Clorado Rockies



Denver, Colorado based Major League Baseball team; Colorado Rockies was founded in 1993. Colorado Rockies play for the Western Division of the National League of MLB. The team got its name the Rockies, from the rocky hills and mountains that run through Colorado.

Colorado Rockies started playing as an expansion team in 1993, as the National League approved Miami, Denver and Florida as the sites for the two expansion teams that will start their play in 1993. In 1993, it wasn't just Rockies who joined the National League; instead they along with the Miami Franchise and the Florida Marlins also joined National League in the same year.

As the expansion draft was held Rockies roster welcomed a pitcher who formerly played for the Atlanta Braves, David Nied, who was Rockies first pick in the draft. Nied Played for Colorado Rockies for the next 4 years after his draft to Colorado Rockies. Colorado Rockies history started off with its first home at bat, in which Colorado Rockies Eric Young who was the lead off batter of the Rockies hit a home run for Colorado Rockies.

It was on 5 April, 1993, when Colorado Rockies played their first ever game, and it was against the New York Mets which was held at Shea Stadium. With David Nied being the start off pitcher, Colorado Rockies got a taste of their first loss as they lost to New York Mets with a 3-0. Colorado Rockies first ever win came to them at the Mile Stadium where they played their first home game and scored a record of 11-4 along with the first win for Colorado Rockies.

Like several other expansion teams, Colorado Rockies also struggled their way through the seasons during their initial years of existence. Even though the team faced several losses, but they sure did had their fans support as during their home game, Colorado Rockies witnessed the attendance of 4,483,350 for the season, which was a record breaking attendance and that record stays till today in Major League Baseball. During the same season, that wasn't the only record set by Colorado Rockies, but instead apart from that they also scored 67 wins, setting another record for the National League Expansion teams. For the same season, Colorado Rockies first ever batter Andrews Galarraga was a proud winner of batting title after hitting .370 for the season.

Colorado Rockies roster was entirely refurbished after the trade of Walker. In the following season, Colorado Rockies Castilla and Jeromy Burnitz, who scored 37 homers in 2004, had permission to leave as the free agents. In the Hampton trade Colorado Rockies acquired Catcher Charles Johnson along with Wilson, but Charles Johnson was traded to the Boston Red Sox rather than trading Helton and Wilson. Not all that most of the players in the Colorado Rockies roster were under the age of 30, and later on this group of players who were under 30 was nicknamed as the "Generation-R".

As of today Colorado Rockies play their home games at Coors Field. They started playing their home games there since 1995, and before that their ballpark was Mile high Stadium.

Rockies management, including manager Clint Hurdle, had instituted an explicitly Christian code of conduct for the team's players. They have banned men's magazines (such as Maxim) and sexually explicit music from the team's clubhouse. By embracing a Christian-based code of conduct they believe will bring them focus and success.

In 2002, a humidor was installed to store baseballs at the manufacturer's specification.The Coors Field humidor is designed to keep the baseballs at the exact same size and weight as they are originally constructed for Major League Baseball. It is theorized that if every team had baseballs that were stored before the game in exactly the same conditions, it might serve as an equalizer for the teams, as well as eliminate the controversy of "tampering" with the baseballs.

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