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Author Archives: Dave Land

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Rockies September Baseball: What To Watch For

  By Dave Land | August 31, 2014 - 11:15 pm | MLB, Rockies
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This season has been a difficult one to watch for many Rockies fans. For the Majority of the season they have looked like they are as far away from being competitive in the NL West as they have ever been. Read More →

Tagged Eddie Butler, Jonathan Gray, MLB, Rockies

Rockies-Dodgers Game Two

  By Dave Land | September 3, 2013 - 3:32 pm | MLB, Rockies
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rockiesThe Rockies lost in a good old fashioned shootout at Coors Field yesterday afternoon by the final score of 10-8. Jeff Manship took the loss for the Rockies, while Clayton Kershaw collected his 14th victory of the season despite giving up a season high in runs. The Rockies battle the Dodgers in Game Two of the series. Read More →

Rockies Drop Series Opener

  By Dave Land | September 2, 2013 - 6:58 pm | MLB, Rockies
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kershaw 2It was a rough start for the potential Cy Young winner of the National League in Clayton Kershaw but he finally got some much needed run support from his Dodgers offense and was able to sneak away with the victory by a score of 10-8 against the Rockies. Read More →

Helton: Face of Rockies Baseball

  By Dave Land | September 1, 2013 - 8:33 pm | MLB, Rockies
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MLB: San Diego Padres at Colorado RockiesIt was a vintage Todd Helton at bat in the seventh inning of the game today against the Reds. He battled to work the count full against Reds pitcher Curtis Partch, and then on the full count pitch Todd Helton became just the 96th player in Major League baseball to reach 2,500 career hits. Read More →

Rockies Win Series Against Reds

  By Dave Land | September 1, 2013 - 8:15 pm | MLB, Rockies
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rockiesTodd Helton belted a double down the left field line in the seventh inning of the game today to secure his 2,500th hit in his glorious career, and helped the Rockies secure a 7-4 victory over the Reds to finish out the series. Read More →

Rockies Begin Series With Reds

  By Dave Land | August 30, 2013 - 3:28 pm | MLB, Rockies
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rockiesThe Rockies are coming into this series with the Reds with something that has been hard for them to get in the second half of their season…momentum. The Rockies have a chance to play spoiler and ruin the Reds plans for postseason plans. Read More →

Chacin Flirts With No-No

  By Dave Land | August 29, 2013 - 9:43 am | MLB, Rockies
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chacinJhoulys Chacin was magnificent on the mound tonight as he was able to limit the Giants to one hit over seven innings of work on his way to getting the victory as the Rockies held on for a 5-4 victory. Read More →

Chacin Propels Rockies

  By Dave Land | August 23, 2013 - 8:39 pm | MLB, Rockies
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chacin 2The Rockies had a great start from Jhoulys Chacin which propelled the Rockies to a nail biting 3-2 victory against the Marlins.  Read More →

Déjà Vu For The Rockies

  By Dave Land | August 22, 2013 - 10:37 pm | MLB, Rockies
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rockiesRafael Betancourt was placed on the waiver wire earlier in the day and tonight he blew his second straight save chance in as many days as the Phillies beat the Rockies 5-4. Read More →

Rafi Blows It For Rockies

  By Dave Land | August 22, 2013 - 9:36 am | MLB, Rockies
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rafael-betancourt-gettyRafael Betancourt blew a one run lead in the ninth inning and the Phillies defeated the Rockies by a final score of 4-3. The Rockies fought hard to get the lead in the eighth inning but it all unraveled when Betancourt came in to close it out in the ninth. Read More →

Rockies-Phillies Game Three

  By Dave Land | August 21, 2013 - 4:06 pm | MLB, Rockies
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rockiesThe Rockies were able to get the bats going last night and get Todd Helton a victory for his 40th birthday by defeating the Phillies 5-3. They will be looking to carry that momentum into the game tonight and ensure that they at least get a split with the Phillies on the road. Read More →

DLR Leads Rockies

  By Dave Land | August 20, 2013 - 11:10 pm | MLB, Rockies
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de la rosa 3The Rockies evened things up in their series with the Phillies tonight as they defeated them 5-3 behind a couple of long balls from Troy Tulowitzki and Wilin Rosario.

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Phillies Drop Rockies

  By Dave Land | August 19, 2013 - 11:35 pm | MLB, Rockies
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jeff manshipThe Rockies made a valiant comeback attempt tonight against the Phillies but in the end they came up just short and dropped the opening game of the four game series by a final score of 5-4. Read More →

Rockies Battle Phillies

  By Dave Land | August 19, 2013 - 3:56 pm | MLB, Rockies
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rockiesThe Rockies had a good start to the road trip over the weekend as they took the first game of the series against the Orioles, but they faltered in the last two and lost them both. They are headed into Philadelphia to take take on the Phillies. Read More →

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