They often go unnoticed because they play in Mountain Time, two zones removed from what their fans perceive as Eastern Bias Time. It’s taken years, from their rapid ascent to the playoffs in 1995 as the “Blake Street Bombers” to the misguided Mike Hampton/Denny Neagle signings of the late ’90s that forced a wholesale reorganization, but the Colorado Rockies begin the second decade of the 21st century as arguably the most underappreciated team in the National League.
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