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Longtime Rockies trainer Keith Dugger is the heart and soul of franchise

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Rockies fans might recognize the man in the polo shirt and khakis who jogs onto the diamond to check out a player who fouls a ball off his shin.

Or perhaps they have a hazy memory of Keith Dugger from Game 163 of the magical 2007 season. As the Rockies celebrated their wild, comeback victory over the Padres, there was Dugger, calm and concerned, tending to a dazed Matt Holliday moments after Holliday crash landed at home plate to score the winning run in the 13th inning.

Casual fans have likely never heard of the man everyone around the Rockies calls “Doogie.