By Steve Foster
September 15 - 11:25 AM
You wouldn't know it from Monday's 9-1 loss to the San Francisco Giants, but the Colorado Rockies had the right lineup on the field. In the past month as the Rockies' offense has sputtered, new manager Jim Tracy has fallen into a similar trap that old manager Clint Hurdle fell into time after time: constantly tweaking the lineup trying to find the right mix of players at the right time. He's found it, now, and should stick with it.
By Steve Foster
September 8 - 10:18 AM
The two guys the Rockies absolutely cannot lose -- Troy Tulowitzki and Ubaldo Jimenez -- hurt themselves in the same game. What injuries to the Rockies qualify as season killers?
By Steve Foster
September 2 - 10:33 AM
The Colorado Rockies' Todd Helton ranks fifth among major-league hitters in pitches per plate appearance. Helton sees an average of 4.32 pitches each time he steps to the plate. Which is what made his third at-bat in Tuesday's 8-3 win against the Mets so special.
By Steve Foster
August 20 - 9:11 AM
The Rockies were handed this game -- the Nationals walked 10 batters and hit another -- and scoffed at it, instead relying on solo home runs to eke out a one-run win. The Rockies should have won this game 15-4, not 5-4.
By Steve Foster
August 12 - 10:17 AM
The Colorado Rockies' first baseman is having his best season in a few years, but how big a difference it will make in his eventual Hall of Fame candidacy is still up in the air.
By Steve Foster
August 10 - 9:00 AM
The question now is this: Is Carlos Gonzalez going to be one of those streaky hitters who go through periods of hitting everything and periods of hitting nothing? Or is Gonzalez just now realizing the potential that made the Diamondbacks and Athletics drool until they gave up on him?
By Steve Foster
July 29 - 8:19 AM
When the Rockies are at their worst, as they were when Jim Tracy took over in late May, they become too selective at the plate, quibbling over pitches a half inch low or an inch inside.
