Published by Creative Education P O Box 227 Mankato Minnesota 56002 Creative Education is an imprint of The Creative Company www thecreativecompany us Design and production by Blue Design Art direction by Rita Marshall Printed by Corporate Graphics in the United States of America Photographs by Getty Images Brian Bahr Brain Bahr Allsport Lisa Blumenfeld Scott Boehm Doug Collier AFP Scott Cunningham Stephen Dunn Allsport Garrett W Ellwood G Flume Mark Gibson David L Greene MLB Photos Elsa Hasch Allsport Jed Jacobsohn Rob Leiter MLB Photos Chris McGrath Bernie Nunez Allsport Doug Pensinger Jamie Squire Matthew Staver Bloomberg Josh Umphrey Todd Warshaw Allsport Chris Wilkings AFP Copyright 2012 Creative Education International copyright reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data for the hardcover edition Goodman Michael E The story of the Colorado Rockies by Michael E Goodman p cm Baseball the great American game Includes index Summary The history of the Colorado Rockies professional baseball team from its inaugural 1993 season to today spotlighting the team’s greatest players and most memorable moments ISBN 978-1-60818-039-4 hardcover ISBN 978-1-56660-009-5 eBook 1 Colorado Rockies Baseball team History Juvenile literature I Title II Series GV875 C78G66 2011 796 357’640978883 dc22 2010024396 CPSIA 110310 PO1381 First Edition 987654321 Page 3 Left fielder Matt Holliday Page 4 Outfielder Seth Smith
Michael E Goodman BASEBALL THE GREAT AMERICAN GAME CREATIVE EDUCATION
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R o c k i e s 5 CONTENTS CHAPTERS Mining Baseball Gold 6 Mountain Magic 16 Stuck in Third 22 Pining for Pitching 32 Reaching New Heights 36 AROUND THE HORN A Warm Welcome 12 The Mile-High Equalizer 21 30 30 Vision 24 Opening Day Fiesta 31 Double Triples 38 Lucky 13 43 ALL-TIME ROCKIES P Pedro Astacio 8 C Jeff Reed 13 1B Todd Helton 14 2B Eric Young 18 3B Vinny Castilla 23 SS Troy Tulowitzki 28 LF Dante Bichette 30 CF Juan Pierre 35 RF Larry Walker 39 M Don Baylor 40 Index 48
