Twenty-four years of Colorado Rockies baseball have come and gone without seeing the Denver Nine capture a National League West title. Now in their 25th year of existence, the Rockies have a chance to do just that. They have never been this close. After taking three of four in an epic series with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Colorado sits just 1.5 games back of the division-leading Arizona Diamondbacks and a half game behind the second-place Dodgers heading into Monday’s action.
Before this season, the closest the Rockies had been to first on the morning of August 13 was 2.