ATLANTA -- Rockies right fielder Brad Hawpe is smart. He's also courteous. So on Thursday night, he turned off his mind to facts that do him no good to face and politely deflected a question he didn't want to field. The Rockies had suffered their

DENVER -- With one pitch, Eric Young set the tone for the new baseball franchise known as the Colorado Rockies. Young led off the bottom of the first inning of Colorado's inaugural game at Mile High Stadium in 1993 and blasted a home run that didn't

DENVER -- When Rockies first baseman Todd Helton went on the disabled list with a strained lower back in early July, questions abounded whether he would play again this season. On Friday, that question was finally answered. After missing 62 games,