Tyler Matzek basked in a shower bath thrown by Latroy Hawkins while he was interviewed by Root Sports sideline reporter Marc Stout after the Rockies’ 8-2 victory over the Braves last night at Coors Field. Why not? After going through ups and downs in the minors, this is a night Matzek should enjoy. He won’t get another Major League debut ever again. Read More
Ripping LeBron James has become a national pastime. As soon as the Heat lose or he has a bad game, everyone is in full force to rip the face of the NBA. This has happened ever since he made the decision to take his talents to South Beach. Read More
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The Rockies called up Eddie Butler from Double A-Tulsa to not only give a struggling starting rotation a boost, but to give a team some life while trying to get out of this funk. So much for that. He gave them absolutely nothing as the Dodgers hit him hard all night long in his major league debut last night. Read More
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Walt Weiss sounded like a man that was fed up with the losing after the Rockies were swept by an awful Diamondbacks team last night in a 12-7 loss at Coors Field. He talked about guys needing to step up and how guys are not pressing since it’s their job. He was fed up with the excuses. If one did not know any better, he would have sounded like a Rockies fan than a Rockies manager.
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Here’s hoping Rockies fans had a great time at the Coors Field Rooftop Party Deck last night. That was the only good thing that happened in last night’s Rockies’ 16-8 loss to the Diamondbacks. Read More
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We haven’t completed the first week of June, and June swoon already started for the Rockies. Fresh from finishing a 2-7 road trip, the Rockies are not off to a great start in their 10-game homestand after taking a 4-2 loss last night to a terrible Diamondbacks team that has become a lost cause this season. With the way it’s going for the Rockies, it won’t be long until they join their last night’s opponent in playing out the season. Read More
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Wednesday night’s disappointing 5-4 loss to the Wild in Game 7 that eliminated the Avalanche in the Western Conference quarterfinals should not ruin what is the big picture. The Avalanche built a winning program that could last for years. Read More
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Something has not been right with Rex Brothers so far. He isn’t pitching at the level he was pitching last year when he was overpowering hitters by striking them out. Read More
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Tonight is the Avalanche’s 10th Game 7 since moving to Denver. So much good memories. So much bad memories. That’s life of Game 7, which a team wins some and loses some. Read More
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We can dwell on the Avalanche failing to finish the Wild off last night. We can talk about the Avs’ poor start to Game 6. We can moan about Zach Parise’s game-winning goal for the Wild that will take this series to Game 7 tomorrow night at the Pepsi Center.
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The Avs know what’s at stake. They can finish off the Wild tonight and advance to the next playoff round against the Blackhawks. They know they have to finish a pesky team off now rather than giving them a chance to beat them in Game 7 on Wednesday night. Read More
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The great coaches use the media to get their point across, and that’s what Avalanche coach Patrick Roy did on Friday when he told the media that his team should put their marbles on the table in the best-of-three Western Conference quarterfinals against the Wild.
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When Wild coach Mike Yeo benched Ilya Bryzgalov and inserted Darcy Kuemper as the goaltender in Game 3, it was a head coach trying to get something going for his team. He knew he had to shake things up after realizing his starting goaltender in Games 1 and 2 was not the guy that would help the Wild be in a position to win the rest of the series. Read More
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Here’s what we learned in the Western Conference quarterfinals matchup between the Wild and Avalanche: Both teams are even at two in the series, and both teams won their home games. Read More
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