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Colorado Rockies
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The Colorado Rockies are
a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. The team is
named after the Rocky Mountains which pass through Colorado. The Rockies
are in the Western Division of the National League (NL). The Colorado
Rockies were founded in 1991 and began play in 1993 as an expansion
of the National League. The home ballpark of the Colorado Rockies
is Coors Field and the uniform colors are black, silver, purple and
white. The logo design for the Rockies is a purple mountain with a
baseball. The Colorado Rockies have been to the postseason only once
since their inception. The Rockies unveil their traditional 1993 uniforms
(home, away, and Sunday alternate) at a Team USA-Team Cuba baseball
game at Mile High Stadium before 61,165 fans. Included on the home
uniform is purple pinstripes, making the Rockies the first team in
Major League history to feature purple stripes. The club's road uniform
is gray and the alternate is black. Also, the team improves its logo.
The Rockies select David Nied from the Atlanta Braves to open the
Major League Baseball Expansion Draft in New York City. At the same
time, more than 20,000 fans fill Denver's Currigan Hall to watch the
historic event. After the draft, Colorado trades Kevin Reimer and
Jody Reed for Dante Bichette and Rudy Seanez, respectively. The Rockies
win their first spring training game, 7-2, over San Francisco. The
Rockies reach the million mark in just 17 home dates, breaking the
previous best of 21 set by the '92 Toronto Blue Jays. Jay Gainer becomes
the 12th player in history to homer on his first Major League pitch.
The Rockies claim one of the few Major League attendance records not
yet in their possession, drawing 217,009 fans to a three-game series
vs. the Giants and also tops one of its own attendance records, drawing
259,113 to a four-game series against St. Louis. On the 26th of April,
the Rockies inaugurate Coors Field in dramatic fashion. Dante Bichette
hits a game-winning three-run homer to beat New York in the 14th inning.
Three days later the Rockies defeat the Houston Astros, 2-1, in Houston
and claim sole possession of first for the first time in club history.
Galarraga ties a Major League record on June, 25th, by hitting a home
run in three consecutive innings, becoming the fourth player in history
to accomplish the feat. Andres Galarraga's three-run homer scores
the 626th, 627th and 628th runs of 1996 at home, helping the Rockies
set the modern Major League record for runs scored at home (625, Boston
Red Sox, 1950). The Rockies would end the season with 658 tallies
at Coors. The Colorado Rockies have only retired one number and that
is #42 belonging to Jackie Robinson whose number has been retired
throughout baseball. On 6th, August, 2001, Coors Field hosted its
first-ever concert during the third annual "Evening of Stars
and Fireworks." Performers include Toby Keith and Montgomery
Gentry. Then on 14th of August, President George W. Bush attended
the Rockies game against the Braves at Coors Field, which Colorado
won 5-4 in 10 innings.
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