The Colorado Rockies are an American professional baseball team based in Denver. The Rockies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division.
Coors Field, the team’s home field, is located in Denver’s Lower Downtown district. Bud Black is the general manager and the Monfort brothers are the owners.
Mile High Stadium served as the Rockies’ home for the first two seasons of their existence as an expansion team.
At Coors Field since 1995, they have been known for their ability to hit the ball. A wild card winner has been a Rockies member of the postseason five times.
As a result of winning 14 of their final 15 regular season games to secure a Wild Card position in 2007, the Colorado Rockies won their first and only National League pennant. The streak culminated in a 13-inning 9-8 victory over the San Diego Padres in the tiebreaker game affectionately known by Rockies fans as “Game 163.”
Once they had won 21 of their previous 22 games, they went on to defeat Philadelphia Phillies (NLDS) and Arizona Diamondbacks (NLCS) in back-to-back series.
What Are The Colorado Rockies Known For?
In order to bring Major League Baseball to a city and time zone that had been overlooked by America’s image creators, it needed decades of hard work.
As a franchise that was founded on July 5, 1991, two seasons before it made its debut, “Colorado Rockies” was the only fitting name. As a result, the team’s distinctive color scheme and mascot, a bubbly dino, were born.
The years 1883-1885 saw the emergence of professional baseball in the Denver area, according to “Colorado Rockies: The Inaugural Season,” a hardcover commemorative of the team’s 1993 expansion year.
It was a lengthy and magnificent Triple-A heyday for the Bears (for a long time), Grizzlies (for a long time), and Zephyrs. However, none of them could claim to be a member of Major League Baseball.