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Start Wearing Purple

By Bryan Packman | Published: April 5, 2010
Despite what may have appeared to be a diatribe against any team not in the AL East, I am in fact a Colorado Rockies fan. Though baseball season most definitely began last night, today begins the season for the Rockies. According to my most conservative, pessimistic, unbiased projections, the Rockies will finish the year with [...]
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It’s the OBP, Stupid!

By Bryan Packman | Published: January 1, 2010
I hope the signing of Miguel Olivo truly does mean that the Rockies intend to give Chris Iannetta the full workload of a starting catcher. It’d be a shame if Jim Tracy and the Rockies organization was tempted to play Olivo more than necessary, considering he has a lifetime OBP of .278, compared to Iannetta’s [...]
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Rockies To Sign Miguel Olivo – Let the Good Iannetta Times Roll

By Bryan Packman | Published: December 30, 2009
The Colorado Rockies are apparently close to a deal with catcher, Miguel Olivo. Rather than examining the strengths and weaknesses of the potential signing, I’m going to take the following from this news: the Rockies are done with Yorvit Torrealba! For the past three seasons, Chris Iannetta has had to share time behind the plate [...]
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