Only the Chicago White Sox and the Florida Marlins have worse records than the Colorado Rockies and it ain’t by much.
Since Colorado’s fluke trip to the World Series in 2007 when then Colorado shortstop Troy Tulowitski in his rookie season helped Colorado reach the final series with the Boston Red Sox, Colorado has only made the playoffs three times two of which they were wild cards. While achieving the trip to the big game was profound, Colorado barely made it to .500 the previous season.
On Monday the Rockies faced the Red Sox in game-one of three-game series. Colorado jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead in the third inning but also gave up equally amount of runs in the fifth inning. Colorado added another in the seventh to which Boston volleyed in the eighth. Neither team could score in the 9th sending the game into extra innings.
Both teams knotted two runs in the 10th after Sam Hilliard blasted a two-run homer. With both teams tied in the 12th Colorado loaded the bases and shortstop Ezequiel Tovar hit a ball right up the middle off of Chase Anderson for a base hit and the walk-off win.
In other sports the Denver Nuggets have yet to sign Russell Westbrook, however; Westbrook is expected to join the team since agreeing to a contract buyout with the Utah Jazz. Westbrook also known as the King of triple doubles will be joining a man who is chasing his triple double record of 212 in Nikola Jokic. Jokic has 148 career triple doubles. Next seasons Nuggets, will feature the number 1 and number 2 on the career high record sheet.
The Denver Broncos have agreed to a four-year contract extension with Quinn Meinerz worth $80 million. Meinerz has quietly made a name for himself as one of the best guards in football especially his run blocking capabilities.
Training camp kicks off this Friday and will go through August 16th where they will have a joint practice with theGreen Bay Packers.
The Colorado Avalanche are just over two months from the kickoff of their 2024-25 season where they’ll face the Las Vegas Golden Knights on October 9th. Colorado hasn’t quite been as present in free-agency than in past seasons likely due to the lack of talent needed to fill some apparent gaps including the most glaring one that Valeri Nichushkin’s suspension has created.
While Colorado struggles to find players to fill those gaps in the meantime they appear to be counting on younger undeveloped players to step up and fill those holes.
The Colorado Rapids have brought back the Rocky Mountain Cup after defeating the Real Salt Lake 3-2 at home over the weekend. Colorado currently sits at number four in the Western Conference three points behind the Real Salt Lake.
The Rapids are at home to face the Portland Timbers next Thursday before hosting Club Leon from Mexico on August 5.
