Colorado Rockies Franchise History - A Fan's Essentials

 

Fall 2023: To purchase a reasonably priced 8" x 24" plaqued mounted version of the Rockies poster that's ready to hang on your wall, please visit Heritage Sports Stuff.

1. Colorado Rockies – The Team Name 

The franchise was created as an expansion team for the 1993 season and has always been known as the Colorado Rockies. 

2. Colorado Rockies – The Championship Record 

One World Series Championship appearance: 

2007 lost to Boston Red Sox 4-0

One National League Pennant: 

2007 90 wins - 63 losses

No Division Championships: 

3. Colorado Rockies – Home Stadium History 

1. Mile High Stadium, Denver 1993-1994 

2. Coors Field, Denver 1995 - Present

4. For more information on the Rockies, you should bookmark these three great websites: 

For a huge amount of great historic information: https://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/rock.shtml 

For great information about the team's ballparks: https://ballparks.com/baseball/index.htm 

For a listing of every Rockies season and how the team fared, click here.

5. Celebrate the Colorado Rockies' uniform history by owning a piece of history: 

If you love the Colorado Rockies and the history of the Rockies franchise, you might really love to own an original piece of artwork celebrating the team's historic uniforms as seen in the poster at the top of this blog - you can actually own one of those original pieces of art! There are only 7 pieces of original art available for sale, and when these 7 are sold, that's it, they're all sold out. 

These original watercolor paintings would make a great gift (birthday gift, anniversary gift, retirement gift, Christmas gift, etc.) for someone you love or even a great gift for yourself (one of these framed pieces would look fantastic in your home or office). 

Each piece can be bought one of three ways: 

1. As unframed art that you could have framed or mounted yourself (the one on the left) 

2. Framed in our "Classic" framed version (the middle version) 

3. Framed in our "Deluxe" framed version (the version on the right)  

If you would like more information about this great artwork including the three ways you could purchase each piece, please visit our Colorado Rockies YouTube video or go directly to the artwork website Heritage Sports Art where you can see and purchase the artwork. 

And if someone you know loves the history of sports uniforms (but maybe another team) and loves great art, please let them know that we have over 1500 pieces of great original artwork for sale at www.heritagesportsart.com (all NFL teams, all MLB teams, all NHL teams, all CFL teams, select NCAA football teams) or check out each team's video at the Heritage Sports Art YouTube Channel www.youtube.com/user/ssillcox 

And please search my blog archive http://heritagejerseys.blogspot.com/ for other blogs on the history of the Colorado Rockies. 

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This text was written by Scott Sillcox and was last updated October 15, 2023. I have tried to ensure the accuracy of the information, but I am human and can make mistakes. If you believe I have made a mistake, please let me know by email at ssillcox@rogers.com ! 

Many thanks!!! 

Scott