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 […]
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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 […]