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• New development project coming to Trinidad Play Video

  January 21, 2013 6:12 PM

  A new development project could bring tourism, money, and jobs to Trinidad. We went there today for a special announcement by a team excited for the future. They had decorations of peanuts and bubble gum. Both mean baseball season, and so did a special car on display, once owned... more »

• Pine Creek pitcher receives national honors Play Video

  June 1, 2012 8:10 PM

  Pine Creek High School pitcher Ryan Warner has been named as the 2012 Gatorade Player of the Year for Colorado . The 6-foot 7 inch senior had a stellar season pitching for the Eagles with a 7-1 record as a starter. Our former Athlete of the Week tossed 89... more »

• Kadets fall in finale Play Video

  May 27, 2012 12:59 AM

  It was a mile high heart breaker for the Air Academy baseball team Saturday. They essentially needed to sweep a double-header against Broomfield to win the state title. By lunchtime, it looked like they might. The Kadets had edged the Eagles 3-2 in the morning game to force a... more »

• Kadets beat Broomfield, force double elimination game

  May 26, 2012 5:37 PM

  The Air Academy baseball team is one game away from winning its first state championship in a generation. The Kadets beat the Broomfield Eagles at Denver's All City Stadium Saturday morning 3-2 to force a winner-take-all rematch for the title. All of Air Academy's runs were scored in the... more »

• Pitcher Jamie Moyer joins Rockies rotation at 49

  March 30, 2012 10:42 PM

  Opening day is still a week away but the Colorado Rockies have already made history by bringing left handed pitcher Jamie Moyer into the starting rotation. At 49 years old, Moyer is now in a position to become the oldest pitcher ever to win a major league game. According... more »

• Loud music could be reason for outfielder's murder

  November 22, 2011 7:07 AM

  AMSTERDAM (AP) - Police say an argument about loud music could be the reason Seattle Mariners outfielder Greg Halman was stabbed to death. Police spokeswoman Patricia Wessels tells The Associated Press that loud music "appears to be the reason the victim walked downstairs," but police are still trying to... more »

• Fans will continue to cheer Cubs, drink Old Style

  September 7, 2011 11:00 PM

  CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's iconic workingman's brew will continue to have a place at Wrigley Field. Old Style-maker Pabst Brewing Co. and the Chicago Cubs announced Wednesday that the brew that has been available to fans since 1950 will be peddled at the Wrigley Field through 2013. Pabst threatened earlier... more »

• Cardinals place right-hander Lynn on 60-day DL

  September 2, 2011 8:38 PM

  ST. LOUIS (AP) - Cardinals right-hander Lance Lynn was moved from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day DL after the team decided he couldn't recover from an oblique injury in time. St. Louis also purchased the contract of outfielder Shane Robinson from Triple-A Memphis, adding defense with a right-handed... more »

• Beaten Giants fan has slight recovery setback

  August 24, 2011 5:09 PM

  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The family of the San Francisco Giants fan severely beaten outside Dodger Stadium says he has suffered a slight setback in his recovery. Bryan Stow's family members posted on their website that the setback occurred when a spinal fluid test came back positive for urinary tract... more »

• Jason Giambi will play with Sky Sox

  August 9, 2011 5:29 AM

  The Colorado Rockies say Jason Giambi is on a rehabilitation assignment with the Colorado Springs Sky Sox that is scheduled to last through Wednesday. The 40-year-old has been on the disabled list since July 27 with a strained left quadriceps. The Sky Sox game Monday night against the Memphis... more »

• Judge orders investigators to give Clemens notes

  June 23, 2011 12:02 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - A judge is forcing the authors of the Mitchell Report on performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball to give pitching legend Roger Clemens more of the evidence they used to accuse him of using. In a ruling filed Thursday, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton decided that Clemens... more »

• Harmon Killebrew has died

  May 17, 2011 3:36 PM

  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota Twins say slugger Harmon Killebrew has died of cancer in Scottsdale, Ariz. more »

• Sky Sox cancel game after all

  May 11, 2011 1:16 PM

  Ten minutes after confirming that the game was still on, the Colorado Springs Sky Sox now say that their game with the Iowa Cubs is canceled. The teams will play a double header tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. Customers with tickets to today's game will receive a rain check that... more »

• Game on for Sky Sox

  May 11, 2011 12:51 PM

  The gloomy weather won't stop Colorado Springs Sky Sox and the Iowa Cubs from playing baseball at Security Service Field this morning. Sox pitcher Josh Muecke (1-3 ERA 5.59)takes the mound against Cubs pitcher Jay Jackson (1-1 ERA 5.31). With temperatures expected to be in the low 30's at... more »

• Be ready for Rocktober: pre-register for playoff tickets

  September 18, 2010 4:42 PM

  If your favorite fall colors are purple and black then you know how hot the Colorado Rockies have been playing this month. In fact, many fans are already talking playoffs. While tickets for the playoff games aren't for sale just yet, you can register online and be among the... more »

• Family sues after son hit by fly ball

  September 3, 2010 8:34 PM

  The New Mexico Supreme Court is allowing a family to sue because their son was hit in the head by a ball during batting practice before an Albuquerque Isotopes game. The court on Friday outlined a new legal standard in New Mexico for determining the liability of owners and operators... more »

• Last Bark in the Park tonight!

  August 25, 2010 10:21 AM

  Tonight is the last night you will be able to take your dog out to a Sky Sox ball game this season. The popular "Bark in the Park' wraps up tonight at Security Service Field where the Soxwill take on the Salt Lake Bees at 6:05pm. Fans that... more »

• Select baseball team gives new meaning to "America's Pastime"

  August 3, 2010 4:34 PM

  The Colorado Springs Thunder baseball team can crush home runs. They can turn the double play. In fact, not a day goes by where one of these ten-year olds doesn't play some baseball. "If we could, we would practice Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday," said... more »

• Marlins beat Rockies; Rox 2-5 since All Star break

  July 22, 2010 3:12 PM

  Ronny Paulino hit the winning single with the bases loaded and none out in the ninth inning Thursday, and the Florida Marlins beat the Colorado Rockies 3-2. Florida's Josh Johnson struck out 11 in 6 1-3 innings and allowed only one run, on a homer by Ian Stewart in... more »

• Bark in the Park is back!

  May 10, 2010 7:41 PM

  The Colorado Springs Sky Sox announced that "Bark in the Park" nights at Security Service Field are once again returning for the 2010 season. On three select Wednesdays this season, May 12 th , August 4 th and August 25 th , fans that purchase a ticket to the game... more »

• 23 year-old wins $1M playing baseball video game

  May 5, 2010 12:20 PM

  Shh, don't tell the kids. Wade McGilberry just won a million dollars playing a video game. The 23-year-old from Mobile, Ala., took just an hour and a half to pitch a perfect game in Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.'s "Major League Baseball 2K10." Take-Two was giving away the prize to the... more »

• After mistaken for umpire, new Sky Sox shortstop proving he belongs

  April 27, 2010 6:54 PM

  Warren Schaeffer is probably not a name that will ring a bell with most baseball fans. The Colorado Springs Sky Sox recently called up the shortstop all the way from class High-A to fill an injury spot. Schaeffer immediately helped the team, driving in four runs in his AAA... more »

• Baseball fights to return to Olympics

  April 27, 2010 10:10 AM

  International Baseball Federation president Riccardo Fraccari says he will fight to get baseball back in the Olympics by working to change the perception that it is solely an American sport. Fraccari said Tuesday on the sidelines of the SportAccord International Convention in Dubai that he also sees great potential to... more »

• Amazing video: watch this leap over the catcher

  April 22, 2010 10:48 AM

  It will no doubt go down in history as one of the most unbelievable baseball moves. Fordham University's Brian Kownacki of the Fordham Ram's baseball team goes airborne over Iona catcher James Beck during a game Tuesday night. The move happened during a nine-run rally in the eighth... more »

• 'Pack the Park' draws over 2,000, nets Pack win

  April 18, 2010 11:45 PM

  PUEBLO, Colo. (Apr. 18, 2010) - The ThunderWolves' 'Pack the Park' game was an unabashed success Sunday night as the ThunderWolves grabbed a 7-4 win in front of over 2,000 fans at Hobbs Field at the Runyon Sports Complex. The Pack officially made it two wins Sunday, as "Pack the... more »

• Some catch: coach proposes to rival on field

  April 11, 2010 9:35 AM

  An Ohio high school softball coach threw a curve at the rival team's coach when he dropped to one knee on the diamond and asked for her hand in marriage. Glen Este High School varsity coach Tim Gregory and Milford High School coach Christy Foster had been dating more than... more »

• Rockies' Jim Tracy wins Manager of the Year award

  November 18, 2009 2:23 PM

  Jim Tracy of Colorado has won the National League Manager of the Year award. Mike Scioscia of the Los Angeles Angels has been selected for the American League honor. The awards were announced Wednesday. Tracy became the second manager to win the award after taking over in midseason, joining Jack... more »

• Sosa has a curiously lighter skin color these days

  November 10, 2009 10:49 AM

  A recent photo of former baseball slugger Sammy Sosa reveals a surprising new look. That's because Sosa's skin color appears to be turning white. A recent photo, taken in Las Vegas, has generated speculation as to what's happened to Sosa's skin. A friend attributes the noticably paler complextion... more »

• Tracy named Sporting News NL manager of the year

  October 21, 2009 7:15 PM

  Jim Tracy has been named Sporting News' 2009 Manager of the Year for the National League in his first year at the helm of the Colorado Rockies. Los Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia received the award in the American League in voting by a panel of 22 Major League Baseball... more »

• Rockies win game 2

  October 8, 2009 6:57 PM

  Yorvit Torrealba hit a two-run homer, Aaron Cook pitched effectively into the sixth and the Colorado Rockies beat Cole Hamels and the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 Thursday to even their NL playoff series at 1. Hamels, the World Series and NLCS MVP last year, looked nothing like the guy who... more »