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The Colorado Rockies are an American professional baseball team based in Denver. The Rockies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West Division. The team plays its home baseball games at Coors Field, which is located in the Lower Downtown area of Denver. The club is owned by the Monfort brothers ...
The History of the Colorado Rockies began in 1991 when a Major League Baseball (MLB) expansion franchise for Denver, Colorado was granted to an ownership group headed by John Antonucci. In 1993, the Colorado Rockies started play in the National League (NL) West division. Since that date, the Rockies have reached the MLB postseason four times ...
The Colorado Rockies farm system consists of seven Minor League Baseball affiliates across the United States and in the Dominican Republic.Four teams are independently owned, while three—the Arizona Complex League Rockies and a pair of Dominican Summer League Rockies squads—are owned by the major league club.
Jerry McMorris (principal owner 1992–2005, president 1993–2001) Keli McGregor (president, 2001–2010) Bob Gebhard (general manager, 1992–1999) Dan O'Dowd (general manager, 1999–2014) Bill Geivett (director of major league operations, 2012–2014) Josh Byrnes (assistant general manager, 1999–2001) Jerry Dipoto (head of scouting, 2005)
The 1980–81 Colorado Rockies season was the Rockies' fifth season, and seventh season of the franchise. Bill MacMillan was hired to coach the team, replacing Don Cherry . Like five of the previous six seasons, the Rockies did not qualify for the playoffs.
After just two seasons in Kansas City, the club became the Colorado Rockies. They played six NHL seasons in Denver, then relocated to the East Coast and became the New Jersey Devils in the fall of 1982. The last active Scouts player in the NHL was the Scouts' first ever drafted player, Wilf Paiement, who retired in 1988.