The Rockies Inspired Ride to the Playoffs
passion4baseball.blogspot.com 10/2/2009 — The Colorado Rockies won a game last night and put an end to the wild card race. Their ride through the summer has been one of the truly great stories of the season. What makes the Rockies' story such an interesting one is how the team started the season and what happened after they fired Clint ...

20 things about the Rockies
philly.com 10/5/2009 — EXPECTATIONS FOR the Colorado Rockies coming into this season weren't exactly a mile high. That's what happens when you follow up a magical run to the World Series in 2007 by finishing a disappointing 14 games under .500 in 2008 - after which they ...

Rockies clinch NL Wild Card
scoresreport.com 10/2/2009 — With their 9-2 victory over the Brewers on Thursday, the Rockies clinched the NL Wild Card, eliminating the Braves. Aaron Cook pitched eight innings of one-run ball in the win. Manager Jim Tracy actually has an interesting dilemma on his hands, because Colorado could still win the NL ...

Rockies and Phillies All Tied Up
coloradosportsdesk.com 10/10/2009 — So it’s All Tied Up. The Rockies come home with the series even. Or is it? Fans have a lot more control then we often give ourselves credit for. We choose the price we will pay for tickets, whether we endorse a coach, general manager or ownership, and, most importantly, how difficult we ...

Rockies are this season's more dangerous wild card team
sportingnews.com 10/2/2009 — Since the 2002 season, seven wild card teams have reached the World Series and three have won it all. Since the wild card was introduced in 1995, four wild cards have gone on to become World Series champions. In 2002, both the Angels and Giants ...

Comparing the 2007 vs 2009 Colorado Rockies
examiner.com 10/19/2009 — In 2007 Colorado Rockies fans were left watching the Boston Red Sox celebrate the World Series victory on their home field. At the end of the 2007 season Rockies fans were hopeful that they finally had a team that could contend year in and year out. In 2008 the Rockies were 74-88 and 10 games ...

Tough way to go out
coloradosportsdesk.com 10/13/2009 — Another game, another late inning collapse, this one however hurt the most. After being behind almost the whole game, the Rockies rallied and took a 4-2 lead with big hits from Jason Giambi and Yorvit Torrealba. Going to the ninth with close Houston Street coming to slam the door and send ...

In the Playoffs, Colorado Rockies
baseballmusings.com 10/5/2009 — This series concludes with a look at the Colorado Rockies. I’ll get to either the Tigers or the Twins in my ALDS preview. Strengths Who would have thought that the Rockies starting pitchers would be a major strength for the team. They ...

Game 4 Analysis: Phillies at Rockies
bats.blogs.nytimes.com 10/13/2009 — John Branch is in Denver providing updates on Game 4 of the Phillies-Rockies division series.

Time to look ahead
coloradosportsdesk.com 10/16/2009 — Well, after a disappointing showing in the NLDS for the Rockies. It’s time to look toward 2010. First things first. How long is it going to take for the Rockies to lock up Jim Tracy and Dan O’Dowd for at least another 2 years? If ownership wants to show they are serious about keeping a ...

Phillies eliminate Rockies with late rally — SI.com - MLB 10/13/2009
The Rockies were one out away from forcing a Game 5, but the defending champs refused to quit. The Phils scored three runs in the 9th to stun the Rockies 5-4 and advance to the NLCS.

Phillies brace for rematch with Dodgers (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 10/13/2009
Brad Lidge was at the center of the celebrations, mobbed on the mound and then later bathed in bone-chilling ice water inside the clubhouse. Those recent ninth-inning meltdowns? A fading memory for the Philadelphia Phillies closer. Lidge was ...

Hawpe, Marquis face uncertain futures — Major League Baseball News 10/14/2009
For right fielder Brad Hawpe and right-handed pitcher Jason Marquis, who represented the Rockies in the All-Star Game, even the heady days of the run-up to the playoffs and the National League Division Series against the Phillies were cold ones.

Ryan Howard's Legend Continues to Grow: "Get Me To The Plate, Boys" — Bleacher Report - MLB 10/14/2009
It was the kind of moment where legends are born. Two outs. Two on. Two strikes. Trailing by two. The stage was set. Except that the man standing in the batters box had already started writing his legendary story years before. Rookie of ...

Hondo horsing around — NY Post: Sports 10/14/2009
Hondo, whose double downer with the Rockies and Jets raised the nasty number to a whopping 1,700 delahoussayes, was conducting an exhaustive analysis of the upcoming championship series. Today, he'll let it ride with the horse racing picks of Ant...