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Colorado Rockies: Top 32 moments in franchise history tournament

By Noah Yingling

8 May 1997: Second baseman Eric Young of the Colorado Rockies throws the ball as first baseman Mark Johnson of the Pittsburgh Pirates slides into the base at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado. The Pirates won the game 10-8. Mandatory Credit: Brian Bahr /
8 May 1997: Second baseman Eric Young of the Colorado Rockies throws the ball as first baseman Mark Johnson of the Pittsburgh Pirates slides into the base at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado. The Pirates won the game 10-8. Mandatory Credit: Brian Bahr / /
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8 May 1997: Second baseman Eric Young of the Colorado Rockies throws the ball as first baseman Mark Johnson of the Pittsburgh Pirates slides into the base at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado. The Pirates won the game 10-8. Mandatory Credit: Brian Bahr /
8 May 1997: Second baseman Eric Young of the Colorado Rockies throws the ball as first baseman Mark Johnson of the Pittsburgh Pirates slides into the base at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado. The Pirates won the game 10-8. Mandatory Credit: Brian Bahr / /

We here at Rox Pile decided to compile a tournament of the top 32 moments in Rockies history. Kevin Henry and I have compiled a list of 16 each. We will have four brackets with eight moments in each bracket. However, you will be deciding which moments advance and which moment which is truly the best in Colorado Rockies history. Today, we discuss one of our #8 seeds: the Rockies stealing 10 bases against the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1996.

On June 30, 1996, the Rockies faced the Los Angeles Dodgers in classic Coors Field slug-fest. In the game, the Rockies stole 10 bases in their 16-15 walk-off win over the eventual National League West champion Dodgers. Here were the lineups for visiting Dodgers for that game:

  1. Chad Fonville, LF
  2. Delino DeShields, 2B
  3. Mike Piazza, C
  4. Eric Karros, 1B
  5. Raul Mondesi, RF
  6. Mike Blowers, 3B
  7. Todd Hollandsworth, CF
  8. Greg Gagne, SS
  9. Hideo Nomo, P

The lineup was made by interim Dodgers manager Bill Russell, who was just in his seventh game as Dodgers manager after regular manager Tommy Lasorda, who had just recently had a heart attack. He would never return to the helm as he officially retired about a month later.

The Rockies lineup, made by Don Baylor, who passed away earlier this week as we recounted in this article, looked like this:

  1. Eric Young, 2B
  2. Walt Weiss, SS
  3. Ellis Burks, LF
  4. Dante Bichette, RF
  5. Andres Galarraga, 1B
  6. Vinny Castilla, 3B
  7. Jayhawk Owens, C
  8. Quinton McCracken, CF
  9. Mark Thompson, P

Eric Young stole six bases, which tied the MLB record (two players stole seven bases in the 1800s but it was not Major League Baseball yet). Two more stolen bases were recorded by McCracken, and one each by Burks and Bichette.

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