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Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, December 27, 2024 As annual best-of and worst-of articles flood our feeds, I’ve been thinking about what I wanted to highlight in reflecting back on 2024 for the Colorado Rockies. Best homers? Best defensive plays? Best moments? But none of it seemed right. While there are some players and moments to … [Read more...] about Friday Rockpile: Women’s baseball, ‘See Her Be Her’ highlighted my 2024

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, December 26, 2024 Well, here we are. The year is almost up, and we’re all probably laid up in a food coma as a result of recent festivities. While we're fighting off the meat sweats, it can feel like our bodies are just about on the brink of shutting down, but we can take solace knowing that … [Read more...] about Thursday Rockpile: Colorado’s bounce back candidates

Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, December 25th, 2024 One of the joys of the season is the many songs we sing and listen to, but did you know that there are Rockies versions of some of these holiday classics? Come and gather around the Westinghouse 780X short-wave radio as we listen to a few of my … [Read more...] about Wednesday Rockpile: Celebrate Christmas with these Rockies-themed holiday songs

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, December 24, 2024 Dear Santa: As you prepare to leave the North Pole with your sleigh packed with gifts for good children everywhere, we here at Purple Row wanted to add a few requests for our friends, the Colorado Rockies. True, they were not a very good team in 2024, but they seem like … [Read more...] about Tuesday Rockpile: A letter to Santa for the Colorado Rockies

Photo by Steve Grayson/WireImage Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, December 23rd, 2024 On the morning of Saturday, December 21st, there were unconfirmed rumors that were confirmed by the early afternoon. The baseball world had lost a true titan of the game far too young: Ricky Nelson Henley Henderson—the “Man of Steal”—had passed away at the age of … [Read more...] about Monday Rockpile: The place of Rickey Henderson in Colorado Rockies history