What You Need To You Know: Coors Field is a hellmouth and you should be glad this series is over. That is all you need to know. The Rockies had German Márquez face off against Kyle Hendricks. With the exception of rough fourth and seventh innings, Hendricks was effective against Colorado. In 6.1 innings pitched, Hendricks threw 92 […]
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With Cubs, LeMahieu Showed All-Star Potential
In 2016, Colorado Rockies second baseman D.J. LeMahieu produced a .348 batting average by season’s end. LeMahieu played in 146 games for the Rockies and sustained his average across 552 at bats, qualifying him for the National League batting title. It was a pretty remarkable season for the 27-year-old infielder, who logged an impressive .911 […]
Game 33 Recap: Cubs 8, Rockies 1
What You Need To Know: My baseball playing days ended many years ago. But when I was a kid, I loved doubleheaders. I’m sure if I were a professional athlete playing a double header on the road—which, for the Cubs, followed an eighteen inning marathon against the Yankees—my opinion would be different. The Cubs dropped the […]
Game 32 Recap: Rockies 10, Cubs 4
What You Need To Know: George Burns was right. Coors Field is a hideous beast goddess. At least he would have been if he were talking about it and not Hollywood. The Rockies clubbed the Cubs in the opener of a split doubleheader, getting the Coors Special of a ton of bloops and flares that land […]
Game 123 Recap: Rockies 11 Cubs 4
Whoof. Let’s keep this quick, shall we? If there’s any mercy in the Cubs’ ugly loss today, it’s that it didn’t drag out. This wasn’t Friday night’s/Saturday morning’s grueling, rain delayed, 11-inning loss, where if you stayed up for six and a half hours after the scheduled start, you were rewarded with a heartbreaking, last-minute […]
Game 122 Recap: Cubs 9 Rockies 2
After last night’s travesty of a game ending, tonight’s Coors Field matchup served as a good palate cleanser. Mike Montgomery shined in his first Cubs start, Trevor Cahill followed with stellar relief work, and the Cubs hitting machine was on display versus a pitcher making his major-league debut. Oh, and since WPA wasn’t available upon game’s […]
Game 121 Recap: Cubs 6 Rockies 7 (11)
This was a weird game. Coors Field has a reputation for pumped-up offense, and while it can be exaggerated at times, it’s very much deserved. That doesn’t mean I wasn’t surprised when Dexter Fowler opened the game with a home run, but, y’know. Coors. And it doesn’t mean I wasn’t surprised when David Dahl led off […]
Series Preview: Cubs at Rockies, August 19-21
The last few weeks of baseball have been reminiscent of the first month of the season. If not for a couple of bad innings from Carl Edwards, Jr. and Hector Rondon, the Cubs would probably have been flawless, but instead, they’ll settle for being 14-2 since the beginning of August. West coast road trips have […]
The Surprisingly Rich History Between the Cubs and the Rockies
The Rockies and Cubs have a knack for playing odd, exciting, and/or marathon games against one another. That’s the premise here. Please don’t seek an analytical bent here; there is none. I suspect that phenomenon is mostly meaningless, the expected compound produced when one combines extreme, unusual run environments, persistent organizational failures in the area […]
Series Preview: Colorado Rockies, April 15-17
After sweeping the Cincinnati Reds in the first home series of the season, the Cubs look to face the Colorado Rockies in a three-game series. The Rockies are fresh off a homestand where they went 3-3, are 5-4 on the season, and have hot-hitting rookie Trevor Story starting at shortstop these days. Though the Rockies […]