Tag: bud black
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Rockies’ Trevor Story’s and Bud Black’s home run derby predictions; Gomber on the mend
Heads up! Balls will be flying all over the place at Coors Field during the home run derby. No area will be off limits. The best sluggers in baseball, coupled with altitude and no humidor, means home runs could hit all corners of the ballpark. Rockies’ shortstop Trevor Story, who will participate in the event,…
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Rockies’ Trevor Story’s and Bud Black’s home run derby predictions; Gomber on the mend
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Heads up! Balls will be flying all over the place at Coors Field during the home run derby. No area will be off limits. The best sluggers in baseball, coupled with altitude and no humidor, means home runs could hit all corners of the ballpark.…
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The Field of Dreams is in Colorado this week | Vince Bzdek
It’s Shotime, Colorado. Growing up in Japan, Shohei Ohtani, aka Shotime, reportedly read comic books about Goro Shigeno, a fictional Japanese boy who hit and pitched baseballs and grew up to play for a pro baseball team in a mythical place called Anaheim in a mythical country called America. And now Ohtani has made that…
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The Field of Dreams is in Colorado this week | Vince Bzdek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s Shotime, Colorado. Growing up in Japan, Shohei Ohtani, aka Shotime, reportedly read comic books about Goro Shigeno, a fictional Japanese boy who hit and pitched baseballs and grew up to play for a pro baseball team in a mythical place called Anaheim in a…
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Charlie Blackmon breaks his slump as Rockies beat host Giants in extra innings
Charlie Blackmon has looked nothing like Charlie Blackmon this season. One of the best to wear a Rockies uniform, the slugger had only nine hits entering Tuesday’s game and his batting average was just .148. Blackmon, who is accustomed to slow starts, has never had numbers that low to start a season. He went 2 for…
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Rockies’ Elías Díaz turns heads on defense, but wants his offense to stand out too
DENVER — For a week, as he was held out of the Rockies lineup, Elías Díaz worked behind the scenes on improving his productivity at the plate. His defense has turned heads, but his offense has lagged behind. He had just two hits through his first 10 games. Díaz said he worked harder when he…
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Colorado Rockies notebook: Blackmon off to worst start of career; Freeland makes progress
DENVER — Charlie Blackmon’s hitting slump may soon have him bumped from his prime-time spot in the Rockies lineup. Blackmon, who has hit in the fourth spot all season, has just nine hits through his first 17 games. Manager Bud Black said the team has had discussions about moving him down the order until he…
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Colorado Rockies can’t keep momentum, fall to Mets in series finale
DENVER — The Rockies have maintained that as soon as they start hitting, they’ll be tough to stop. That was not the case Sunday. On Saturday, in the second game of a doubleheader against the Mets, they strung together seven runs. On Sunday, less than 24 hours later, they could only get one. The Mets…
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Woody Paige: Good news about Trevor Story boosts Colorado Rockies’ chances
DENVER – The idyllic Storybook season of a Most Valuable Player could have a happy ending, after all. In a day and night of twists and turns and tumult, the Rockies didn’t lose Trevor Story, but they did lose to the Dodgers in a classic extra-inning, walk-off home run affair, 3-2. The Rockies are behind…
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Woody Paige: Good news about Trevor Story boosts Colorado Rockies’ chances
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER – The idyllic Storybook season of a Most Valuable Player could have a happy ending, after all. In a day and night of twists and turns and tumult, the Rockies didn’t lose Trevor Story, but they did lose to the Dodgers in a classic…