Sports | Kevin Baxter | October 16, 2007
DENVER -- Trailing 3-0 in the series, Arizona Manager Bob Melvin stuck by his decision to keep Brandon Webb, the league's reigning Cy Young Award winner, in the dugout for Monday's fourth game of the National League Championship Series rather than pitch him on three days' rest.
Sports | Kevin Baxter | October 16, 2007
DENVER -- The Colorado Rockies are going to the World Series. That's neither a joke nor a misprint. Because after sweeping aside the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League Championship Series on Monday night, the once-hapless Rockies woke up this morning smelling of champagne as the last NL team standing.
Sports | Kevin Baxter | October 15, 2007
DENVER -- Anyone surprised by the fact inclement weather has hit the National League Championship Series games in Denver should take a closer look at the Colorado Rockies' logo.
Sports | Kevin Baxter | October 15, 2007
DENVER -- Tony Clark, protected from a bone-numbing chill by a cotton pullover, looked out at the slate-gray skies over Coors Field late Sunday afternoon and feigned indifference to the weather.
Sports | Kevin Baxter | October 14, 2007
DENVER -- The Arizona Diamondbacks might be down 0-2, but they're not out of the best-of-seven National League Championship Series, outfielder Eric Byrnes said Saturday.
Sports | Kevin Baxter | October 14, 2007
DENVER -- Shortly after Willy Taveras went to the sidelines with a strained quadriceps last month, the Colorado Rockies embarked on a historic winning streak, leaping from fourth to second in the National League West, beating the San Diego Padres in a one-game playoff to earn the league's last postseason berth, then sweeping the Philadelphia Phillies in the NL division series.
Sports | Kevin Baxter | October 13, 2007
PHOENIX -- Two outs away from a two-game deficit in the National League Championship Series, the Arizona Diamondbacks clawed back Friday, turning an aborted double-play attempt into a ninth-inning run and taking the Colorado Rockies into extra innings tied, 2-2.