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What Happens in a Closed Door Meeting?

The Rockies staged the perfect NL West rally last night in Dodgers Stadium. Troy Tulowitzki stayed back and punched a single up the middle. Todd Helton kept his hands inside the ball and dumped a single…Read More

The Giambino Walks Off

Back and forth they went. Both the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Colorado Rockies rallied late in today’s game, each coming up with clutch hits. The Rockies eventually pulled out a huge divisional…Read More

Making Sense of the Dreaded Sunday Lineups

  As one considers the gloomy situation that is the Rockies’ 1-3 start, there is plenty of blame to go around. The pitching is bad. The hitting is worse. Even the defense is bad. And of course,…Read More

Just How Important is Jorge De La Rosa?

In Jim Tracy’s first season as manager (2009) the Rockies made a second inexplicable appearance in the playoffs as the N.L. wild card team. Fans saw so many good things happening. There was so much…Read More

Morning Dump — 160-2 is off the table.

Jason Hammel hasn’t had his best fastball all season, but the results have been decent. In fact, Hammels has done pretty much what we should expect from him. Two of his three starts qualify as…Read More

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Morning Dump — Saturday, April 16th

Right now, everything the Rockies touch turns to gold.  Last night, Jhoulys Chacin dominated the Cubs…Read More

Monday Morning Shortstop: Rockies On A Roll

One full week in, the Rockies are rolling, posting six victories in eight games. And the two games they…Read More

Sunday Morning Dump — Wiggy, Wiggy, What?!

The guy that was drafted ahead of Tim Lincecum, Evan Longoria, and Clayton Kershaw came up big for the…Read More

Monday Morning Shortstop: First Things First, Win NL West

A well-deserved aura of optimism is surrounding the Colorado Rockies as we inch ever so close to opening…Read More

Morning Dump — Sunday, March 20th

The Rox were once a non-factor in Latin America. Obviously, that has changed. Their system is loaded…Read More

Morning Dump — Saturday, March 19th

Yesterday, Jim Tracy named Ubaldo as the Opening Day starter. It was the most unsurprising announcement in team history. Jayson Stark has a really nice piece about Justin Morneau and his recovery from…Read More

Morning Dump — Wednesday, March 16th

Esmil Rogers finally stepped up yesterday. He threw five scoreless innings, allowing just one hit. He is now the clear favorite to become the team’s fifth starter. This is a very good thing for…Read More

Trio of Prospects Having Impressive Springs

Jordan Pacheco hit a three run bomb yesterday and set the beat writers’ twitter feeds on fire. In his second major league spring training, Jordan has made quite an impression. Carney Lansford said…Read More

Morning Dump — Wednesday, March 9th

Yesterday, Felipe Paulino started a split squad game against the White Sox. He was the favorite to win the fifth spot in the rotation, but it sounds like he lost some footing yesterday. After the game,…Read More

Are the Rox any better at second base?

This site has been relatively unproductive lately and it’s my fault. Recently, I was sucked into the infinite black-hole that is the message board on a certain Rockies blog. As a result, my productivity…Read More

Morning Dump — Sunday, March 6th

I’ve been more impressed with Seth Smith than any other player in Spring Training. I love the things he is saying. He is determined to become a regular player this year and is showing it on the…Read More

Morning Dump — Saturday, March 5th

Reportedly, Aaron Cook’s recent MRI showed no sign of structural damage in his shoulder, but this doesn’t make me feel any better. I assume that Cook has been examined for a possible labrum…Read More

Morning Dump — Friday, March 4th

I’m starting out today over at Fangraphs, where Chris Cwik takes the Rox to task for drafting poorly over the last decade. I think this article is a little short-sighted. Chris failed to acknowledge…Read More

Morning Dump — Thursday, March 3rd

Last season, the Rox lost nineteen one-run road games. If they could’ve found a way to win ten of those games, they would’ve won the West. In effort to improve their success in close ball…Read More

Morning Dump — Sunday, February 27th

Forgive me for my tardiness this morning. Yesterday, I watched every pitch of a ten inning Cactus League game and I think it may have given me a hang-over. I wrote quite a bit about the game already,…Read More

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