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Rockies Servers Crash, Halting Series Ticket Sales

'This is the biggest load of crap,' rants irate fan

(Newser) - The Colorado Rockies have suspended World Series ticket sales—both online and at the box office—after a partner company's servers crashed under overwhelming demand. Tix went on sale at 10am, but the site had massive traffic 90 minutes beforehand, and by the time sales opened the system was hopelessly...

Rockies Try to Trademark 'Rocktober'

Fans free to celebrate improbable win streak by any other name

(Newser) - If the Colorado Rockies have their way, the only Christmas stockings and baby booties bearing the moniker "Rocktober" will be official Rockies merchandise. The team filed for exclusive rights to the word earlier this month after it appeared in local headlines to describe Colorado's undefeated (and to some, unexpected)...

Rockies Restrict WS Ticket Sales to Internet

Team reverses decision to have complicated "line lottery"

(Newser) - The Rockies will be selling World Series tickets online only, reports the Rocky Mountain News. The decision contradicts earlier talk of a "line lottery," in which fans would get in lines at the stadium and Rockies Dugout stores, then wait for hours to see if their line was...

Rockies Sweep to World Series
Rockies Sweep to World Series

Rockies Sweep to World Series

(Newser) - Apparently having forgotten how to lose a game, the Colorado Rockies completed their sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks last night with a 6-4 win. The team that was only four games above .500 a month ago is now headed to its first World Series after going 21-1 so far to...

D-Backs Can't Stop Streaking Rockies

4-1 win brings Colorado within one game of its first World Series

(Newser) - The freight train that is the Rockies didn't lose any steam last night in Colorado, taking the third NLCS game 4-1 to put the Arizona Diamondbacks on the verge of extinction. Only one team has come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a championship series, but the Diamondbacks are...

Rockies Remain Undefeated
Rockies Remain Undefeated

Rockies Remain Undefeated

(Newser) - The Colorado Rockies held on to their postseason win streak last night courtesy of Arizona closer Jose Valverde, who walked in the winning run with two out in the 11th. The Diamondbacks put up a good fight, tying the game in the ninth and outhitting the Rockies, but the return...

Colorado Starts Strong Against Arizona

Rockies undefeated in postseason with 5-1 win

(Newser) - The Colorado Rockies rode Jeff Francis' solid pitching performance to a win last night, their first in the NLCS against Arizona and their 18th in 19 games. Francis allowed one run in 6 2/3 innings in a game that Diamondback fans delayed in the 7th by throwing debris onto the...

Rockies' Road to NLCS is Clear
Rockies' Road to NLCS is Clear

Rockies' Road to NLCS is Clear

Colorado sweeps Philadelphia in second-ever playoff appearance

(Newser) - Pinch hitter Jeff Baker singled home the go-ahead run in Colorado's 2-1 victory over the Phillies, wrapping up a Rockies' sweep. The Rockies are now headed to the first National League Championship Series in the team's 14-year history, after a roller-coaster season that defied the odds, reports the Rocky Mountain ...

Widow Gets Rockie Playoff $$$
Widow Gets Rockie Playoff $$$

Widow Gets Rockie Playoff $$$

Players award cut of winnings to family of minor league coach

(Newser) - Looking to close out their first-round playoff series this weekend, the Colorado Rockies are focused on more than just baseball, the Denver Post reports. Manager Clint Hurdle revealed yesterday that his players voted to give a share of their playoff income to the widow of a minor league coach killed...

Phillies Take Loss, Face History
Phillies Take Loss, Face History

Phillies Take Loss, Face History

Colorado's Kaz Matsui clocks go-ahead grand slam, Rockies never look back

(Newser) - The rally towels vanished in Philly today as Colorado's Kaz Matsui clocked a grand slam and the Rockies won 10-5, staking a 2-0 series lead. Phillies starter Kyle Kendrick gave up 5 earned runs in 3 1/3 innings and left the bases loaded for Matsui's go-ahead dinger. Phillies' leader Jimmy...

Should Big Brother Watch Baseball?
Should Big Brother Watch Baseball?

Should Big Brother Watch Baseball?

LAT columnist thinks MLB is ready for instant replay

(Newser) - The instant replay-expecting public is ready for baseball to get out of the Stone Age, says LA Times columnist Bill Dwyre, following veteran umpire Tim McClelland's controversial call at home plate in Monday's Rockies-Padres game. It sent Colorado into the playoffs and raised pressure for MLB to utilize the instant...

Rockies' Comeback is Complete
Rockies' Comeback is Complete

Rockies' Comeback is Complete

Colorado tops San Diego 9-8 in 13 innings to advance to playoffs

(Newser) - The Colorado Rockies took their season down to the wire, finally clinching a post-season berth in a last-minute rally in the wild-card tiebreaker, reports the Rocky Mountain News. After San Diego broke a 6-6 tie in the top of the 13th, Matt Halliday tripled to tie it up again, then...

Rockies, Padres End Race in Tie
Rockies, Padres End Race in Tie

Rockies, Padres End Race in Tie

Play one-game showdown Monday for NL Wild Card berth

(Newser) - Rookie starter Ubaldo Jimenez pitched a lights-out game for Colorado, who held off Arizona in the season's final game to pull into a tie with San Diego for the NL wild card. The two teams will play an elimination game tomorrow in Denver, with the winner facing the Phillies in...

Tie-Breaker Mayhem in NL?
Tie-Breaker Mayhem in NL?

Tie-Breaker Mayhem in NL?

Five teams could finish together atop East, West, and Wild Card

(Newser) - Imagine for a moment that Mets, Phillies, Diamondbacks, Padres and Rockies all finished with the same record. That could mean ties in the NL East, West and wild-card, and four days of tie-breaker games to send two teams packing. In the East, Philly would host New York for a one-game...

Colorado Rocks Milwaukee, 19-4
Colorado Rocks Milwaukee, 19-4

Colorado Rocks Milwaukee, 19-4

Faltering Brewers endure record-tying beating, sweep

(Newser) - Rookie Brewer Yovani Gallardo had a string of quality starts disrupted by a 2.2-inning, 11-run massacre in Colorado, the most runs given up by a Brewers pitcher in almost five years. Despite a miserable two-out walk-double-triple-double-single-homer sequence in the second, Gallardo was sent out to start the third to...

Brewers Place Sheets on DL
Brewers Place Sheets on DL

Brewers Place Sheets on DL

Injured finger on throwing hand benches All-Star for 4-6 weeks

(Newser) - The Milwaukee Brewers have placed right-handed ace Ben Sheets on the disabled list for at least 4 weeks, citing a torn tendon in his throwing hand. The Brewers, currently battling Chicago for first place in the NL Central, will sit their All-Star for two weeks before sketching a rehab schedule....

Six-Game Streak Cheers Mercurial Cubs

Zambrano leads charge as Chicago downs Colorado, 6-4

(Newser) - On a six-game streak heading into a showdown with the division-leading Brewers, the Cubs completed a sweep of the Colorado Rockies behind resurgent ace Carlos Zambrano. Since bloodying the lip of his catcher Michael Barrett and (subsequently) getting a new catcher, Zambrano has been on a roll, winning four games...

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