Tales from the Colorado Rockies

Tony DeMarco, who has covered baseball in Denver for the last 14 years and currently serves as a baseball writer/columnist for NBCSports.com, provides numerous stories about the Colorado Rockies. The book looks at their humble beginnings as an expansion franchise in 1993, their historic attendance feats and fast rise to a playoff spot in 1995, and the slugging exploits of the famed Blake Street Bombers. Baseball at mile-high altitude is like nothing else around the big-league...
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Tony DeMarco, who has covered baseball in Denver for the last 14 years and currently serves as a baseball writer/columnist for NBCSports.com, provides numerous stories about the Colorado Rockies. The book looks at their humble beginnings as an expansion franchise in 1993, their historic attendance feats and fast rise to a playoff spot in 1995, and the slugging exploits of the famed Blake Street Bombers. Baseball at mile-high altitude is like nothing else around the big-league landscape, and the phenomenon is explained and analyzed, as the Rockies have learned to cope with their unique playing conditions. The entire 15-year history of Major League Baseballs first franchise in the Rocky Mountain time zone is detailed, complete with a colorful series of stories and tales about the players, managers, coaches, and front office personnel who shaped it including Larry Walker, Todd Helton, Andres Galarraga, Dante Bichette, Vinny Castilla, Eric Young, Don Baylor, Bob Gebhard, and Jerry McMorris.