It will be a few years before we can really know where the Class of 2009 ranks in Colorado Rockies history, but on the surface this class looks promising. So which classes are the best in Rockies history?
The Denver Nuggets — the only team among Denver’s Big Four to actually make the playoffs in the past year — have been under the radar since losing to the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals.
The Colorado Rockies are running out of time to sign their top pick in the draft. While the Rockies scrambled to sign him, another 2009 pick is already moving through the system.
It’s the first preseason game and players who won’t make the team will spend more time on the field than players who will, so what’s worth watching in the game?
One Rockies left-hander rules out a return to the team this season but there’s still a chance another lefty will be back.
A former Army doctor who fights for better nutrition says he was forced to surrender his county health department post in Florida. What put a hole in his career? Doughnuts, of course.
With their 10-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday, the Rockies moved to within five games of the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers.
Steve Foster is a former assistant sports editor at the Rocky Mountain News, designer at the Chicago Sun-Times and member of the Baseball Writers Association of America. He occasionally blogs at InsideTheRockies.com.