Rockies game

Baseball is a popular American sport which is very much similar to that of cricket but has a different set of rules altogether. To put it rightly, the game of Baseball has developed from playing with bat and ball. Because Baseball is a very popular game in America, there are a number of different teams involved in the game. In this article, we are going to discuss such a team known as the Colorado Rockies which is one of the famous and successful teams in the Baseball world. Check the other great Colorado sporting events.

About Colorado Rockies

The Colorado Rockies is a popular American Professional Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado which was formed in the year 1993. The team was formed as an expansion team for the 1993 season and is owned by Charles and Richard Monfort since its formation. The team has its home venue in Coors Field which is situated in the Lower Downtown area of Denver. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Since then the team has won quite a lot of games. In 2007 they won the National League Championship after securing a wild card position. Rockies are one of the two MLB franchises that never won a division title. In the season of 2007, Colorado Rockies showed an improvement in their performance than what it was in 2006. They made a franchise record after winning 90 games out of 163 games and also earned a playoff berth as the National League Wild Card team. They also won they're first ever National League Pennant in the 2007 season. At the beginning of the 2007 World Series, Rockies won a total of 21 games out of 22 games. The amazing streak of the performance came to an end when they were swept by the American League (AL) champion, Boston Red Sox. That season, the team managed to drew 2,376,250 fans.