Colorado Rockies News

The Rockies paid Greg Reynolds a lot of money to throw a baseball - they must have figured he would do it a little more frequently.

Jorge De La Rosa pitched eight innings, Ian Stewart hit a solo homer and the Colorado Rockies beat the slumping Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 on Friday night.

Fears that the Colorado Rockies might turn their win streak upside down after losing for the first time in twelve games to the Tampa Bay Rays on June 16 proved unfounded in a major way.

Yorvit Torrealba required only a few games in the minors to regain his timing at the plate.

The Chicago Cubs have acquired infielder Jeff Baker from the Colorado Rockies for minor league right-handed pitcher Al Alburquerque and designated infielder Ryan Freel for assignment.

The Colorado Rockies are back home after a lengthy road trip and will open a three-game series tonight against the National League West-rival Arizona Diamondbacks at Coors Field.

Colorado Rockies' Dexter Fowler runs to first base as Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman James Loney awaits the ball during their game in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

The national pastime lasted well past my bedtime Monday night. But I stayed awake for every pitch and was glued to the TV - well, not literally, because that could be painful, like sticking your tongue to a frozen pole, which I've done.

The Rockies traded utility infielder Jeff Baker to the Cubs for Class A Daytona relief pitcher Alberto Alburquerque, who will be assigned to Double-A Tulsa, Rockies general manager Dan O'Dowd confirmed Thursday morning.

The double-take is automatic. A No. 5 is playing left field for the Rockies. You see his cool stroll, which looks familiar, and want to fool yourself into believing nothing has changed.

Manny Ramirez's suspension didn't slow down the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers played their 50th and final game without Ramirez, beating the Colorado Rockies 1-0 Wednesday on pinch-hitter Rafael Furcal's RBI single in the eighth inning.

A clean up crew washes the blood left after two men were hospitalized after being shot by an off-duty police officer who they allegedly assaulted in the Angel Stadium parking lot following Wednesday night's game, Wednesday evening.

Does a manager make that much of a difference? Seems to be the case with the Rockies , who last month replaced Clint Hurdle with bench coach Jim Tracy and then began winning like it's 2007.

Outfielder Scott Podsednik #22 of the Colorado Rockies catches a fly ball against the New York Mets at Coors Field on May 25, 2008 in Denver, Colorado.

OAKLAND, Calif. - Sitting in an airport, waiting for my flight back home, I mulled the state of the Rockies and arrived at the following conclusions: Dan O'Dowd takes a lot of heat, but the general manager's deal that sent Matt Holliday to Oakland and brought Huston Street, Carlos Gonzalez and Greg Smith to the Mile High City is starting to look ...

Torrealba has not played since June 2 when he left the team following his son's kidnapping in Venezuela LOS ANGELES - Looking much healthier and rested, Yorvit Torrealba walked through the visiting clubhouse today at Dodger Stadium.

In this photo taken on June 21, 2009, Pittsburgh Pirates' Eric Hinske swings at a pitch against the Colorado Rockies in the seventh inning of the Rockies' 5-4 victory in a baseball game in Denver.

A pair of pitchers vying to become the National League's first 10-game winner of the season will go head-to-head when the Los Angeles Dodgers and Colorado Rockies continue a three-game series this evening at Dodger Stadium.

With the economy and his numbers down, Matt Holliday's big free- agent gamble is beginning to look like a mistake.

Jim Tracy had been back to Dodger Stadium since parting ways with LA in 2005, but never as the manager of one of the hottest teams in baseball.