Tag: minor league baseball
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Monument’s Billy Cook taken in 10th round of baseball draft
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Billy Cook received the long-anticipated phone call at about 4 p.m. Monday at his family’s home in Monument. It was a representative from the Baltimore Orioles informing the former Lewis-Palmer baseball star (class of 2017) that the organization had selected him in the 10th round…
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Rockies’ Trevor Story gives hometown crowd a lasting memory at Home Run Debry
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER — Trevor Story, for perhaps one of the last times, gave the hometown crowd lots to cheer about during the Home Run Derby. Story didn’t make it past the second round but said the experience was everything he expected and more. His longest homer…
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Rockies draft rounds 2-10: Interim GM Bill Schmidt believes second-round pick Jaden Hill can be ‘impact pitcher’ in MLB
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Rockies interim general manager Bill Schmidt knew LSU right-handed pitcher Jaden Hill was MLB-ready Feb. 28, 2020. That day Schmidt was in attendance for LSU’s game against Texas in Houston, in which Hill threw three innings, allowing no hits and recording six strikeouts. Now over…
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Rockies’ Trevor Story’s and Bud Black’s home run derby predictions; Gomber on the mend
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Heads up! Balls will be flying all over the place at Coors Field during the home run derby. No area will be off limits. The best sluggers in baseball, coupled with altitude and no humidor, means home runs could hit all corners of the ballpark.…
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Trevor Story getting home run derby advice from Charlie Blackmon
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Charlie Blackmon knows Coors Field better than just about anyone. And while he’ll probably be off fishing during the actual event, he’s making sure teammate Trevor Story is fully prepared for the home run derby Monday. The full list for the home run derby is…
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Rocky Mountain Vibes set to become ‘Lloronas de Montaña Rocosa’ for homestand
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Rocky Mountain Vibes’ eerie alter ego is taking the field for its first homestand. For six games Wednesday through Monday, the Vibes will be Lloronas de Montaña Rocosa. The organization is paying homage to a famous character in Latin American folklore, La Llorona — “The…
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Pioneer League adds team in Colorado; they’re called the Northern Colorado Owlz
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Buried in the news of a structure change as the Pioneer League transitions from an affiliated minor league to a Partner League with Major League Baseball was the announcement that Colorado has added a team in the league. The Northern Colorado Owlz — located in…
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Coffman’s lead over Montgomery shrinks to 273 votes in tight Aurora mayoral race
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mike Coffman held a slim 273-vote lead over Omar Montgomery in the Aurora mayoral race after election officials finished tabulating thousands of ballots on Thursday, but neither candidate was ready to say the election had concluded. A spokesman for Coffman’s campaign said the former five-term…
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Buzzer beater: Prop DD narrowly passes to allow sports betting at casinos
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The numbers in the statewide measure Proposition DD swung back and forth Tuesday like the lead in a Final Four championship match. On Wednesday afternoon, the buzzer sounded. The Associated Press called the race in favor of the measure that would decriminalize sports betting to…
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ELECTION 2019: Roundup of Colorado ballot issues and races
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Voters across Colorado will decide two statewide measures in the election that ends Tuesday, and many of them will also elect municipal and school board officials, as well as vote on a range of local ballot questions ranging from taxes and debt to marijuana and…