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In the final year of his contract, Dan O'Dowd enjoyed his finest year as the Rockies' GM.

There should be no real big changes in the Colorado Rockies coming off a charge into the 2009 playoffs, the principal owners of the club said this week.

Aaron Cook wanted to rack up another win, not more frequent flier miles. The Colorado Rockies ace flew out to Philadelphia on Monday hoping to get a good night's rest for a decisive Game 5 against the Phillies on Tuesday.

Coulda tied one on last night. What a way to end a game! That was some claasic baseball and a terrific series.

As all loyal Rockies fans should know, the glory and magic that filled the Mile High City two autumns ago after the teama s unbelievable run to the World Series, was extinguished with a dismal 2008 campaign filled with injury, inconsistency and apathy.

Colorado Rockies general manager Dan O'Dowd picked up his newspaper, opened the sports section and flinched: "Rockie deal more like Sleaziana Purchase," the headline blared in the Denver Post .

So, the Dodgers have just defeated the Rockies, 5-0, in Los Angeles, which means the Phillies will face Colorado in the best-of-five NL Division Series.

The Angels should clinch the American League West any day now, perhaps with Brian Fuentes on the mound -- and then at the bottom of a dog pile -- for the first time in his major league career.

Louis Cardinals and not the Colorado Rockies . Jason LaRue , subbing at catcher for injured All-Star Yadier Molina , homered off Ubaldo Jimenez to break a seventh-inning tie and the Cardinals clinched the NL Central crown when they beat the Rockies 6-3 Saturday night behind Adam Wainwright 's 19th victory.

The Colorado Rockies insist they're not feeling the squeeze as the NL wild-card race tightens around them.

Nick Hundley homered to start the comeback and drove in the tiebreaking run with an eighth-inning single off Rafael Betancourt, and the San Diego Padres dealt the NL wild card-leading Colorado Rockies a disheartening 5-4 loss Thursday night.

23, 2009. - AP DENVER - Will Venable homered and tied a career high by driving in four runs in the San Diego Padres' 6-3 win over Colorado on Wednesday night that snapped the Rockies' eight-game home winning streak.

The Rockies return to virtual full strength on Friday as Opening Day starter Aaron Cook makes his first appearance since leaving a game and going on the disabled list on Aug.

The remarkable Rockies could have clinched the wild card on Wednesday night with a de rigueur , feel-good, streak-stopping, giant Jorge De La Rosa victory over the Giants.

Alas, that season ended in fool's gold as Rocktober ended in a less than stellar brooming by the Boston Red Sox in a 0-4 series and season ending sweep to the World Champs.

Jason Giambi came through in the clutch again, delivering a pinch-hit RBI single in the eighth to lift Colorado to a 5-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.

It wasn't all that long ago when the eyes of Texas relaxed and the hearts of Austin calmed at the first sight of him.

Also featured on Rotoprofessor.com ! With the season winding down and projection-type articles having less meaning by the day, I decided to profile one of the league's nicest surprises this year, closer Huston Street.

Rockies starting pitcher Aaron Cook delivers Friday at Coors Field. Cook exited the game in the fourth inning with an injury.

Talk in Colorado no doubt shifted from the Rockies' four-game win streak to their ailing players on Saturday.