The Laramie Colts are on hiatus for a year as they prepare to join the Colorado Rocky Mountain Baseball League for the 2014 season. Owners Kent and Nicko Kleppinger made the announcement Friday following the winter owner's meeting for the CRMB league.
On Thursday in Gillette, the Laramie Little League All-Star team defeated Newcastle 10-0 in four innings to advance to the District 2 Championship, and qualify for a berth in the Wyoming State Tournament.
The Laramie Little League All-Stars came out swinging Wednesday and grabbed a dominant victory against Sheridan to stay alive in the Wyoming District 2 Little League Tournament.
On the hottest night in Coors Field’s 20-year history (100 degrees at game time), the Colorado Rockies (28-44) cooled down one of the hottest teams in baseball by beating the visiting Washington Nationals (41-30) 4-2 last night in Denver. Game 2 of the four game series is at 6:40 tonight at Coors Field (TV: Root Sports).
The Laramie Rangers overcame a sour start to win the Dooley Oil Classic this weekend in Laramie as Cowboy Field celebrated its 50th Anniversary. Laramie defeated Bear Creek 12-4 in the championship game.
The Colorado Rockies (24-36) lost their sixth in a row, and fell to 0-7 this season in interleague games after an 8-5 loss to the visiting Oakland Athletics (27-35) last night. Rockies pitchers now have the worst ERA (6.27) in Major League Baseball. The second contest of the three-game series is tonight at 6:40 at Coors Field (TV: Root Sports).
A dismal May ended on a positive note for the Colorado Rockies (21-29) who completed a four-game sweep of the Houston Astros (22-29) with an 11-5 win last night in Denver. Colorado has scored 50 first inning runs in 50 games this season, including 5 last night. The Rockies start a three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers (32-19) tonight at 6:40 at Coors Field (TV: Root Sports).
The Colorado Rockies (19-29), who had limped home after a 2-4 road trip, swept a doubleheader against the Houston Astros (22-27) yesterday in Denver, winning the first game 9-7, and the second 7-6. The Rockies are off today, before facing the Astros at Coors Field again tomorrow and Thursday.
The Colorado Rockies (17-27) shut down one of the hottest teams in baseball last night, beating the Cincinnati Reds (25-20) 6-3 in Cincinnati. Rockies starter Christian Friedrich gave up three runs in five innings, and struck out six. Todd Helton drove in thee runs. The second game of the series is tonight at Great American Park at 5:15 MT (TV: none).
Baseball, to me, is still the national pastime because it is a summer game. I feel that almost all Americans are summer people, that summer is what they think of when they think of their childhood
Baseball, to me, is still the national pastime because it is a summer game. I feel that almost all Americans are summer people, that summer is what they think of when they think of their childhood. I think it stirs up an incredible emotion within people
The Colorado Rockies (16-27) won for only the fifth time this month, taking the final game of the three-game series last night against the Miami Marlins (24-20) 8-4. This time it was Miami that blew the early lead, something Colorado has been doing frequently. The Rockies are off today, before starting a three-game series at Cincinnati tomorrow.
