Tag: mlb
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Paul Klee: How do Colorado Rockies finish off this pennant chase? A starting proposition.
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER — Pssst. Need to tell you something about these Rockies. Weird bunch, man. They’re going about this pennant chase all wrong. Well, maybe it’s not wrong, since there’s still 37 games left, so we don’t know yet if it’s wrong. The Rox entered Tuesday…
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Paul Klee: Despite bullpen breakdowns, Rockies in position to win NL West. Can they close?
DENVER • There’s history at work here, and a cold, hard history makes a person learn to expect the worst. Going a quarter century without a division title does things to a baseball fan. It changes how you view success (what is this pleasurable feeling?) while failures seem to compound (here we go again…). The…
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Paul Klee: Despite bullpen breakdowns, Rockies in position to win NL West. Can they close?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER • There’s history at work here, and a cold, hard history makes a person learn to expect the worst. Going a quarter century without a division title does things to a baseball fan. It changes how you view success (what is this pleasurable feeling?)…
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MLB trade deadline delivers fireworks, as 5 former All-Stars dealt in the final 2 hours
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With a midafternoon crescendo, a final-hour flurry and a collective exhale, baseball’s nonwaiver trade deadline came and went Tuesday. And even then, it wasn’t actually over, as a last-second deal – the Baltimore Orioles capping…
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Matt Holliday in ‘surreal’ moment with Rockies after signing minor league deal
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER — The Colorado Rockies have signed former star outfielder Matt Holliday to a minor league contract. The 38-year-old Holliday reported to the Grand Junction Rockies, the organization’s Rookie level team on Sunday. He said the plan is to find his footing with the hope…
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Record 10 homers as AL wins All-Star Game in 10 innings
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON — A record 10 home runs. A slew of strikeouts. The all-or-nothing All-Star Game mirrored what baseball has become. Astros teammates Alex Bregman and George Springer homered on consecutive pitches to begin the 10th inning, and the American League beat the National League 8-6…
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Woody Paige: Rockies need veteran help to make second straight postseason for first time ever
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Rockies can’t afford to be sellers or sitters. They must not dilly-dally and dawdle. Hakuna Matata means “No worries’’ in Swahili. Manny Machado would mean “No worries’’ in Los Angeles. The Dodgers are leading in the chase for the superstar shortstop. The ante…
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Harper to bat 6th, Scherzer vs. Sale to start All-Star Game
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Paul Klee: Are you a Kyle Freeland guy? Colorado Rockies pitcher turning into hometown hero
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER • Hi. My name is Paul, and I’m a Kyle Freeland guy. Anyone else? “I’m a huge Kyle Freeland guy,” Nolan Arenado proclaimed. “Big time!” The exclamation point is necessary. The best third baseman in baseball is directing the bandwagon. Yes, I asked around…
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Wolters, Marquez lead Rockies past Mariners
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SEATTLE — Tony Wolters wasn’t even supposed to play Friday night against the Seattle Mariners. Tom Murphy was in Colorado’s lineup to catch starting pitcher German Marquez, only to receive word that he needed to return home to Denver to be with his wife, Lindsay,…