ROCKIES HISTORY

The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. The team is named after the Rocky Mountains which pass through Colorado. The Rockies are in the Western Division of the National League (NL). The Colorado Rockies were founded in 1991 and began play in 1993 as an expansion of the National League. The home ballpark of the Colorado Rockies is Coors Field and the uniform colors are black, silver, purple and white. The logo design for the Rockies is a purple mountain with a baseball. The Colorado Rockies have been to the postseason only once since their inception. The Rockies unveil their traditional 1993 uniforms (home, away, and Sunday alternate) at a Team USA-Team Cuba baseball game at Mile High Stadium before 61,165 fans. Included on the home uniform is purple pinstripes, making the Rockies the first team in Major League history to feature purple stripes. The club's road uniform is gray and the alternate is black. Also, the team improves its logo. The Rockies select David Nied from the Atlanta Braves to open the Major League Baseball Expansion Draft in New York City. At the same time, more than 20,000 fans fill Denver's Currigan Hall to watch the historic event. After the draft, Colorado trades Kevin Reimer and Jody Reed for Dante Bichette and Rudy Seanez, respectively. The Rockies win their first spring training game, 7-2, over San Francisco. The Rockies reach the million mark in just 17 home dates, breaking the previous best of 21 set by the '92 Toronto Blue Jays. Jay Gainer becomes the 12th player in history to homer on his first Major League pitch. The Rockies claim one of the few Major League attendance records not yet in their possession, drawing 217,009 fans to a three-game series vs. the Giants and also tops one of its own attendance records, drawing 259,113 to a four-game series against St. Louis. On the 26th of April, the Rockies inaugurate Coors Field in dramatic fashion. Dante Bichette hits a game-winning three-run homer to beat New York in the 14th inning. Three days later the Rockies defeat the Houston Astros, 2-1, in Houston and claim sole possession of first for the first time in club history. Galarraga ties a Major League record on June, 25th, by hitting a home run in three consecutive innings, becoming the fourth player in history to accomplish the feat. Andres Galarraga's three-run homer scores the 626th, 627th and 628th runs of 1996 at home, helping the Rockies set the modern Major League record for runs scored at home (625, Boston Red Sox, 1950). The Rockies would end the season with 658 tallies at Coors. The Colorado Rockies have only retired one number and that is #42 belonging to Jackie Robinson whose number has been retired throughout baseball. On 6th, August, 2001, Coors Field hosted its first-ever concert during the third annual "Evening of Stars and Fireworks." Performers include Toby Keith and Montgomery Gentry. Then on 14th of August, President George W. Bush attended the Rockies game against the Braves at Coors Field, which Colorado won 5-4 in 10 innings.