The Colorado Rockies were a playoff team in 2013, winning the 2nd wildcard slot.  Going into this season, they had high expectations and high hopes of returning to the playoffs as the NL West Champions.  Those hopes were dashed almost immediately in spring training as #1 starting pitcher, Kris Medlen, went down with an injury that would keep him out of the line until late June.  By then, the team was well below .500 and holding up the rest of the NL West.  In May, the Rockies were ranked #30, dead last, in the power rankings.  Having hit rock bottom so early in the season, GM Stamey decided that it was time to shake up the team in hopes of strengthening it for the 2015 season...

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Tuesday, November 26th, 2013
In a deal that has turned the baseball world on its ear, the Rockies have traded 30-year-old reliever Burke Badenhop, 29-year-old shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and 25-year-old minor league center fielder Brett Jackson to the Tigers for 29-year-old first baseman Prince Fielder. None of the players could immediately be reached for comment. Fans in Colorado and Detroit couldn’t believe it. However, baseball analysts at BNN all agreed that this was a good deal for both ball clubs.

During his career Tulowitzki has hit .290 with 969 hits, 160 home runs, 561 RBIs and scored 559 runs.

In 1322 career games, Fielder has put up a .290 average, collected 266 doubles, 10 triples, and 299 home runs, driven in 863 runs, and scored 775 times.

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Tuesday, November 12th, 2013
There was magic on the mound today at Ballpark of Baton Rouge as Tyler Chatwood of the Baton Rouge Honey Bugs no-hit the Valley East Pikes 3-0. He held them spellbound and hitless in a masterful display of pitching.

After the game he said, “It was like I was in a dream. The ball just went right where I wanted it to.”

In his mound masterpiece Chatwood rang up 9 strikeouts and issued 1 walk.

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Friday, November 1st, 2013
Infields and outfields are manicured to perfection. The old ball yard has been refurbished, spruced up and freshly painted. Baseball is back in town and it’s about darn time! It is Opening Day for the MLDSB Winter League. The fans, players and teams are all poised for another great season of baseball. It all gets under way today with this slate of games:

Madison High Flyers @ Huntington Beach Spurs
Honolulu Cottonmouths @ Lake Shore Roughnecks
Newark Voodoo @ Santa Ana Sea Eagles
Worcester Fulmars @ Garden Grove Night Hawks
Saint Charles Windsurfers @ Chandler Raiders
Beach City Swing @ Garland Ventures
Fremont Liberty @ Idylwood Blue Birds
Nicholasville Furious @ Soda Springs Larks
White Meadow Lake Joyriders @ Saint Petersburg Toucans
Valley East Pikes @ Ward ...

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Tuesday, October 29th, 2013
“When you wear Rays on your shirt,” the Tampa Bay skipper told the press, “you’re good at something.”

Indeed they are — good enough to win the 2013 Major League Daily Sim Baseball League World Series.

Today at Nationals Park the new champions capped off a great season with a 1-0 victory over the Washington Nationals to win the series 4-3. It was their 1st title.

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In two very exciting, low-scoring games, the Washington Nationals and the Chicago White Sox won their wildcard series games and move on to the divisional series with game 1 slated to be played on Friday night.

The Nationals sent 20 game winner Stephen Strasburg to the mound while the Rockies sent 19 game winner Kris Medlen who was acquired from the Atlanta Braves prior to the 2013 trade deadline.  Strasburg was amazing as expected, giving up just one run while Medlen was strong as well but giving up 3 runs in his 7 innings of work.  3B Ryan Zimmerman lead off the scoring for the Nationals in the bottom of the 2nd with a solo home run...

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The Colorado Rockies AAA affiliate, the Colorado Springs Sky Sox pulled in the 2013 Pacific League Championship, defeating the Nashville Sounds (Milwaukee affiliate) 4 games to 3.  The Sky Sox finished the 2013 season 73-72 while the Nashville Sounds finished with an 84-61 regular season record, best in the PCL.  Colorado Springs defeated the Las Vegas 51s 3 games to 1 to reach the PCL finals against the Sounds.

The MLDSB Colorado Rockies are hoping to continue the Rockies organization success by reaching the MLDSB playoffs as a wildcard team.

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Monday, September 2nd, 2013
Wilin Rosario demonstrated his potential to be a star in the game last week and today he took home the National League Player of the Week Award.

The Colorado catcher wreaked havoc on opposing pitchers last week, pounding them for a .357 average (10-28) with 4 home runs and 9 RBIs on his way to claiming the honor.

Thus far this year Rosario has hit .278 with 34 home runs and 117 RBIs.

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Monday, July 29th, 2013

What a week it was for Carlos Gonzalez! The Colorado left fielder took National League Player of the Week honors after wearing out the pitchers with a .429 batting average in his recent games.

Gonzalez registered 12 hits in 28 at-bats as he cracked 6 home runs and drove in 8 runs.

Currently Gonzalez is batting .332 with 25 home runs, 80 RBIs and 83 runs scored.

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With the Rockies beginning to fade in the NL West pennant race, falling back 4 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers, Colorado owner Charlie Monfort and GM Dan Stamey met with manager Walt Weiss today.  After the meeting, Stamey addressed the media to announce that major changes had been made in the Rockies front office.  Bench coach Tom Runnels was released while current manager Walt Weiss was demoted to bench coach.  The big surprise was the announcement that Lou Piniella has been signed to a 3 year deal to manage the Rockies starting with tomorrow’s game which is the start of a key 3 game series that could go a long ways in determining if the Rockies can get back into the pennant race or not.

There were a couple of other coaching changes made as both the pitching coach and hitting co...

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