Tag: rockies
-
Rockies say GM Bill Schmidt steps down, team to begin ‘outside’ search for next baseball leader
The Rockies on Wednesday announced Bill Schmidt is out as senior vice president and general manager, signaling a significant organizational shift for a franchise plagued by inconsistency and fan frustration. With Schmidt’s departure, the Rockies will begin a search for a new head of baseball operations immediately. “After a number of conversations, we decided it…
-
Mariners win AL West for 1st time in 24 years as Raleigh reaches 60 homers in 9-2 win over Rockies
SEATTLE (AP) — Only fitting it was Cal Raleigh who catapulted the Seattle Mariners to their first AL West championship in 24 years Wednesday night. The switch-hitting catcher launched two more homers to give him a major league-best 60 this season, and the streaking Mariners clinched the fourth division crown in the franchise’s 49-year history…
-
Denver Ballpark district will be on November’s ballot after City Council approval
—
by
After nearly a decade of attempts, downtown Denver business and property owners are closer to creating an improvement district around Coors Field. On Monday, the Denver City Council approved a bill to create a Ballpark general improvement district — an area taxing both commercial and residential property owners — and put the issue on November’s ballot. The…
-
Speedier concessions lines, new menu items on tap at Coors Field this season
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Spring is here, and nothing says “Goodbye winter!” more than heading to Denver to see the Rockies take on the Tampa Bay Rays on April 5 in their first home game of the season. And when the gates open to fans at Coors Field, be…
-
Former Colorado Rockies star Troy Tulowitzki retires
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BOSTON — Troy Tulowitzki, a five-time All-Star with the Colorado Rockies who has missed most of the past two seasons with leg injuries, announced his retirement on Thursday, more than three months after he played in his last game for the New York Yankees. “For…
-
Woody Paige: Colorado Rockies GM Jeff ‘The Brain’ Bridich is stopping the bleeding with this?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Rockies again pretended to be a baseball team in their 100th game Tuesday night. They were humiliated by the Nationals 11-1. What’s new? Instead of caps, the Rockies should wear paper bags over their heads and beg for a 10-run mercy rule. Between the…
-
Woody Paige: Colorado Rockies need to get help and turn season around
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Blake Street Worm Turners can’t twist and twirl in the wind beyond the All-Star break interlude. They must win 60 percent of their final 73 games to become a six-time wild-card club. They’ll have to rock the rest of July and August and September…
-
Paul Klee: Better late than never for Raimel Tapia, who delivers a life lesson and Rockies victory
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER • Run, Raimel, run. If there is a life lesson from Raimel Tapia’s walk-off winner on Monday, it is this: be yourself, dude. The Rockies want nothing more and nothing less from the best hair at 20th and Blake. “Have fun!” Ryan McMahon encouraged…
-
Woody Paige: Colorado Rockies are a mess, good thing it’s early
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The ballpark’s heavenly opening afternoon — a setting out of a Cezanne landscape — morphed into a Botticelli painting of Hades. The Rockies trailed the dreaded Dodgers 9-1 in the seventh, and their faithful followers became listless as Grape Expectations were not being realized. Thousands…
-
Kyle Freeland shines, Rockies win 2019 season opener against Marlins
—
by
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save MIAMI — Kyle Freeland allowed two hits and one run in seven innings in his first opening day start, and the Colorado Rockies beat the sloppy Miami Marlins 6-3 Thursday. Freeland (1-0), who had a breakout 17-win season in 2018, retired his first 11 batters…