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Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Rockies outfielder enjoying success through ups an downs of MLB journey Life as a professional baseball player has been quite a roller coaster for Colorado Rockies outfielder Sam Hilliard. A 15th round draft pick by the Rockies in 2015, Hilliard’s career has had its share of ups and downs, dotted with frequent … [Read more...] about Sam Hilliard gains perspective as career progresses

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Rockies host Dodgers for final series of 2024 The final series of the 2024 season has arrived. It pits the National League’s best squad Dodgers (96-54) against the NL’s second-worst team, the Rockies (61-98). The Rockies need to win the series to avoid their second consecutive and second-ever 100-loss season. While even a sweep … [Read more...] about Colorado Rockies game no. 160 thread: Ryan Brasier vs. Cal Quantrill

Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for September 28-29, 2024 We did it. We made it to the final week of the 2024 MLB regular season. The Colorado Rockies need to win their final two games to avoid a second-consecutive 100-loss season. Best case, they finish 63-99; worst case, they finish 61-101. So regardless, … [Read more...] about This Week in Purple: So Long, Farewell

Chet Strange-Imagn Images The Rockies look to avoid being swept in their penultimate series of 2024. It’s a battle of the Kyles on a sunny Thursday afternoon in Denver as two eliminated clubs square off. The Colorado Rockies are looking to avoid a sweep at the hands of the St. Louis Cardinals in their second-to-last series of the season. If they lose today the Rockies … [Read more...] about Colorado Rockies game no. 159 thread: Kyle Gibson vs Kyle Freeland

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, September 27, 2024 From Purple Row and throughout the MLB world, the tributes to Charlie Blackmon have flooded in all week — as it should be. There will be a whole offseason to analyze the state of the organization, growth and failures from the 2024 season, future projections and many other storylines. … [Read more...] about Friday Rockpile: Blackmon must be remembered as Rockies leading man