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About the Colorado Rockies

In April 1994, the Colorado Rockies unveiled their team mascot -- appropriately named Dinger, after the most prominent characteristic of the mile-high franchise. The Rockies have always been built to bury their opponents with power and take advantage of the Colorado's thin air; as a result, the team's short history is replete with awesome offensive displays and battle-scarred pitchers. The single factor most responsible for the power surge in Colorado is the extreme altitude of Coors Field and its predecessor, Mile High Stadium. (It certainly isn't due to any stability in the coaching, since the Rockies went through five hitting coaches in their first five years.) The very thin air in Denver (5,280 feet above sea level) affects the game in two ways: batted balls travel further, and curveballs tend to flatten out. This results in more hittable pitches, more double-digit scores, and more long days for pitchers. The ripple effect of this phenomenon is profound. The team has so far done worse on the road, since the hitters cannot sustain the level of high-octane performance away from Denver. (A notable exception was Larry Walker's 1997 season, when his home/away splits were fairly even. He actually showed more power away from Coors Field, which makes his MVP campaign all the more remarkable.) Twenty-one pitchers and twenty-one position players started the 1993 season as Rockies. Only thirteen of those position players were still around to see Coors Field open in 1995, while only six pitchers lasted as long as two seasons, presumably unable to cope with Denver's extreme pitching conditions. The Rockies' early frustration with the pitching staff was evident; ten of the aforementioned 21 hurlers started five or more games that first year, and the team led the league in relievers' innings pitched for its first three years. It is no surprise that of the five pitchers who lasted in Colorado from 1993 through 1997, none of them were full-time starters: Curt Leskanic, Steve Reed, Mike Munoz, Darren Holmes, and Bruce Ruffin. (Kevin Ritz, one of the three expansion draft picks still with the team, missed all of 1993 with an injury.) The Rockies' unstable pitching has led them to use five of their last six first round draft picks on pitchers and prompted the team to invest heavily in imports such as Pedro Astacio and Darryl Kile. You can search for Baseball Tickets on this page. Click on click on any MLB Team link such as Dodgers Tickets or Angels Tickets to search for MLB Tickets for your team. MLB All Star Game Tickets are available. We also purchase Cheap MLB Tickets plus all other Sports Tickets, Concert Tickets and Theater Tickets

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