The play is known as “The Slide” and it served two functions.…
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At least the weather was pleasant: 80 degrees and a breeze made…
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“Baseball is really two sports — the summer game and the…
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“But the first time Howard came to bat … he hit a ball that…
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May 16, 1902, is noted for an occasion that has never since been…
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The Bicentennial loomed as the Cleveland Indians played a game…
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There are many things that can be said about this game. “The…
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On a beautiful, sunny Sunday afternoon, the Colorado Rockies…
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"Tho' much is taken, much abides … that which we are, we are;…
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The longest game of the 2015 season for either the Colorado Rockies…
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Charlie Blackmon hadn’t expected to be in Denver. After a difficult…
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The Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins celebrated the Fourth…
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Clint Hurdle was the longest-tenured manager in Colorado Rockies…
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Through the 2018 season, only one pitcher wearing a Colorado…
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Baseball can be the most agonizing of games because blame is…
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The required result was simple: Win and they’re in. In their…
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Fans tend to expect expansion baseball teams to endure several…
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It seems simple, but every player who has stepped onto the diamond…
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October 1, 2013: Losers no more: Pirates break postseason drought with win in 2013 NL Wild Card Game
September 6, 2009: Ryan Zimmerman hits fifth career walk-off home run
April 5, 1993: Florida Marlins victorious in franchise debut behind Charlie Hough
September 27, 2010: Phillies clinch NL East on Roy Halladay’s two-hitter
July 23, 1969: Willie McCovey’s two homers power National League to All-Star win
This Week in SABR: April 19, 2019
May 16, 1902: Hoy vs. Taylor: Two deaf players match up in major leagues
June 30, 1976: Indians’ friendly exhibition in Toledo turns into a display of fisticuffs
August 23, 1989: Expos, Dodgers total 22 innings, 33 hits, and a mascot ejection — but just one run
Ralph Carroll
This Week in SABR: April 12, 2019
June 18, 2017: Rockies’ Nolan Arenado completes ‘cycle for the ages’ with walk-off homer
August 14, 2017: Chad Bettis comes home to Colorado
September 15, 2015: Rockies, Dodgers combine for record 24 pitchers, 58 players, in 16-inning game
April 4, 2014: A record, the rooftop, and a Rockies rout on Opening Day at Coors Field
July 4, 2008: Rockies out-blast Marlins 18-17 in Fireworks Night game in Denver
August 24, 2009: Ryan Spilborghs’ walk-off grand slam boosts Rockies’ playoffs chances
April 17, 2010: Ubaldo Jimenez becomes first Rockies pitcher to throw a no-hitter
April 4, 2005: Rockies’ resilient rookies lead comeback on Opening Day
This Week in SABR: April 5, 2019
October 1, 1995: Rockies clinch postseason berth faster than any MLB expansion team
April 26, 1995: The opening of Coors Field and the birth of the Blake Street Bombers
Seamheads.com updates Negro Leagues Database with 1929 stats
August 23, 2001: Rockies’ Jason Jennings homers, shuts out Mets in major-league debut