The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. They are in the Western Division of the National League. The team is named after the Rocky Mountains which pass through Colorado.
After failed attempts going back as far as the 1880's, by the early 1990's a major league baseball team seemed an imminent possibility in Denver: the Colorado Baseball Commission, led by banking executive Larry Varnell, was successful in getting Denver voters to approve a 0.1 percent sales tax to partly finance a new baseball stadium. Also, an advisory committee was formed in 1990 by then-Governor of Colorado Roy Romer to recruit an ownership group. The group selected was led by John Antonucci, an Ohio beverage distributor; and Michael I. Monus, the head of the Phar-Mor drugstore chain. Local and regional companies such as Erie Lake, Hensel Phelps Construction, KOA Radio and the The Denver Post rounded out the group.
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Official Colorado Rockies - Team site includes statistics, news, schedule, forums, photograph galleries and history.
Denver Baseball Observer - Comprehensive game coverage as well as archival material and commentary.
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Rox Head - Showcases roster, news, statistics, history and related links.
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