Usually when a team puts up 10 runs in a baseball game it is cause for celebration. Especially when that team has been struggling to score runs over the previous week.
Tuesday was not a usual day for the Rockies.
A 10-4 win over the Nationals was not met with loud music and cheerfulness. This night is not about being happy.
After receiving word around noon that team president, and friend of many in the clubhouse, Keli McGregor had passed away in the night, the mood was not going to be one of celebration.
The team honored their fallen leader by placing a No. 88 jersey, the number that McGregor wore as a football player at Colorado State and with the Denver Broncos, in the dugout for the game. Starting on Wednesday the team will wear patches on their jerseys that will honor McGregor.
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Mourning Colorado Rockies Break Out Bats in Washington
Posted: 20th April 2010 by David Martin in MLBComments Off on Mourning Colorado Rockies Break Out Bats in Washington