PHOENIX — The “Tu-lo chant” is long faded from our memory, but a decade ago that rhythmic clapping defined what many envisioned would become a golden era of Rockies baseball.
Remember? Rocktober, 2007, Troy Tulowitzki, the brash rookie, hitting .291 with 24 homers, 99 RBIs and more “did-you-see-that?” plays than anyone in baseball?
Remember? The playoffs, again in 2009, a .297 batting average, 32 homers, 92 RBIs and predictions of a future MVP and even the dream of Cooperstown?
That all seems like so long ago.
Friday, word came down that Tulo, 33, will have surgery on both feet to remove painful bone spurs.