As the lockout drags on and the scheduled start of the 2022 season on March 31 appears to be in jeopardy, there isn’t a lot of baseball news to report. Instead, this is part 1 in a series that looks back at the people and events that helped the Rockies come into existence and call Denver, Colorado home.
Bringing a Major League baseball team to Colorado was no easy task. From when the National League announced it was adding two teams in 1989 to when the Rockies took the field for their first game on April 5, 1993 at Shea Stadium vs.