The task: draw up a blueprint, construct a major league team and maintain a consistent winner.
The challenge: Figure out how to accomplish that at a mile above sea level, where baseballs fly, ERAs soar and legendary Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully once opined, “You don’t need an official scorer at Coors Field, you need a certified public accountant.”
The architects through the franchise’s first 27 years: General managers Bob Gebhard, Dan O’Dowd and Jeff Bridich.
All three men tasted morsels of success amid multiple losing seasons. There is no “normal” to be found at Coors Field, which led each GM to construct a different type of team.