Early in Bud Black’s pitching career, the left-hander got ripped by a particularly vocal home fan as he came off the mound after a terrible outing in Kansas City.
Colorado’s skipper was so incensed at the Royals fan sitting a few rows above the dugout that he raged into the clubhouse, pulled up the stadium seating chart and was about to ring the sales offense to pinpoint the heckler’s identity before Black … cooled his jets and slammed down the phone.
Black recalled that anecdote Saturday, as the last-place Rockies prepared to host the Marlins amid a lost season in LoDo.