PHOENIX — Chad Bettis pitched two very big innings Sunday against Milwaukee at Maryvale Baseball Park. Two innings? In a Cactus League game? What’s the big deal? Here’s the big deal: Spring training exhibition or not, Sunday marked the right-hander’s first game at the major-league level since he was diagnosed with testicular cancer and had surgery…
via Rockies’ Chad Bettis, cancer free, wants more power — and more fun — in 2017 — The Denver Post
Aaron AJ Kramer is just like any other 12-year-old kid when he gets around players from the Colorado Rockies, especially Nolan Arenado. His eyes light up and a smile comes across his face. It makes him forget for just a little while about the battle he’s been battling with leukemia since September. Kramer was one…
via Colorado Rockies Take Time Sunday to Help Kids Battling Cancer — Rox Pile
Following Sunday’s spring training game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Nolan Arenado of the Colorado Rockies will turn in his purple for the red, white and blue. Arenado’s time on Sunday manning his usual position at third base for the Rockies will be his last before departing to join Team USA in the World Baseball Classic.…
via Nolan Arenado “Excited” for Team USA, World Baseball Classic — Rox Pile
We’re heading to Arizona today to begin five days of coverage of the Colorado Rockies as they continue their spring training workouts in sunny Arizona. While we’re on a plane heading toward Phoenix, check out these three article links. Injuries Creep Up David Dahl and Chris Rusin are the first two Colorado Rockies to show…
via Colorado Rockies: 3 Things You Should Know on March 4 — Rox Pile
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — A Coors Field homer festival broke out in the desert Friday afternoon in the Rockies’ 17-6 demolition of Cleveland. The teams combined for 35 hits, including five home runs. Two of the dingers were grand slams, one by Colorado’s Stephen Cardullo off of former Rockies reliever Boone Logan, the other by the…
via PHOTOS: Rockies win Cactus League game against Indians — The Denver Post
During his media session on Saturday morning at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick in Scottsdale, Ariz., Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black provided updates on some of his injured players and pitchers. Updates on David Dahl and Chris Rusin Bud Black gave short updates on his Dahl, who is battling a back injury, and Rusin,…
via Colorado Rockies: Injury Updates on David Dahl, Chris Rusin and more — Rox Pile
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — In this polarized world we live in, rabid, partisan debate is inescapable. I discovered this sad truth the other night at a local watering hole a few blocks from Salt River Fields. I was sitting at the bar, sipping a nice glass of Malbec and eating shrimp and grits (Weird combo? You make…
It’s the final day of our countdown of the biggest trades in Colorado Rockies history, as we break down their top three blockbuster moves. #3: Ubaldo Jimenez to the Cleveland Indians for Drew Pomeranz, Alex White, Matt McBride and Joe Gardner Let’s take a journey back in time. It’s July 8th, 2010, the Rockies are…
via Colorado Rockies: Biggest Trades in Franchise History: 3-1 — Rox Pile
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Every once in a while, Nolan Arenado runs across a story that mentions his name and makes him shake his head. “I don’t know where some of it comes from,” the Colorado Rockies All-Star third baseman laughed. Being the face of a franchise and doing so many cool things, facts sometimes…
via Fact: Rockies 3B Nolan Arenado Stacks Up With Best In Majors — CBS Denver
The Colorado Rockies are less than a week into their first Spring Training with Bud Black at the helm, but it’s already clear that their new skipper is going to be a pitcher’s manager. That shouldn’t come as earth-shattering news; after all, Black pitched in the majors for 15 years. But it’s a welcome change…
via Bud Black already showing he’s a pitcher’s manager — Mile High Sports
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