Craig Biggio should’ve been on the Colorado Rockies and you should be upset

Feb 26, 2020; West Palm Beach, Florida, USA; Houston Astros guest spring training instructor Craig Biggio gets a ride from the Astros mascot Orbit before the game against the St. Louis Cardinals at FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches. Mandatory Credit: Jim Rassol-USA TODAY Sports

I admit I didn’t know about this story until recently. Maybe it’s because it turned out to be such a bad decision that it’s not spoken of in Colorado Rockies fandom and this is our Voldemort.

Maybe it’s because I was just too young to even know what was going on. Maybe the Deep State has cleared out all records of this and the tale has been passed down verbally over the past 20+ years as the only way to let anyone learn what really happened. Is it potentially hidden in Russian hard-drives and I, Kevin Larson, am the one who needs to be responsible for bringing forth this story to the world? Who knows. But it’s something we need to bring to light for everyone who doesn’t know about possibly one of the worst decisions a GM of the Colorado Rockies has ever made:

Craig Biggio wanted to be a member of the Colorado Rockies in the midst of his prime and we basically said, “Nah man.”

Before we go further, I need to credit Twitter user @PoseidonsFist for the idea for this story as writing about a failing team in the midst of a pandemic can be a treacherous task. This failure, however, makes the current state of the Rockies feel bleak:

Write a 25 year narrative history had Craig Biggio signed in free agency with Colorado as expected instead of with Houston
— Duck Footed and Lumbers (@PoseidonsFist) October 21, 2020

I admit I didn’t know about this story until recently. Maybe it’s because it turned out to be such a bad decision that it’s not spoken of in Colorado Rockies fandom and this is our Voldemort.

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