Rockies nation held its breath Sunday at Coors Field.
There was five-time Gold Glove third baseman Nolan Arenado — the face of the franchise and one of the best baseball players on the planet — stretching his right leg, a grimace on his face in the third inning. It appeared Arenado might be injured.
It turned out to be a minor groin pull, and Arenado extinguished fears in the sixth inning by launching a 449-foot homer to center in Colorado’s 8-2 victory over Cincinnati.
“It was no big deal. I just shook it off,” Arenado said the next day.