On August 24, the Rockies faced the San Francisco Giants in what ended up being a 14 inning game which lasted close to 5 hours ( 4: 57 ), the second longest game in Rockies history.

Rockies ended the season with a total record of 83 – 79 ( finishing 3rd overall ) by losing 13 of its last 14 games after getting close to 2 – 3 wins from the NL West leader at one point at almost the end of the season.

On August 24 the Brewers completed a sweep of the Colorado Rockies to climb to less than five games out in both the NL Central Division and NL Wild Card races, but then Milwaukee went on a 10-game losing streak that ended any postseason hope.

The Padres ended the regular season in an 89 – 73 tie for the NL wild card with the Colorado Rockies.

Despite having Jake Peavy start the game and bringing in Trevor Hoffman in the bottom of the 13th inning to try to hold an 8 – 6 lead, the Padres ' season ended when the Rockies rallied to win 9 – 8.

The club would advance to the playoffs for the first time since their 1993 World Series loss ; however, they had to play the Colorado Rockies, who ended the Phillies season in a three-game sweep in the NLDS.

The rehabilitation was an arduous process, and Hurst ended making just two starts for the Padres in before being traded to the Colorado Rockies on July 26 with Greg Harris for Brad Ausmus, Doug Bochtler and Andy Ashby.

In 1990, Henry negotiated to purchase the Orlando Magic NBA team, for a short time was the lead general for an expansion team which became the Colorado Rockies, headed a group attempting to land an NHL expansion bid for South Florida which ended up going to Tampa Bay, pre-dating South Florida's more successful NHL expansion bid soon after by Wayne Huizenga.

He was recruited heavily to play both football and baseball, and ended up going straight into the Colorado Rockies ' farm system when they drafted him in the second round ( 38th overall ) of the 1995 amateur entry draft.

The biggest news of the season came on July 30 when the Indians traded four prospects for Colorado Rockies star pitcher, Ubaldo Jiménez.

Rockies first baseman Andrés Galarraga won the batting title, hitting. 370 for the season after Manager Don Baylor persuaded Galarraga to change from a standard batting stance into an open one in which he squarely faced the pitcher, allowing him to see incoming pitches properly.

Prior to the 1995 season, the Rockies acquired free-agent outfielder Larry Walker, previously of the Montreal Expos, who replaced Kingery as the 4th member of the " Blake Street Bombers "— named after the street on which the new ballpark ( Coors Field ) was located — along with Galarraga, Bichette, and third baseman Vinny Castilla, who had played sparingly with the major-league club during the previous season.

The Rockies once again led the league in attendance for the season.

However, outfielder Ellis Burks picked up the slack with an All-Star season, batting. 344 with 40 homers and 128 RBI — one of three Rockies to hit forty or more homers that season, along with Galarraga and Castilla.

As in 1996, though, the team's pitchers struggled and had a 5. 25 ERA, and the Rockies could not improve upon their finish from the previous season.

The Rockies were broken up after the 1997 season when an aging Galarraga signed with the Atlanta Braves as a free agent.

On April 4, 1999, the Rockies made history as they played their Opening Day game against the defending National League champion San Diego Padres at Estadio de Beisbol Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico – marking the first time Major League Baseball opened the regular season outside the United States or Canada.

Neagle went 19 – 23 in three years with the Rockies ; he was injured in 2003 and never pitched in the majors again before the Rockies released him after the 2004 season.

Despite a fourth straight All-Star season by Helton and 36 homers by outfielder Preston Wilson, the Rockies finished just 74 – 88.

In 2004, the Rockies acquired Vinny Castilla, who had been with the club for its inaugural 1993 season, once again, and he hit 35 homers.

However, Wilson and Larry Walker spent much of the season on the disabled list, forcing the Rockies to play Matt Holliday, who had been slated to start the season at Triple-A.

However, perhaps because of the trade of Walker and several consecutive losing seasons, the team fell all the way to fourteenth in the National League in attendance ; for the first time in team history, the Rockies drew under 2 million fans for the season.

The 2006 season started with some promise ; the Rockies were 44 – 43 in the first half of the season and were in contention in the NL West for much of the season.

The Rockies trailed the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Arizona Diamondbacks and the San Diego Padres for most of 2007 Major League Baseball season – however – by August, Colorado showed a steady series of wins, while the Division-leading Dodgers began to struggle.

As a result of the Rockies ' remarkable September run, the team finished the regular season tied with the Padres for the National League wild card spot in the playoffs.

The Rockies completed the fifth greatest regular season comeback in Major League Baseball history.

That pushed the Rockies ' combined late-season ( September 16 and after ) and post-season run to 20 wins and just 1 loss, the single loss coming against Arizona on September 28, 2007 – the 160th game of the regular season.

Baseball America named the Colorado Rockies the " Organization of the Year " for their accomplishments during the 2007 season.

Instead, the Rockies dropped even further, finishing 72 – 90 and in last place in the West as the Diamondbacks won the division in just their second year of existence.

All told, the Scouts went a hideous 1-35-8 in their final 44 games, finishing their second and final season with a record of 12 – 56 – 12 and 36 points — still the worst record in Scouts / Rockies / Devils history.

The Cavies were flying high as the went to Drums Along the Rockies in Denver, where they crashed back to earth, finishing behind the Santa Clara Vanguard and the Blue Devils, and the Blue Devils taunted that the Cavies could / would never beat them.

As a result, the Rockies fell back to third place in the West with an 83 – 79 record.

Perhaps not surprisingly given the injury to Walker and the trading of two of the team's most popular players, the Rockies finished third in the National League in attendance in 2000, marking the first time in club history that it did not lead the league in attendance.

In the 2007 World Series, the Rockies faced the Boston Red Sox, and were swept in four games ; the first game was 13 – 1, the second game was 2 – 1, the third game was 10 – 5, and the fourth and final game was 4 – 3.

Rockies second baseman Clint Barmes, playing in, made a miraculous over the shoulder diving catch after a long run, and doubled off Albert Pujols, who thought the ball would drop and was nearly at third base, to end the game.

The third man to serve as County Judge of Grant County was Cincinnatus Hiner “ Joaquin ” Miller ( 1837 – 1913 ), the noted poet, playwright, and western naturalist, called the " Poet of the Sierras " and the " Byron of the Rockies .”

* First Blown Save: Mike Munoz ( Rockies ), 7th inning ; the Mets John Franco and Mike Remlinger recorded the second and third blown saves in Coors Field history in the 9th and 14th innings of this same inaugural game, respectively

* First Baserunner Picked Off Caught Stealing: May 11, 1995, Dante Bichette ( Rockies ) at third base, by Terry Mulholland ( San Francisco Giants )

He played in 113 games for the NL West third place Rockies ( 83-79 ) and batted. 285 with seven home runs and 45 RBI.

North Twin is the third highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, after Mount Robson and Mount Columbia.

Vinicio " Vinny " Castilla Soria (; born July 4, 1967 in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico ) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman who played his best years with the Colorado Rockies and Atlanta Braves.

In fact, Wright was activated from the disabled list on September 1 and started at third base against the Colorado Rockies that evening.

He had two effective starts when he first got called up, but injured his shoulder again during his third start against the Colorado Rockies.

Carney Ray Lansford ( born February 7, 1957 ) is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball and the current hitting coach of the Colorado Rockies.

He signed a two-year contract with a player option for a third year to remain with the Rockies.

In 2002, he was traded to the Rockies, where he moved back to third base.

Gallego was named the Colorado Rockies third base and infield coach in December 2004 to October 7, 2008.

After winning the National League East for the third consecutive year, the Phillies faced the Colorado Rockies in the National League Division Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series, and the New York Yankees in the World Series ; Bako did not appear in any games during the postseason.

He became the first reliever and only the third pitcher overall to represent the Rockies, joining starting pitchers Mike Hampton () and Shawn Chacon ().

Once again ' the Rockies ' stormed through the provincial championship and defeated Newmarket-on-Fergus by two goals, giving Cummins a third Munster club title.