PARKER, Colo. -- At Thursday's 23rd-annual Charity Fund Celebrity Golf Classic, the Rockies' celebrity lineup wasn't hard to distinguish. The participant list had noteworthy names highlighted in purple and other names colored black, showing just how the 48 playing groups were constructed.
The last celebrity listed was Rockies right-hander Eddie Butler, but his three playing mates knew him as well as anybody there. That's because they too were Butlers -- Eddie's parents, Tim and Monica, as well as his brother, Wesley.
"It was a Mother's Day gift for my mom's birthday to come out here -- so kind of a combination," the 24-year-old pitcher said shortly after leading an obligatory "Happy Birthday" rendition for his mom.