Spring training is right around the corner, baseball fans! Just 16 days to be exact. With pitchers and catchers reporting February 15, let’s take a quick look at the many transactions the Rockies made since last season to get you up to speed. RHP LaTroy Hawkins, 41, appeared in 62 games for Colorado in 2007…
NEW DOUBLES RECORD: With three doubles in last night’s win, the Sky Sox set a new team single season record for doubles with 342 on the year and counting, passing the previous mark of 340 set in the 2004 season (a team that featured three players with 40+ doubles: Garrett Atkins (43), Clint Barmes (42)…
BRENDAN ON BASE: Sky Sox infielder Brendan Harris currently ranks fifth in the league in on-base percentage at .410, but in the month of August Harris leads the the Pacific Coast League with a .520 on-base percentage (he and Albuquerque’s Tim Federowicz are the only players above .500). Harris owns the third best batting average…
CULBERSON FITTING RIGHT IN: New Sky Sox infielder Charlie Culberson, who was acquired by the Colorado Rockies in exchange for Marco Scutaro nearly two weeks ago, has a hit in all of his first seven games with the Sky Sox since July 31. Since his first game against his former team the Fresno Girzzlies on…
BLACKMON’S BACK WITH A VENGENCE: Since Sky Sox outfielder Charlie Blackmon returned to the Sky Sox on July 4 from injury he leads the PCL in runs scored at 35 and in hits at 49, while he is tied for the most total bases in the league during that span with 77. Also during that…
The Sky Sox were one of three teams in the Pacific Coast League to post 17 wins during the month of July (Albuquerque and Reno), and the offense led the way for Colorado Springs. The Sox led the PCL in runs scored in the month of July at 206, the only team in the league…
ACES TAKE SEASON SERIES: The loss by the Sox in extras last night seals the season series win for the Aces, and in the four seasons the Aces have been in the PCL Colorado Springs has only won the season series in 2010 at 9-7 (Reno took 11 of 16 last season and won the…
FIRST SEASON HOME SWEEP IN TEAM HISTORY: With a 9-1 win in yesterday’s series finale against the Tacoma Rainiers the Sky Sox finished the season a perfect 8-0 against the division rival Rainiers, the first time in franchise history the Sox have swept all eight games at Security Service against an opponent in one season. …
1 – #5 Tommy Field – SS 2 – #17 Tim Wheeler – CF 3 – #12 Andrew Brown – LF 4 – #40 Matt McBride – 1B 5 – #2 Hernan Iribarren – RF 6 – #23 Brandon Wood – 2B 7 – #28 Chad Tracy – DH 8 – #29 Brendna Harris –…
1 – #5 Tommy Field – SS 2 – #17 Tim Wheeler – CF 3 – #12 Andrew Brown – LF 4 – #40 Matt McBride – 1B 5 – #2 Hernan Iribarren – RF 6 – #23 Brandon Wood – 3B 7 – #28 Chad Tracy – DH 8 – #29 Brendan Harris –…
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