If this feels like a diatribe, that’s because it is: The Rockies should bid good riddance to the Tooth Trot at Coors Field.
After watching baseball’s original live-action character race all week in Milwaukee, where the Sausage Race has gotten fans standing and cheering with genuine enthusiasm since 1993, the cheapness of Colorado’s own knock-off only becomes amplified.
The biggest issue with the Tooth Trot is that — unlike the Sausage Race and the President’s Race that has been a D.C. tradition since 2006 — there’s no local tie-in between teeth and the great state of Colorado.