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The Colorado Rockies are set to name Bud Black as their next manager, per multiple reports (Tommy Stokke was first). This will fill the vacancy that was left when Walt Weiss decided to resign after the season.
The Rockies hung around the periphery of contention late into the season in the NL wild-card race this season, eventually finishing 75-87. There are several reasons to believe that they have a real shot to make the playoffs next season, too, and I previously covered that subject with six of those reasons.