DENVER -- David Dahl hit .315 with seven home runs and 23 extra-base hits during his Major League debut with the Rockies last season, and this was after considerable weight loss. Imagine what he can do with his body at full strength?
The Rockies are about to find out.
Dahl spent the first four months playing for the Hartford Yard Goats, nomads of the Double-A Eastern League because the team's park was not and would not be completed. It meant constant road trips and irregular meals. At times, he picked not eating over grabbing another bag of fast food.