The truth is, neither Jon Garland nor Jose Contreras is exactly what the Rockies need right now, but at least Contreras comes at the right price. What the Rockies need is their hitters to start hitting, and adding a fifth starter wasn’t going to help that much.
CU and CSU have announced that their annual Rocky Mountain Showdown will return to Invesco Field from 2010 to 2019, the Fort Collins Coloradoan reports.
After new Denver Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton’s first few performances of the preseason, many fans were hoping he wouldn’t be the team’s starter. They may have gotten their wish, but in circumstances that create serious problems for the Broncos on the depth chart.
The Colorado Rockies traded for starting pitcher Jose Contreras from the Chicago White Sox when a deal for the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Jon Garland fell apart.
It’s probably a good sign that ESPN is starting to hear the grumbling about its ignorance of nearly all things Middle America, not that it will change anything. ESPN is what it is: a division of a multinational conglomerate that approaches news the way its movie divisions approach film.
It was only a preseason game, but it was also Denver Broncos fans’ first chance to see Josh McDaniels’ team perform in the flesh — and it was a grudge match against former Broncos QB Jay Cutler.
When the Colorado Rockies next take the field, it will be September and the team that was swept in three games over the weekend to the San Francisco Giants will have changed.
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