Sorry, Dante Bichette, but Darren Holmes and the Rockies' bullpen were the biggest reason the team reached the playoffs in its third year of existence.
Ask any fan of 1990s baseball -- even the casual ones -- about their fondest memories of the early Colorado Rockies teams. In unison, they'll surely respond with "the Blake Street Bombers."
Led by Dante Bichette, Vinny Castilla, Andres Galarraga and Larry Walker, the Rockies set records for scoring runs and hitting the ball out of the ballpark in Coors Field's early years. From 1995 through 1997, that core -- along with Ellis Burks -- averaged nearly six runs per game and saw 13 instances of 30 or more home runs in a season.