Series Recap 8/24-8/26: A Series Win!
The dog days of summer have been in full effect as of late with the Rockies only having won a single series in the month of August coming into this three game set vs. the Braves. The stars had aligned...
View ArticleSeries Recap 8/28-8/30: Wake Me Up When September Ends
Anyone still following the Colorado Rockies (52-76) in 2015 knows they have been struggling to say the least. Over the weekend they traveled to beautiful Pittsburgh (79-50) to face the wild-card...
View ArticleEven in a Lost Season, September Matters
Listen, the 2015 Rockies are bad. Like really, really bad. But let’s be honest, what did we expect to see from this team this year? Playoff contention? No. Improvement? Maybe. To exist? Sure, that’s...
View ArticleRockies Smash!
Well where was that all season, Rockies!? I mean: come on! Did you really have to wait until the last home series of the season to show us what utterly freaking awesome baseball looked like? Geeze....
View ArticleChoose Your Rebuild: NL Playoffs Edition
I wanted to take the time to preview the postseason here on Rockies Zingers but, considering the fact that the Rockies are not only not involved but almost pathetically far away, it didn’t seem quite...
View ArticleThe Strangest Games in Rockies History, Part 2(sday)
A few weeks ago I started us on a journey chronicling the strangest games in Rockies history (with a brief interlude on Game 163). This was mostly a response to the end of the season and how...
View ArticleRevisiting ZiPS and the Rockies – The Hitters
One of my favorite things to do at the conclusion of the baseball season is to look back at predictions made by popular outlets and experts. It’s why I hold onto those MLB Preview Issues from Sports...
View ArticleRockies Fest Beckons 2016 Season
Denver is coated in orange wherever you look, but for a few hours on Saturday, fans at Rockies Fest 2016 only saw purple. The annual event turned out a few thousand loyal Rockies supporters, sparking...
View ArticleRockies Offseason Review And A Look Ahead
Another long offseason is in the review mirror, and a lot has happened in the six months since we’ve last seen the Rockies take the field at Coors. The Broncos won the Super Bowl, Leo won an Oscar and...
View ArticleRethinking Rockies Outfielder Positioning
One of the things I’ve done for fun the last few years is attend the SABR Analytics conference that takes place in Arizona during Spring Training. Though this year’s conference was sponsored by the...
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