Patrick Saunders @psaundersdp Twitter profile

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Patrick Saunders

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4 years

Agent Joel Wolfe on @MLB owners crying poverty: "The Marlins played without fans for 15 years, yet still managed to give a player the biggest contract in sports history (Stanton), and then sold the team for a Billion dollar profit, with 5 competing buyers."

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4 years

From Nolan Arenado to #Rockies fans:

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2 years

Some sad news to share. My wonderful father, Dusty Saunders, a giant of Colorado journalism, died today. He was 90. What a long, incredible life. We will miss him dearly, even as we celebrate his life.

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4 months

#Rockies Todd Helton gets The Call to the Hall of Fame.

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3 years

#Rockies Trevor Story: Nolan’s one of my best friends, baseball aside, so this hurts. He’s the best 3B in the game. I’m sad and a little frustrated to be honest. All I can do is focus on playing the best baseball I can for my teammates and the fans, they deserve it.

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2 years

I'm going to say it. I would love to see the #Cardinals win the World Series with Pujols, Yadi, Wainwright, Goldschmidt and Arenado.

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4 years

BREAKING: Nolan Arenado feels "disrespected" as Rockies GM Jeff Bridich nixes trade talks via @denverpost

Nolan Arenado feels “disrespected” as Rockies GM Jeff Bridich nixes trade talks

On the same day Rockies general manager Jeff Bridich put the brakes on the Nolan Arenado trade rumors, the all-star third baseman broke his silence Monday saying he felt “disrespected.”…

www.denverpost.com

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Patrick Saunders

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2 years

Vin Scully: "You don't need an official scorer at Coors Field. You need a certified public accountant." #Rockies

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Patrick Saunders

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4 years

I'm no #Broncos expert, but Phillip Lindsay sure looks like a better football player than Melvin Gordon.

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Patrick Saunders

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1 year

TNT crew is much better than ESPN crew. #Nuggets #Lakers

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Patrick Saunders

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4 years

For those few yahoos out there taking cheap shots at #Rockies Ian Desmond in the wake of his very heartfelt and difficult decision ... get a life.

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Patrick Saunders

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3 years

#Cardinals Nolan Arenado and #Rockies Trevor Story had dinner last night. Got to wonder if they were scheming for a way to get Trevor to St. Louis.😏

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Patrick Saunders

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3 years

Walt Weiss left the #Rockies after an ugly relationship with former GM Jeff Bridich. Now Weiss is going to get a ring. Thrilled for Weiss and the #Braves . Karma.

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Patrick Saunders

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3 years

I'm told that the #Rockies will honor #Cardinals Nolan Arenado with a video when he returns to Coors Field tomorrow.

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4 months

Nolan Arenado: “Congrats to Todd Helton on making the Hall of Fame. Incredible player. Loved him as a teammate. He was really good to me. He was tough on me, but good to me and I needed it. He deserves this. He was such a good player and he was durable.” #Rockies

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5 years

Photo by The Denver Post's Andy Cross tells the story of injury to #Rockies David Dahl.

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5 years

7 a.m., walking into the complex, I see a lone player on a back field doing footwork drills and stretches ... Who do you suppose it is? Nolan Arenado, of course. #Rockies

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Patrick Saunders

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3 years

Nancy and I lost our beloved Shelby today. She loved to watch #Rockies games on TV. We will miss her forever.

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4 years

I received a couple nasty emails today telling me to stop writing about baseball. I was told it was a waste of time. I'm not sure what to say other than it's my job and I think some people care about that part of their lives. Just trying to keep fans informed during scary times.

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4 years

#Rockies GM Jeff Bridich: Nolan Arenado trade talks off the table via @denverpost

Nolan Arenado feels “disrespected” as Rockies GM Jeff Bridich nixes trade talks

On the same day Rockies general manager Jeff Bridich put the brakes on the Nolan Arenado trade rumors, the all-star third baseman broke his silence Monday saying he felt “disrespected.”…

www.denverpost.com

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Patrick Saunders

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2 years

#Rockies Chad Kuhl wore this uni for his bullpen today. What do you think? White pants with City Connect jersey.

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Patrick Saunders

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4 years

Lots of #Rockies Nolan Arenado for #Cubs Kris Bryant rumors floating out there. But one source told me that the Cubs might be creating media noise to make a better deal with #Phillies , #Nationals or #Braves

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Patrick Saunders

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2 years

Someone remind me why the #Broncos didn’t draft Josh Allen.

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5 years

#Rockies icon Todd Helton on Nolan Arenado deal: "He should be a Rockie for life. The best I've ever seen over at third."

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Patrick Saunders

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2 years

A long time coming. My 2022 #HallofFame ballot arrived today. I've covered the #Rockies since 2005 but spent 2010-11 as an online editor at The Post. You have to have 10 consecutive years with a #BBWAA card in order to be eligible to vote. I'm finally there.

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Patrick Saunders

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3 years

Why does #Rockies Nolan Arenado want out? This from Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci: Since Arenado made his first All-Star team in 2015, the Rockies have spent $281.6 million on 12 free agents. Virtually all of their decisions have been disasters.

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6 years

#Rockies Kyle Freeland: * 3-0 with a 1.67 ERA and 37 strikeouts over his last 5 starts. * ERA now 2.90, best among NL lefties. * In 12 starts at Coors field, has a 2.27 ERA. * National attention? Close to zero.

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Patrick Saunders

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3 years

Thanks to #Rockies Nolan Arenado for 8 great years of baseball. More than that, thanks for the time you've given me for interviews, etc. You're a class act. I've sensed you lost a bit of your joy for the game over the last 2 years. I hope you find it again in St. Louis.

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Patrick Saunders

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2 years

My 2022 Hall of Fame ballot

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10 months

I'm sure I'll get roasted for tweeting this, but I think Bud Black deserves a lot of credit for not letting the #Rockies completely implode.

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4 years

#Rockies great Larry Walker is Cooperstown Bound! No. 33 makes the Hall of Fame!

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6 years

Whatever happens tonight, remember Kyle Freeland's performance. #Rockies .

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Patrick Saunders

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6 years

#Rockies Game 163 on Monday in L.A. would be 11 years to the day of Game 163 in 2007 when Matt Holliday touched home plate.

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3 years

In 5 starts at Coors Field this season, Austin Gomber has an .095 ERA and opponents are hitting .139 against him.

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Patrick Saunders

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5 years

Washington’s last World Series team was not the Senators. It was a Negro League dynasty.

While Washington’s MLB legacy is average at best, the city’s baseball history is bolstered by the Grays’ legacy.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Patrick Saunders

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3 years

MLB home attendance: 1. #Dodgers 34,625 (per game) 2. #Braves 29,490 3. #Padres 27,061 4. #Cardinals 26,281 5. #Rangers 26,052 6. #Astros 25,537 7. #Rockies 24,854

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4 years

Three things strike me about the huge response to @jschemmel6 losing his #Rockies job at @KOAColorado : 1. How respected and well-like Jerry is. 2. How important radio voices remain to the relationship between a team and its fans. 3. @iHeartRadio made a huge, short-sighted mistake

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3 years

David Dahl: I’m thankful for the #Rockies drafting me and giving me the opportunity to live out a dream of playing in the big leagues. Will miss my teammates and of course the fans. I’m sorry it didn’t work out here in Denver but I’m really looking forward to a new opportunity.

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3 years

#Rockies @Chuck_Nazty would like to see baseballs NOT stored in the humidor at Coors Field for the Home Run Derby. "They should just hit moonballs, that's what I think."

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Patrick Saunders

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3 years

. @markkiszla asks Dick Monfort if he would ever sell the team. "You'd like that, wouldn't you."

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4 months

Matt Holliday about Coors Field factor and #Rockies Todd Helton: "What about playing on turf back in the day, when the field was like concrete and guys collected an extra 500 hits on balls that nobody could field because they were playing on cement?" Todd's a Hall of Famer."

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Patrick Saunders

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3 years

From @Buster_ESPN : For Nolan Arenado and his agent, Joel Wolfe, it's a staggering, shocking victory. For the #Rockies , it's an almost incomprehensible set of gaffes.

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2 years

Good news for #MLB beat writers: The @BBWAA has been advised by MLB that PENDING APPROVAL from the MLBPA, the plan is to reopen clubhouses to credentialed media members pre- and post-game in 2022.

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Patrick Saunders

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5 years

Let's be honest .... during the #Rockies 1st 12 games, they have disappointed in nearly every facet of the game.

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6 years

First time in franchise history #Rockies bullpen pitched five consecutive perfect innings.

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Patrick Saunders

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3 years

My prediction. @ddahl21 will be an all-star somewhere else. #Rockies

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Patrick Saunders

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6 years

#Rockies reunion with Matt Holliday is imminent. He will be called up from Triple-A today and could be at Coors Field for game vs. #Padres ..

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Patrick Saunders

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5 years

You know what cracks me up? When @DJLeMahieu won a batting title with the #Rockies , a lot of East Coast media dismissed it as a fluke. Now he's the pride of New York.

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Patrick Saunders

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6 years

I find it interesting -- and maddening -- that many national baseball writers are quick to dismiss #Rockies hitters because of Coors Field, but we rarely hear anything about how Kyle Freeland has pitched so well at Coors.

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3 years

#Rockies @Chuck_Nazty : I am fortunate to have played alongside Nolan. We experienced a great deal together, and shared some great moments as Rockies. I will always enjoy watching him play, no matter what uniform he wears. His competitiveness and intensity will be missed. “

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2 years

Can #Rockies contend for the playoffs with this roster? Kris Bryant: "Of course. ... I have never been on a losing team in my big-league career."

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Patrick Saunders

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3 years

Just said goodbye to Julian Valentin, #Rockies director of brand management & social media. Rox always had a great media presence under Julian. In his 10-plus years with Rox, he was responsible for roughly 350,000 tweets and 8,500 Instagram posts. He will be greatly missed.

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Patrick Saunders

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2 years

As expected, I'm told that Trevor Story will definitely NOT accept the #Rockies qualifying offer. The deadline is Wednesday. As many as eight teams have checked in on Story ... but not the Rox.

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Patrick Saunders

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4 years

Larry Walker made it by 6 votes! #Rockies

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Patrick Saunders

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5 years

Classic DJ LeMahieu ... especially his last comment.

Joey’s Yankees

@ThatDumbNYYFan

5 years

In case you couldn’t love DJ LeMahieu any more...😂😂😂

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4 years

Who misses baseball? #Rockies

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3 years

Nolan Arenado pumping up the crowd for former #Rockies teammate Trevor Story.

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6 years

Likely final game in #Rockies uniforms for DJ LeMahiue, CarGo, Adam Ottavino and Gerardo Parra. Class acts all the way.

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3 years

Sources tell me that #Rockies -Cardinals trade for Nolan Arenado is "not as close" as has been reported But #Braves are interested, too.

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Patrick Saunders

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3 years

Best Nolan Arenado at-bat? Father's Day walk-off for the cycle. Best play? The tarp play in San Francisco. #Rockies #Cardinals

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Patrick Saunders

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2 years

We lost our beautiful Ginger today. She was put to sleep peacefully in the backyard where she loved to play “Glowball.” We loved her so much. We will miss her forever. Now she can romp with her sister Shelby.

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4 years

I am so sick of people like you telling me to “stick to sports.” It’s my Twitter account and my opinion. You don’t like it? Don’t follow me.

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@psaundersdp Stick to sports!

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Patrick Saunders

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6 years

Kyle Freeland's overall ERA is 2.91. His Coors Field ERA is 2.21. #Rockies

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4 years

Like an old man trying to return soup at a deli.

Matt Schubert

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4 years

#Rockies Twitter is angry tonight, my friends.

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3 years

#Rockies C.J. Cron named NL player of the Month. Well deserved.

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3 years

Good for #Rockies fans. Long, heartfelt standing ovation for #Cardinals Nolan Arenado. You could tell that it got to him. He loved Colorado, just didn't think he would ever win big here. That's the bottom line.

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2 years

Reports surfacing that the #Rockies are back in the mix for Trevor Story. I'm told that's not the case. In fact, there has been no recent contact.

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3 years

“I’m confused and I don’t have really anything good to say about the situation and how it unfolded."

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3 years

#Rockies Trevor Story not happy as trade deadline passes and he and Jon Gray remain in Colorado: via @denverpost

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4 years

Tip of the hat to #Rockies media relations folks. They did an amazing job spreading the Hall of Fame Gospel of Larry Walker. A job very well done!

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Patrick Saunders

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2 years

Good to see ⁦ @CarGo5 ⁩ at #Rockies camp. Upbeat as always.

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Patrick Saunders

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2 years

Unless a late trade is announced, #Rockies SS Jose Iglesias and RHPs Alex Colome, Carlos Estevez and Chad Kuhl can all walk as free agents after the season and the Rox will get nothing for them. Not even prospects.

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Patrick Saunders

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2 years

I asked #Rockies Connor Joe if his homer tonight was the biggest moment of his MLB career. He said it was the second-biggest. The first was when he hit his first major league home run last year on the one-year anniversary of him being declared cancer-free.

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2 years

Just arrived at LAX. Ran into an old friend. #Rockies #Cardinals

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6 years

A day to celebrate! #Rockies @cbettis35 has been cancer free for one year. So happy for Chadwick Reginald Bettis III

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Patrick Saunders

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2 years

Best of luck to Trevor Story with the #Redsox . Pure class during his career with the #Rockies

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3 years

Hugs in the #Rockies dugout for German Marquez. Gee, I wonder what that could be about?

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4 years

For your consideration: #Rockies Larry Walker: * Won 1997 NL MVP. * Named a National League All-Star five times. * Was a seven-time Gold Glove winner. * Won Silver Slugger 3 * 3-time National League Batting Champion.

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4 years

Got a bunch of emails criticizing me for writing that the #Rockies can't make the playoffs. That's not what I wrote. I wrote that their recent 4-game losing streak "almost certainly doomed their chances to qualify." Besides, it's not my job to be a cheerleader.

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6 years

ESPN's @Buster_ESPN ranks #Rockies Nolan Arenado as majors' No. 1 third basemen. Was there ever a doubt? Details here:

Buster Olney's top 10 third basemen: Stars sizzle at the hot corner

Starting with guys such as Nolan Arenado and Kris Bryant, third is stocked with top performers, but they can't all be No. 1. And where's Manny Machado?

www.espn.com

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3 years

Can I just say that @TonyWolters is about a classy as they come? Best of luck to Tony. #Rockies

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5 years

A guy threw 96 mph in Coors FIeld's speed pitch challenge. Now he has a contract with the A's and not the #Rockies . via @denverpost

A guy threw 96 mph in Coors Field’s speed pitch challenge. Now he has a contract with the A’s and...

Colorado pitchers have been getting lit up like a pinball machine this season at Coors Field — Kyle Freeland (7.48 ERA), Wade Davis (6.82) and Chad Bettis (6.14) are some examples.

www.denverpost.com

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9 months

Might be the smallest crowd of the season at Coors Field for #Rockies and #Dbacks .

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3 years

#Rockies manager Bud Black said that German Marquez "toughed it out tonight." Marquez was sick with diarrhea but he still took a one-hitter into the 7th and he drove in 2 runs with single and a double.

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3 years

Does anyone else find it ironic that Pete Rose was banished from baseball but ads for betting are all over the #Rockies broadcast?

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2 years

I know it's not popular to praise the #Rockies , but at least new GM Bill Schmidt is doing things to reshape the roster. OK, you can hammer me now.

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4 years

Lots of bogus Twitter rumors about #Rockies and Nolan Arenado. Proceed with caution.

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2 years

Gotta say, I think Fowler and Herbstreet had a really good call of #Broncos #Chiefs today.

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6 years

HIS*STORY: Only 2 shortstops in MLB history have hit 30 home runs, driven in 100 runs and stolen 20 bases. Alex Rodriguez and now #Rockies Trevor Story.

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4 years

#Rockies Nolan Arenado when asked if Rox need to make playoffs to show team is moving in right direction: "Absolutely. No question for me. Eight teams make the playoffs and if we're not one of those eight teams that's not a very good sign."

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4 months

#Rockies icon Todd Helton watches coverage of his Hall of Fame induction with his daughter, Gentry, from his home in Knoxville, Tenn. on Tuesday.

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Patrick Saunders

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4 years

It's a shame #Rockies fans can't be at Coors for the hot start. Rox are playing entertaining baseball. And tonight's game took 2 hours, 36 minutes!

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5 years

Asked Mark Reynolds why the #Rockies ? "Why not? Love the team, love the city ... love the city ... love their World Series chances."

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2 months

New #Rockies OF/1B on his reaction to being traded from Philly to the Rox.

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1 month

30 for 30. Finally made it to Toronto and Rogers Centre. I’ve now been to every big-league park. Pretty cool. #Rockies (photo credit to ⁦ @harding_at_mlb ⁩)

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4 years

I'm told that the @MLBNetwork will televise the #Rockies and #Rangers exhibition game on Tuesday.

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2 years

I’ve lost a good friend. Colorado has lost a sports icon. My story on the life of Les Shapiro. RIP

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2 years

JUST IN: Les Shapiro, a pillar of the Colorado sports broadcasting community for more than three decades, has died.

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Patrick Saunders

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5 years

106 wins for the #Dodgers , who coasted to the NL West title .... and now they are done. Baseball can be a cruel sport.,

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3 years

Can confirm various reports that 2021 MLB All-Star Game coming toCoors Field. MLB will make official announcement on Tuesday y

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Patrick Saunders

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5 years

On a personal note ... I texted CarGo the other night to congratulate him on his deal with the #Indians . I told him I missed him. He texted back and thanked ME. He did the same for @harding_at_mlb You don't see that from pro athletes very often.

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5 years

Classy post from the #Rockies .

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3 years

For a lot of sports fans, #Rockies are out of sight, out of mind right now. I understand that. But it's too bad because the Rox are playing some good, entertaining baseball right now.

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