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I’ll keep it short, but man this was bummer.  I guess I know how Tigers’ fans felt last year when they had that huge run only to get spanked by the Cardinals.  Still, it’s hard to be sad with how the Rockies did this year, you just wish they would have made more of an [...]

The Rockies are down 2-0 and they’re in unfamiliar territory.  The last time they lost back to back games was well over a month ago on September 14-15.  Still, the Rockies have to get their offense going quickly or this series is going to be over sooner rather then later.
The Rockies lone run came in [...]

Well, the Red Sox completed their comeback so they’ll be the Rockies’ opponent when the World Series kicks off.  The opposing pitcher will be the red hot Josh Beckett and you have to think the Rockies will go with Jeff Francis.  Let’s get it on.

The Rockies continued their historic run as they won their seventh straight playoff game to complete a four game sweep over the Diamondbacks to advance to their first ever World Series.  The Rockies got it done with the big inning and it was fourth in which they scored all of six of their runs in [...]

The Rockies took care of the Diamondbacks in game three 4-1 and they now have a commanding three games to zero lead in the National League Championship series.  They did it behind a very good start by Josh Fogg, who held the Diamondbacks to just a single run on seven hits in a game that [...]

The Rockies took a commanding two games to zero lead with a dramatic eleven inning victory over the Diamondbacks last night.  Ubaldo Jimenez gave the Rockies five solid innings and he held the Diamonsbacks to a single run and he left with the Rockies up 2-1.  Yorvit Torrealba singled home a run in the second [...]

The Rockies got off to a rocky (I know, bad pun) start when Jeff Francis was tagged for a run in the bottom of the first inning but he didn’t allow a run the rest of the way and the Rockies got the bats going in their 5-1 win.  Troy Tulowitzki hit into a double [...]

The Rockies are in the NLCS and they won the first playoff series in the franchises history as they finished up a three game sweep over the Phillies.  Once again, the Rockies pitching staff came through even playing the hitter friendly Coors field and a rookie starter and the pen held the Phillies to just [...]

This was the battle of the lead off hitters as Kaz Matsui and Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins combined to drive in nine runs.  Fortunately, Matsui drove in just half of the Rockies ten runs while Rollins provided pretty much the bulk of the Phillies offense.  Matsui’s big grand slam came in the fourth inning which [...]

Jeff Francis was the team’s ace throughout the 2007 season and this carried over into the playoffs as he pitched the Rockies to a 1-0 lead in the first game of the NLDS.  He gave up four hits in six innings but two of those went over the fence as Aaron Rowand and Pat Burrell [...]

Man, it’s been a while and I’m not just talking about the Rockies playoff drought.  I’ve missed documenting quite a bit from the eleven game winning streak to all of the memorable moments of the season.  The good news is, the season goes on as the Rockies took care of the Padres last night in [...]

The Rockies went into the All Star Break right at .500 and now, after four games, that’s where they stand after the Rockies took care of business last night.  Still, the Rockies site just 6 1/2 back of the first place Dodgers and there’s a lot games left to be played.
Matt Holliday has picked up [...]

For most of the season, the NL West has been a three team race.  With the Rockies going 13-5 in June, they’ve now made it a four team race as the Rockies sit just 3 1/2 games back of the first place Padres. 
This week, they did a number on the Yankees.  The Yankees were about [...]

It’s been almost three weeks and it doesn’t look like I missed much.  Baseball Historians had a system wide outage that prevented me from posting hence the abscence.  I’m sorry I haven’t been around and ironically, when I left, the Rockies were in last place.  Now that I’m back up and writing, the Rockies are [...]

The Rockies played Jeckyl and Hyde this week in their three game set with the Mets. In the first two, the Rockies scored a total of two runs.  Then in the finale today, the Rockies exploded for eleven runs on twenty hits to avoid the sweep.
Taylor Buchholz took the loss in the opener on Monday.  [...]

Well, the Rockies are in last place and that’s where a lot of people had them.  It doesn’t make it easier for the fans though and you wonder if they’re there to stay or whether they can build on the win in the finale with the Padres and maybe put together a run.
Friday’s game was [...]

I guess a split with the Dodgers in their two game series isn’t so bad considering the Dodgers have the best record in baseball.  And it’s fun seeing the emergence of Matt Holliday as a bona fide superstar.  In the 7-2 win yesterday, he went three for four with two runs and then he went one [...]

The Rockies had a mixed series against the Giants this week but at the end of it all, the Rockies were back out of the cellar.  Things didn’t start off well though as the Rockies lost their third straight game on Monday.  Barry Zito shut them down other then Todd Helton, who had three hits, [...]

The Rockies dropped another series and the only thing keeping them out of the cellar are the Giants, who are actually playing about as worse as you can.  Things went well enough in the opener on Friday.  Josh Fogg had a decent enough start and he pitched six solid innings and then three late runs [...]

The Rockies were above .500 for one game before they dropped two straight to the Dodgers.  Man, the NL West should be a good race and it’ll be interesting to see if the Rockies, who nobody thought would be there, could hang around and make some noise.  So far, so good even with the two [...]

All three games in this series were decided by one run and the Padres got the best of the Rockies in their three game series.  Things got off to a nice start on Friday when the Rockies got to Greg Maddux for a 4-3 win but it went down hill from there.  On Saturday, the [...]

Matt Holliday got it done today with a great game as the Rockies won their first series of the season.  The left fielder went four for five with a double, a homerun, four RBIs and two runs.  Jamey Carroll, Garrett Atkins and Todd Helton all had two runs while Carroll and Yorvit Toorealba each had [...]

This game was certainly exciting.  The Rockies took a quick lead with single runs in each of the first two innings before the Diamondbacks tied it up with two runs in the fifth.  Then neither team scored until the eleventh when Byung-Hyun Kim gave up an RBI single to Stephen Drew to give the Dbacks [...]

The Rockies lost today 8-6.  Aaron Cook had a pretty poor start but the bats kept him in the game and when he left after the sixth inning, he was actually set up to win the game despite giving up six runs.  Latroy Hawkins wouldn’t let it happen though and he gave up three runs [...]

Minor League expert John Sickels profiled Fraklin Morales today.  He has the left hander at a B+ rating but he does say there’s a good chance it could improve.  This is a solid look at one of the Rockies top prospects.

David Gassko from the Hardball Times recently previewed the Rockies in their five question format.  He talks about where the Rockies’ prospects are at as well as how much longer the Rockies GM is going to keep his job.  There’s no predictions but I don’t think anyone thinks the Rockies have much of a chance [...]

Expectations are pretty high for Troy Tulowitzki but even I didn’t expect him to break through this early.  According to this Rocky Mountain News report, the rookie shortstop has beat out Clint Barnes as the starter at short and they’re even speculating that Barnes is on the trading block.
PECOTA thinks pretty highly of Tulowitzki.  His [...]

There’s a great organizational preview of the Rockies farm system up over at MiLB.com.  You get profiles of players at each level of the minor league system as well as some players under the radar and who they expect to be the best in the organization.  There’s a ton of stuff here so be sure [...]

The Rockies cut catcher Javy Lopez yesterday in what turned out to be a low risk, but unsuccessful experiment. Lopez hit the ball pretty well this spring (six for sixteen with four doubles).  The move now allows him to catch on with another team and he walked away with over $100k.  Not too shabby.  He [...]

The Rockies spring training profile is the latest in a series by MiLB.com about some of the key questions each team has heading into the spring season.  The primary question is how soon first base prospect Joe Koshansky will be in the Rockies’ lineup (not too soon) and you also get a Q&A with third base [...]