With half the state of Colorado on fire and a whole, long offseason ahead of us to talk about Rockies mistakes and misfortunes, I thought I would make this Rockpile a little more lighthearted today.
On Thursday, the 21-year-old Pepsi Center, the home of the Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche, got a new name, Ball Area, a nod to the Broomfield company first known for its jars, and now self-described as “the world’s largest provider of innovative, sustainable aluminum packaging solutions for beverage, personal care and household products customers, as well as aerospace and other technologies and services primarily for the U.