Sullivan is more Ned Flanders than Ned Yost. A decade as a mascot for Mapquest could have made him bitter. Instead, it made him better, hungrier, and oddly, happier.

Warren Schaeffer isn’t feeling any dissatisfaction after that one.

Several helmets and bats have lost their lives to his temper. “Do I feel badly for the (equipment)? No,” Carrigg said. “They are free.” His personality is more sandpaper than satin. This is why I like him.

TJ Rumfield broke a seventh-inning tie with a two-run homer and the Colorado Rockies beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-2 on Tuesday night to snap their franchise-record home losing streak at 10 games.

Despite a solid Triple-A season, the Rockies are not planning to call him up in September.

Colton Cowser made a spectacular leaping catch above the center-field fence for the final out, robbing Jake McCarthy of a game-winning homer and preserving the Baltimore Orioles’ 2-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night.

The Rockies’ margin of error to avoid triple-digit losses again is getting exceedingly thin.

Matt Olson’s single past first base drove in Brewer Hicklen with the winning run in the 10th inning and the Atlanta Braves recovered after losing an early lead to beat the Colorado Rockies 3-2 on Sunday for their seventh straight win.

The Rockies entered the game with an MLB-worst 5.54 team ERA but came within four outs of just their second shutout of the season.

The Colorado Rockies’ push to revive enthusiasm for a final run of games in a less-than-stellar season doesn’t stop at the dugout with new pitcher Mason Adams – it’s reaching all the way to the kitchens at Coors Field, where crews are dishing up a new game day snack that might be just weird enough to work.