Colorado Rockies

Description: Sports: Baseball / Sport Topic: Baseball Teams

Newest Review: ... be like Liverpool playing Fulham. Much of America rooted for them, but the outcome was inevitable. Since then things have reverted to type, with a poor 2008 season followed by the departure of star player Matt Holliday, and so far 2009 has been even more wretched. The World Series appearance perhaps raised false hopes amongst thir fans that they would become an established play off team, ... more

... whereas the reality is that even in a weakish division, they are seemingly destined to be really successful only once in a while. That being said, they should still be doing better with the young talent which they have at their disposal - hence the re...more

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Colorado Rockies: Root root root for the (Colorado) Rockies! (408 words)
by - written on 29/05/09 (Very useful, 4 readings)
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The Colorado Rockies are one of baseball's newest franchises, who after starting their days playing at an American football stadium in Denver, soon moved to their own purpose built stadium for the start of the 1995 season. They achieved very little of note over the next twelve years, before an amazing run at the end of the 2007 season took them to the World Series for the first time in their short history. There they faced the Boston Red Sox, a match up which in footballing terms would be like Liverpool playing Fulham. Much of America rooted for them, but the outcome was inevitable. Since then things have reverted to type, with a poor 2008 season followed ... Read the complete review

Get your Rox off (853 words)
by - written on 10/07/08 (Very useful, 47 readings)
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The Colorado Rockies are one of the newest franchises in Major League Baseball. The team was established in 1993 and plays its home matches in Denver at Coors Field. The club plays in the West division of the National League along with Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres. Having had a pretty poor record in the majors, which is unsurprising really considering how new they are, they defied belief and reached the clubs first ever World Series in 2007. They unfortunately lost out 4-0 to a simply better Boston Red Sox unit. In the 2008 season the club is having a pretty poor time of it. The failures ... Read the complete review

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