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After a 74-42 run and playoff trip that led to a three-year contract, Jim Tracy couldn't be happier about being with the Rockies.

From avid viewer to the National League's top manager - it has been quite a year for Rockies manager Jim Tracy.

Colorado Rockies The Rockies are quietly becoming a burgeoning powerhouse in the wide-open NL West, despite trading off the likes of Matt Holliday and not being a big player in the free-agent market.

Colorado Rockies closer Huston Street was standing at his locker, being very forthright about a very painful ninth inning.

It was going to be leap of faith. The hop that brought back hope. Dexter Fowler punctuated his strong rookie season with a jump over Phillies second baseman Chase Utley in the eighth inning, an athletic feat that ignited the Rockies' most impressive rally of the series.

The last time the Phillies saw Colorado Rockies righthander Jason Hammel, he was rebounding from an atrocious start and, it turned out, beginning a 2-month push to the postseason.

Sixteen-game winner Jorge De La Rosa will miss Colorado's first-round playoff series against Philadelphia because of an injured left groin.

Except the parallels are all between the Street of right now - the one ready to pitch against the Phillies in the National League division series - and the perfect Phillies closer from 2008.

Cliff Lee took a shutout into the ninth inning in his first career postseason start and Raul Ibanez collected two hits and knocked in two runs as the Philadelphia Phillies downed the Colorado Rockies, 5-1, in Game 1 of the National League Division Series from Citizens Bank Park.

A slight-built, baby-faced man sits in a cold tube reading a magazine at Dodger Stadium.

A look at the best-of-five National League division series between the Colorado Rockies and Philadelphia Phillies: Schedule: Game 1, Wednesday, at Philadelphia ; Game 2, Thursday, at Philadelphia ; Game 3, Saturday, at Denver ; x-Game 5, Tuesday, Oct.

Never knew being so happy could make some people so mad. I speak, of course, of home run celebrations.

A day after the Colorado Rockies clinched at least a wild-card spot, Ubaldo Jimenez gave them a chance to win the NL West.

The Colorado Rockies are closing in on a playoff spot and will resume a three-game series versus the Milwaukee Brewers tonight at Coors Field.

Pinch-hitter Chris Iannetta hit a two-run homer off David Weathers in the 11th inning to give the Colorado Rockies a 7-5 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night.

The Colorado Rockies must take care of business before the Milwaukee Brewers ruin any plans for the postseason, as both clubs open a three-game series tonight at Coors Field.

Ouch. This one hurts. The Colorado Rockies blew a 3-0 lead over the Padres, losing 5-4. It was just the sixth time in 2009 that the Rockies lost a game at Coors Field in which they scored first.

St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Mark DeRosa is doused by teammates after they beat the Colorado Rockies 6-3 to capture the National League Central division title following a baseball game on Saturday, Sept.

Jim Tracy has done such a deft job since taking over for Clint Hurdle as Rockies manager that he is one of two favorites for National League manager of the year.

24, 2009, in Denver. - AP DENVER - 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.