Thomas Harding

MILWAUKEE -- When Rockies rookie Nolan Jones flexes his considerable muscle, no part of the park can hold him. And no part of any room can escape the glow of his youthful smile. In the Rockies’ 7-3, 10-inning victory over the Brewers at Miller Park on Tuesday night, Jones lashed

DENVER -- Charlie Blackmon had missed nine weeks with a fractured right hand, and manager Bud Black could tell that the Rockies were missing something without him. “Eventually, I do think there’s some osmosis that rubs off on others,” Black said. In a 6-4 win over the D-backs at Coors

DENVER -- Rockies right-handed pitcher Peter Lambert’s Friday night was -- well, except for one pitch -- a beautiful repeat of a glorious day for him and his family four years ago. White Sox shortstop Elvis Andrus launched Lambert’s first pitch over the center-field wall for a home run. Lambert

This story was excerpted from Thomas Harding’s Rockies Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. The last week-plus of Rockies games have featured colorful finishes, with the team’s fans left seeing red. So it’s OK to admit the blood

DENVER -- During the top of the ninth inning, the AT&T SportsNet cameras zoomed in on a deep and slimy divot in left-center at Coors Field. The hole was nowhere near the size of the piece of the broken heart of Rockies left fielder Nolan Jones. “I made a mistake,”

DENVER -- Chase Anderson flirted with Rockies history Friday night at Coors Field, but he ended with something more enduring: the feeling that his well-being mattered as much as his success. Anderson held the Giants hitless through seven innings of what ended a thrilling 3-2 walk-off victory. Two times previously

SAN DIEGO -- Rockies right-hander Ryan Feltner made his usual loping jog to the Petco Park mound on Tuesday night. He didn’t do much in the way of commemorating his return to the Majors some four months after sustaining a skull fracture on a line drive. “I wanted to take

DENVER -- Charlie Blackmon has been introduced as the Rockies’ leadoff hitter many times since his 2011 debut, but not like Friday night during the first inning of a 7-6 loss to the Twins. As Blackmon stood on deck for the bottom of the first inning against the Twins, the

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DENVER -- Rockies rookie Brenton Doyle says he’s not much on statistics. But in 2023, whether the measure was taken by advanced statistics, Statcast readings or merely gauging the width of his smile after bigger plays, Doyle’s performance was deserving of the National League Gold Glove Award for center fielders,