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.

Colorado Rockies

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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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Marquis, Giambi top list of Rox free agents
Thomas Harding Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:57:00 -0400
Marquis, Giambi top list of Rox free agents
Rockies re-sign Belisle, Flores
Thomas Harding Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:25:00 -0400
Rockies re-sign Belisle, Flores
Reynolds, Johnston in Rising Stars game
Thomas Harding Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:24:00 -0400
Reynolds, Johnston in Rising Stars game
Health key to Gomez's development
Thomas Harding Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:04:00 -0400
Health key to Gomez's development
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Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:13:31 -0400

Deals for O'Dowd, Tracy may follow WS
Thomas Harding Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:02:00 -0400
Deals for O'Dowd, Tracy may follow WS

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