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The Colorado Rockies have rewarded manager Jim Tracy with a three-year contract.
All of a sudden, the crumbling closer was wearing purple pinstripes instead of Phillies red and white.
Colorado Rockies manager Jim Tracy juggled his lineup again, flip-flopping Garrett Atkins and Yorvit Torrealba for Game 4 of the playoffs against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Huston Street was already struggling in the frigid conditions. A missed call by plate umpire Jerry Meals in the ninth inning really put him in a bind.
Jimmy Rollins danced around at shortstop while trying to keep from freezing. Jason Hammel blew on his pitching hand in an attempt to restore some kind of feeling.
The cold and snow in Colorado scrapped plans for Pedro Martinez's first postseason start in five years. Game 3 of the Philadelphia-Colorado playoff series was postponed a day because of weather Saturday better suited for cross-country skiing. About an hour before the scheduled start it was 24 degrees.
Each afternoon, Yorvit Torrealba will sit by his locker and wait for his cell phone to ring, anxiously anticipating the voice on the other end grilling him with questions.
Chase Utley ducked near second base. The rest of the Philadelphia Phillies never flinched. Ryan Howard hit a two-run double with two outs in the ninth inning and scored on Jayson Werth's single as Philadelphia rallied past the Colorado Rockies 5-4 in Game 4 on Monday night to reach the NL championship series.
Dexter Fowler saw Jayson Werth's deep shot to center and considered the ball gone. Then the Colorado center fielder thought he could make the catch on the warning track.
Cole Hamels isn't going to breeze through this postseason. Yorvit Torrealba hit a two-run homer, Aaron Cook pitched effectively into the sixth inning and the Colorado Rockies beat Hamels and the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 Thursday to even their NL playoff series at a game apiece.
The Twins are quite a baseball team. So are the Rockies, the Phillies and the Angels. If baseball’s fondest wishes were granted, none of them will get to the World Series.
Sixteen-game winner Jorge De La Rosa will miss Colorado's first-round playoff series against Philadelphia because of an injured left groin.
Just like they did in 2007, the Colorado Rockies open the playoffs in Philadelphia as the hottest team in the National League.
Colorado Rockies pitcher Jorge De La Rosa left Saturday night's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fourth inning because of tightness in his right groin.
For the first time this season, there was nothing at stake for the repeat NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers. So Joe Torre, maintaining a tradition he used during his time with the New York Yankees, let backup catcher Brad Ausmus manage.
DeMarco: Ranking postseason pitching staffs is a subjective and dicey proposition for certain. But given the importance of strong arms in the playoffs, we're going to give it a shot.
It's a Rocktober redux for the Colorado Rockies, who are back in the playoffs after a one-year hiatus.
Second baseman Clint Barmes made a diving catch to start a game-ending double play, preserving the Colorado Rockies' 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday.
Nick Hundley homered to start the comeback and drove in the tiebreaking run with an eighth-inning single off Rafael Betancourt, and the San Diego Padres dealt the NL wild card-leading Colorado Rockies a disheartening 5-4 loss Thursday night.
Jason Giambi homered for the second consecutive game and Ubaldo Jimenez outpitched Dan Haren to help the Colorado Rockies tighten their grip on the NL wild card with a 5-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.
Colorado closer Huston Street could return as early as Sunday from biceps tendinitis that has sidelined him since Sept. 1.
Jorge De La Rosa pitched eight scoreless innings to win his sixth straight start against San Francisco and Troy Tulowitzki homered to help the Colorado Rockies avoid a three-game sweep against the Giants with a 4-3 victory Wednesday night.
Tony Gwynn drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in a three-run sixth inning, lifting the San Diego Padres to a 7-3 win over Jason Marquis and the Colorado Rockies on Sunday.
Colorado Rockies pitcher Jose Contreras has strained his right quadriceps while trying to beat out a grounder in the third inning against Cincinnati.
The Colorado Rockies were without smooth-fielding shortstop Troy Tulowitzki on Tuesday against Cincinnati after his back stiffened up.
A 22 year old Philadelphia Phillies fan was arrested after Thursdays game for allegedly stealing three 2008 World Series rings. The alleged would be thief apparently left the police a road map right to his front door.
Welcome back for day 2 of the MLB playoffs. Hopefully the games are more entertaining today then they were yesterday. We're still a while away from first pitch today. Got some good baseball articles? Send them my way.
1:32 AM - Rick Ankiel strikes out looking on a 100 MPH fastball to end the game. Dodgers go up 1-0 winning this one by a score of 5-3. I'll be back again tomorrow to live blog. Spread the word. Have a good night.
Less than two weeks after Jonathan Sanchez's no-hitter versus San Diego, Mark Buehrle did him one better with a perfect game against Tampa Bay on Thursday. Buehrle, who also hurled a no-hitter in 2007, is now the 24th pitcher with multiple no-nos.
When the Rockies pulled top prospect Jhoulys Chacin from his start at Double-A last night "as a precaution for possible, future organizational moves" there was speculation that a major trade was coming, but instead they're promoting him to the big leagues to work out of the bullp …
* Jason Marquis' next start has been pushed back from Friday to Tuesday because of a blister on his right middle finger.
Xavier Nady felt a "sharp pain" in his elbow on April 14 and reports immediately surfaced that he'd need surgery.
The conventional wisdom went that anyone who had any plans of catching up with the Dodgers in the NL West should have made their move while Manny Ramirez was on suspension. Troy Renck of the Denver Post thinks that wisdom gets it exactly backwards:
With the struggling newspaper industry providing less and less unique baseball coverage, MLB.com has done a great job beefing up its content this season.
- Colorado - 11th overall pick Tyler Matzek was the best high school pitcher in the draft, and outfielder Tim Wheeler and left-hander Rex Brothers were nice grabs at No. 32 and No. 34, respectively. Second-round third baseman Nolan Arenado also could have been picked earlier.
Earlier this week Matt Holliday talked about whether or not the A's will end up trading him during the next two months, but in the meantime the Rockies are calling up the centerpiece of the deal that sent Holliday to Oakland.
Impending free agent Matt Holliday, on whether or not the A's will trade him:
As if things weren't bad enough in Colorado, the Rockies have gone and replaced the mediocre Clint Hurdle with the incompetent Jim Tracy.
Troy Renck of the Denver Post thinks that Clint Hurdle is about to be shown the door: It was the type of moment that defines games, and, over time, frames a season. It arrived in the fifth inning Tuesday night: Aaron Cook vs. Andre Ethier.
Over the weekend Huston Street became just the fifth pitcher in baseball history to record 100 saves through the age of 25. Street joins Francisco Rodriguez (146), Gregg Olson (131), Chad Cordero (128), and Ugueth Urbina (102) in cracking the century mark before turning 26.
The Red Sox could have two MVP candidates once again. Boston (25-16)
Hurdle is clearly on the hot seat Rockies general manager Dan O'Dowd, on whether manager Clint Hurdle's job is in danger following the team's 16-24 start:
* Eric Wedge isn't the only manager who received a vote of confidence yesterday: Rockies vice chairman Dick Monfort said that speculation about Clint Hurdle's job being in danger is "a non-event" despite the team being 87-106 since their World Series appearance in 2006. So ...
Secretary Salazar Affirms Decision to Delist Gray Wolves in Western Great Lakes, Portion of Northern RockiesOfficial New Release from the U.S. Department of the Interior
The Official scorer from Monday night's Rockies-Padres game has changed who the winning pitcher was: After further review, the Colorado Rockies' official scorer changed the winner of Monday night's game to reliever Glendon Rusch.
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