With a clap of Rocky Mountain thunder in his bat, Colorado shortstop Trevor Story smacked the baseball 518 feet, far beyond the outfield wall, causing a capacity Coors Field crowd to “ooh” and “ah” at his display of fireworks in the Home Run Derby.
“Something I will cherish,” Story said Monday. “This will be a memory for a long time.”
It was a good day to be a Story, as his mother is fond of saying. But it was also a bittersweet evening for anyone who loves baseball in Denver. After six summers together in LoDo, our moments to share with Story have been reduced to precious and few.