Rox Pile » Huston Street http://roxpile.com A Colorado Rockies Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Wed, 16 May 2012 22:10:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Next Right Man for the Rockies Closer Job http://roxpile.com/2012/01/20/the-next-right-man-for-the-rockies-closer-job/ http://roxpile.com/2012/01/20/the-next-right-man-for-the-rockies-closer-job/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:17:41 +0000 Hayden Kane http://roxpile.com/?p=3282 2009 wasn’t that long ago, was it? In the world of the Colorado Rockies it feels much longer than three years have passed since those rosy days. As the team prepared to face the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS, there were grumblings that solid-as-a-rock closer Huston Street would be offered a three year extension that offseason. And why wouldn’t he? He converted 35 of 37 save opportunities. He was the best closer the Rockies had seen in their short history. Or something…

But even with his failures in that same 2009 divisional series, I was happy that the Rockies locked up Street. It made sense to have the closer position locked down. In hindsight I was naive to have such a positive outlook or to think that he was any different than Brian Fuentes or Manny Corpas.  … [visit site to read more]

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It didn’t matter.

The Rockies’ lone run before the eighth inning came off the bat of Troy Tulowitzki in the form of a solo home run to left field. A good sign for Tulo … [visit site to read more]

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