia hits Denver.

  October 7, 1999

• No Rockie road for the Rays

  October 21, 2008

• A beef with Denver Ted's

  October 22, 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 the Philadelphia Phillies is only 102 days away. Will the team be able to return to 2007 form without Matt Holliday or will they continue their miserable ways into the near future? Hard to know, but

  December 29, 2008

• Yuck!

  July 27, 2000

• Underdogs Outclass Fat Cats

  May 17, 2001

• Pray Ball

  September 27, 2001

• PETA proclaims Coors Field the third most vegetarian-friendly ballpark

  As if Clint Hurdle's recent dismissal by the Colorado Rockies wasn't enough to piss off rabid baseball fans, now comes word that PETA, or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, has bestowed a decidedly unsettling honor on Coors Field -- you know, home of the foot-long Rockie hot dog -- naming it the third most vegetarian-friendly ballpark in the country. It's right behind Citizens Bank Park (Philadelphia Phillies) and AT&T Park (San Francisco Giants), which ranked first and second, res

  June 3, 2009

• Rockies Opening Day 2009: The ill-advised live blog

  One of these shirts is not like the other. Read from the bottom up. Or not at all. 4:15: So I'm sitting here with one of those guys who wears his own team hat to a game even though that team is not playing. What I mean is that Joe is wearing a Cardinals hat even though the game is between the Phillies and Rockies. What a wanker. Also, Phillies suck. Rockies rule, baby. 4:05: Joe, what time is It? Oh shoot. Did I say taht out loud. So, my boss called and said she would fire me if I didn't blo

  April 10, 2009

• We Will Rock You

  April 9, 2009

• Hope for the Colorado Rockies Springs Eternal

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

  March 13, 2008

• Rockies Score Front-Page Saturation

  October 11, 2007

• The Dugout

  The gang’s all beer – and the bathroom’s full.

  October 18, 2007

• Head of the Class

  With his grades and high school activities, Pablo is an ideal candidate for college, except for one hitch: He's illegal.

  December 2, 2004

• The Waiting Game

  For the Rockies, August can be the cruelest month.

  August 14, 2003

• Driving Drunk

  July 16, 1998

• Warning Signs

  February 26, 1998

• Rapid Fire

  May 8, 1997

• Older Is Bitter

  March 27, 1997

• Johnny on the Spot

  February 20, 1997

• Going Batty

  September 26, 1996

• Fake Street Bombers

  August 1, 1996

• Pitchless Wonders

  May 9, 1996

• A DAY OF INFAMY

  January 17, 1996

• JOY IN MUDVILLE

  November 22, 1995

• FARE FOR THE COMMON FAN

  August 9, 1995

• THE GRAND YOUNG GAME

  July 19, 1995

• LIFE'S A PITCH

  AND IT THREW BRAD AND LISA MOORE ONE HELL OF A CURVE.A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN FOR BRAD AND LISA MOORE, OPENING DAY WAS POSTPONED ON ACCOUNT OF PAIN.

  April 5, 1995

• DRIBBLE AND DROOL

  March 15, 1995

• GOING, GOING, GONE

  February 15, 1995

• WHO'S ON THIRD?

  January 18, 1995

• THRILLS

  March 30, 1994

• THERE GOES MR. JORDAN

  March 30, 1994

• STORMING THE OUTFIELD WALLS

  March 2, 1994

• Opening the Closet

  January 12, 1994

• Philly Fan

  April 30, 2009

• Thanks to the Rockies' runs, Taco Bell is turning our four tacos for a dollar

  ​Yesterday, Jack in the Box was giving away two free tacos with no strings attached; today, Taco Hell Bell is giving away four tacos for one buck, with the attached string being that you've got to purchase a drink (the cheapest one is $1.72, including tax, at the Taco Bell on the 16th Street Mall) and time your arrival between 4 and 6 p.m., which isn't terribly convenient, but who am I to complain?All Colorado Taco Bells are offering this deal the day after the Colorado Rockies score seven or

  August 5, 2009

• 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 falling in the first couple of contests because they didn't supplement strong pitching performances with timely hitting -- and then, after finally breaking out of their offensive slump yesterday, the Giant

  August 31, 2009

• How the Rockies can beat the Phillies: Sit Franklin Morales

  Franklin Morales.​Today's Denver Post quotes relief pitcher Franklin Morales as saying he's "ready" for the Philadelphia Phillies -- and the use of quotes in the headline suggests some appropriate editorializing on the part of the Post sports staff. On Saturday night, Morales was horrendous while inadvertently helping the L.A. Dodgers secure the National League West crown. Yet manager Jim Tracy left him in so long that when the FSN broadcasting team reported that the phone to the bullpen w

  October 5, 2009

• Five Colorado Rockies we hope the Phillies underrate

  Ryan Spilborghs.​You're the Philadelphia Phillies -- the defending World Series champs, and winner of three consecutive National League East crowns. You've got a lineup filled with stars like Jimmy Rollins, Ryan Howard, Cliff Lee. The entire sporting press, and much of the public, expects you to roll over the Rockies in the first round of the playoffs, set to begin a little over an hour from now, gaining revenge for being swept by the Colorado club in 2007. As such, you can be excused for

  October 7, 2009

• Rocktober derails Union Station gala -- temporarily

  The Denver Public LibraryThe original Mizpah Arch​Everything was in place for one of the biggest social events of the season. Union Station was primed to host "A Night in Old Union Station," a swanky, Victorian-themed gala, on October 15, with tickets set at $40 to $200 to raise money for a replica of the long-gone Mizpah (Welcome) Arch as part of Union Station's ambitious redevelopment. Then, however, came the party crashers -- the Colorado Rockies.

  October 7, 2009

• Don't worry, Rockies fans: It was just a Wacky Wednesday

  ​Most commentators discussing the Philadelphia Phillies' 5-1 dismantling of the Colorado Rockies yesterday came to the conclusion that the P-men simply outclass the Rocks on every level -- an easy conclusion to draw if you suffered through the last five innings. But amid the destruction, there was reason for hope, and not just because Troy Tulowitzki knocked in a last-minute run to prevent Cliff Lee from registering a complete-game shutout. Nearly every member of the Rockies who played wel

  October 8, 2009

• It's the most wonderful time of the year for Denver sports fans

  A Flickr photoWe feel like dancing, too.​ Right now, fans of pro sports in Denver have a difficult task -- figuring out how not to spontaneously orgasm at inappropriate times (like during fully clothed meetings with the boss) due to the magical confluence of seasons involving all the big-four sports: baseball, football, hockey and basketball. The World Series starts tonight, and while the Rockies aren't part of it, the glow from their unexpectedly successful season hasn't worn off -- and b

  October 28, 2009

• Where out-of-towners go to root, root, root for their home teams

  The Sports Column is a Steelers bar. So that'll be fun next weekend.​The World Series is in full swing, and although the Rockies didn't make it this year, just about every TV in every sports bar in town has been tuned to the match-up between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies. Fans of those two teams -- and there are plenty of them -- may not find comfort among the Rockies-loyal, but they can certainly find like-minded company at a couple of bars that cater to those from t

  October 30, 2009

• 10 cities more stressed out than Denver

  A Flickr photoThe thought of figuring out who's more stressed out than we are is stressing us out!​It's been a month to the day since the Daily Beast declared Denver to be the fifth-smartest city in the United States -- and apparently the folks at the American Psychological Association think our incredible brainpower is working against us. An APA survey says Denver is America's most stressed city. If true, these results would leave us feeling even more nervous and anxious than we already

  November 4, 2009