All Entries in the "Reflections on the Rockies" Category

Helton Reaches Career Milestone

Amidst the ups and downs of playing for a small-medium market club for your career Todd Helton has been about the only constant in a Colorado Rockies uniform.  Todd’s 13 year MLB career in my opinion has been Cooperstown worthy. He is a career .320 hitter, 300 plus home-runs and 500 doubles and counting.

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Can the Rockies stay hot after the break?

Coming off a June record of 21-7 and finishing with a 10 game home-stand before the break, but there are still many questions to be answered in Colorado regarding the second half of the season.  The Colorado Rockies began the season as many fans would have anticipated, slowly.  But after the firing of Clint [...]

Reflections on the Rockies Past, Present & Future

Looking at the 2009 Rockies is a lot like looking at the 2008 Rockies. Only with a bit more urgency attached.
Urgency in that if these Rockies don’t get off to a solid start, Clint Hurdle may not be in charge for long.
This is Hurdle’s eighth season, and for the first time, he is managing in [...]

Colorado Rockies Off Season Report

Season Wrap Up

Like most of the NL West, the Rockies had a disappointing 2008 season going 74 and 88 after being in the World Series the previous October. On top of that, they lost second year SS Troy Tulowitzki to injury for a big part of the year, missing 61 games and 1B Todd Helton [...]

Pete’s Picks: NL West

NL West 
This is a tight division overall and anyone can easily pull ahead of the pack, but they will need to improve without costing them security in another spot on the roster (see the D’backs with trading Jose Valverde). 
1.      Diamondbacks : The difference makers here are the departure of SP Livan Hernandez and the addition [...]