The Rockies play baseball. I grow tomatoes. Neither of these pursuits were designed for the challenges of Colorado's climate and altitude. Yet somehow I've managed to be quite successful at gro...
https://www.purplerow.com/2024/8/6/24214853/the-rockies-as-tomatoes-an-extended-analogy
As a Denver sports fan since the 1960s, I've come to enjoy being able to watch my favorite local teams on cable TV at no extra charge via regional sports networks (RSNs). Unfortunately, this era ...
https://www.purplerow.com/2023/8/5/23821106/the-last-days-of-at-amp-t-sportsnet
To anyone who will listen, As I sit here watching another MLB All-Star game with few Rockies players knowing that our beloved Rockies are once again in the cellar with little hope to make the p...
https://www.purplerow.com/2023/7/19/23800817/how-to-fix-the-rockies-forever
Boston Transplant noted today that the Rockies have gone almost 650 days without a grand slam. So as a diversion during this less-than-compelling season, let's have a pool predicting when and how...
https://www.purplerow.com/2023/6/16/23764318/enter-the-rockies-finally-hit-a-grand-slam-pool
Dear Rockies fans, it is time. It is time for me to introduce myself and join this community as a Colorado Rockies fan. My name is Jan, I am a 35-year old, living in Belgium. For years, I hav...
https://www.purplerow.com/2023/4/28/23702122/it-is-time-new-rockies-fan
In case anyone is out of the loop. SB Nation Reacts emails surveys to those who sign up for them, on the assumption that these are more knowledgeable fans than the hoi polloi. They're more or les...
https://www.purplerow.com/2022/12/20/23519788/hey-sb-nation-mlb-reacts-about-todays-survey
From the desk of Dick Monfort: Dear season ticket holders, Another year has come and gone and for the 30th straight year, we did not win the division. But the Dodgers won 111 games, so why bo...
https://www.purplerow.com/2022/10/11/23398199/dick-monforts-true-letter-to-season-ticket-holders
(This post is best read in the late Phil Hartman's voice). Hi, I'm Latoy McBlur. You might remember me from such sports documentaries as How to Not Play Quarterback: The Drew Lock and Paxton Lync...
We (my wife and I) are planning to visit Rockies Spring Training for 2 weeks in March 2023. Coming over from Germany. (There are Rox fans too, believe it or not :-) First time ever in Arizona. Do...
https://www.purplerow.com/2022/5/31/23148590/2023-first-time-in-arizona
that the Giants continually beat the Rockies ass. Can this team show some damn pride? Every time I look up our pitching is terrible against them, and our hitting/scoring is worse. It's like the B...
https://www.purplerow.com/2022/5/11/23067848/its-embarrasing
When the Rockies signed Chad Kuhl this past offseason to a one-year, $3 million deal, they made it clear the plan was for him to be the fifth starter. Now I’m not usually one to gripe with pl...
https://www.purplerow.com/2022/5/11/23067373/how-kuhl-is-chad
MATHEMATICS DID THIS TO US You know, if you think about it, it was actually math that killed hope in Baseball. We got a bunch of advanced stats that give us really good outlooks on how guys and...
https://www.purplerow.com/2022/4/5/23010791/the-annual-death-by-optimism-and-you-cant-stop-me
With all due respect to Mr. DeGenz, his 1/19 Rockpile piece is a pretty shoddy argument against baseball having a pitch clock. For starters, the section "Strikeouts Do Matter" has nothing to do ...
Looking for this set. I have 147 other sets from every team and season in Rockies minor league history. This collection has taken years to gather and it would be a real shame not to have it compl...
https://www.purplerow.com/2021/10/12/22723118/2021-yard-goats-team-card-set
I am looking for a set for the 2021 Yard Goats. I have a set from every affiliate for each season starting with the 1992 Bend Rockies. I am only missing this set. The Yard Goats site is sold out ...
https://www.purplerow.com/2021/10/3/22707398/minor-league-card-sets