The pride of Grandview High School bested the pride of Thomas Jefferson on Monday afternoon at Coors Field. It wasn’t close. In a rare matchup of Colorado native starters, Grandview’s Kevin Gausman pitched San Francisco to an easy 10-5 victory over Kyle Freeland’s Rockies. Gausman was sharp, Freeland was anything but. Gausman, a 2010 graduate, pitched seven solid innings, limiting […]

That old Charlie Blackmon magic is back. The wooly right fielder stayed hot Saturday night, blasting a two-run homer and scoring two runs in the Rockies’ 7-6 win over Atlanta at Coors Field. The Rockies improved to 45-23 at the ballpark in LoDo, and as the Braves are discovering, it’s not a place to pad division leads. Fortunately for the […]

Joined ESPN in 2016 to cover the Los Angeles Rams Previously covered the Angels for MLB.com The Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants each have 28 regular-season games remaining, and yet only three of those — beginning Friday night at Oracle Park — will come against each other. It tells you everything you need to know about how […]

NEW YORK — Miami Marlins leadoff batter Miguel Rojas and New York Mets counterpart Jonathan Villar each homered on the first pitch they saw Thursday night, the first time that’s happened in a major league game since at least 1985, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Statisticians at Elias were unable to go back any further with certainty because prior […]

Not to spoil the conclusion for this edition of Cooperstown Chances, but Yadier Molina will one day have a plaque in the Hall of Fame’s hallowed gallery. The Cardinals lifer might not get to Cooperstown in his first year on the ballot, but he has my vote, and he’ll have the votes of plenty of my BBWAA colleagues when he […]

As it turns out, Jon Gray’s forearm injury has not healed completely. The Rockies placed the right-handed starter on the 10-day injured list Wednesday because of lingering tightness in his forearm. He was scheduled to start Thursday’s game against Atlanta at Coors Field. Manager Bud Black said Tuesday that Gray had no issues with his arm during a bullpen session […]

One week into the Colorado prep football season, and there’s already new No. 1 teams in two classifications in the CHSAANow.com rankings released Monday. Resurrection Christian leap-frogged an idle Eaton in Class 2A, while Sanford benefitted from a rare Sedgewick County loss to take the top spot in 8-Man. Meanwhile, Cherokee Trail entered the 5A poll after beating Mullen, while […]

After scouring over prospect lists, CHSAANow all-state teams and 2020-21 stats, The Denver Post compiled a list of some of Colorado’s top high school football talents. Players are listed in alphabetical order and cover all of the 11-man football classifications. Jackson Adams (Arapahoe), LB/TE, Sr. — Hobbled by ankle surgery for most of his junior year, the 6-foot-4, 225-pound three-star […]

There is a youth movement taking over baseball. It doesn’t take more than a glimpse at the promotions put out by MLB and the latest cover star of the league’s most popular video game franchise to see the new wave of talent already leaving its mark.  And it’s not just talk. These young players are delivering like never before. In particular, […]

Shohei Ohtani is basically a lock to win the AL MVP at this point. He’s neck-and-neck with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. as a hitter this season — both have been pretty incredible — but Ohtani’s pitching numbers make it almost an unfair competition. And it’s not just that he has decent pitching numbers. He has pretty great pitching numbers. So let’s […]