Todd Helton News

Former Rockies manager Clint Hurdle is expected to be named the Rangers' next hitting coach.

Incompetence has led to more experience. After a battery of embarrassing calls, Major League Baseball will use only veteran umpires for the World Series, it announced Thursday.

Ita s been a week now, and Ia ll admit Ia m still not fully healed.A The cool air has a bit more bite, the leaves have a bit less crunch and all of the beautiful fall Boulder colors seem a bit more muted.A As I look out my window, I try to enjoy the natural beauty that comes every autumn, but over and over, one scene keeps playing in my head.

Troy Tulowitzki strikes out to end Game 4 and the Rockies' season Monday night. "Tulo" also made the last out in Sunday's Game 3. The Rockies' cleanup hitter went 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position in Game 4 and had three RBIs in the NLDS The contrasting images will linger over the winter and into spring training.

In 2007 Colorado Rockies fans were left watching the Boston Red Sox celebrate the World Series victory on their home field.

9) Philly Fan shouldn't complain about Charlie Manuel and his hunches ever again, but will.

Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino, right, hits a solo homer to open the scoring during the first inning in Game 4 of the NLDS on Monday at Coors Field.

Baseball Prospectus' Pre-season Projection : 71-91, fifth place Actual record: 92-70, second place Coors Field is an advantage, sure, but this team can play some ball.

Jason Giambi heard from Todd Helton what a great group of guys the Rockies have, and now has found out himself.

The weather warmed considerably Monday after a cold front moved out of Colorado, with a gametime temperature of 48 degrees.

Chase Utley of the Phillies reaches base safely after the ball struck him in the batter's box."That's not why we got beat," manager Jim Tracy said, citing his hurlers' eight walks Sunday.

Umpires Angel Hernandez at first and Jerry Meals in right field watch the action as Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton holds Philadelphia Phillies' Chase Utley on at first during the first inning of Game 4 in a National League baseball division series in Denver on Monday, Oct.

Two years ago when he was with the Indians during their postseason run, Cliff Lee sat and waited for his chance to pitch.

Huston Street was already struggling in the frigid conditions. A missed call by plate umpire Jerry Meals in the ninth inning really put him in a bind.

Garrett Atkins had an RBI single in the first to go with a run-scoring double in the third.

Ryan Spilborghs' face has endured more alterations than the Happy Hour crowd at Elway's. Just type "Spilborghs" into Google Images, and you'll see a portfolio of pogonotrophy - beards, goatees, soul patches and what the Rockies' outfielder called "the disgust-stache." Yes, for a few summer nights, Spilly sported a slump-busting black mustache ...

The cold and snow in Colorado scrapped plans for Pedro Martinez's first postseason start in five years.

By the time Cliff Lee closed his summer campaign, the former Cy Young winner's situation resembled that of the woman in the Seinfeld episode who looked super one day, scary the next.

After yesterday's 5-1 opening loss to the Phillies in the National League division series, the Colorado Rockies were making no excuses.

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