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Rockies hope quarters will add up big
If the first 25 games of the Colorado Rockies season is a sign, then there are good things still to come this season.
Last season, it took the Rockies exactly 50 games to reach the 15-win mark. After the first 25 games this year, the Rockies record stood at 15-10.
The question is, can the Rockies, who lead the National League's West Division, continue to win games at their current pace? The Rockies started 18-7 in 1997, but floundered in the 25 games that followed, at 9-16.
In 2000, which is the most recent season in which the Rockies finished above .500 (82-80), the club started 11-14, but posted a 17-8 mark in the 25 games that followed.
The Rockies open a five-game homestand tonight, with two games against the Cincinnati Reds and three against the Houston Astros -- two teams at the top of the N.L.'s Central Division. Seventeen of Colorado's next 23 games are against teams that currently have records of .500 or better, including 11 against the Reds, Astros and St. Louis Cardinals -- three of teams that rank among the N.L.'s top six in runs scored.
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Now we know why there's a "Hi" in Ohio. Currently, the top two run-scoring teams in the major league's are from the Buckeye State. The Cleveland Indians lead the majors with 171 runs scored. The Reds, who scored the second-highest number of runs in a game (24 in 1999) for a Rockies opponent at Coors Field, lead the National League with 158 runs scored.
Denver super-lightweight boxer Donald Camerena fights Frans Hantindi on May 5 at the Chavez Community Center in Sante Fe, New Mexico. For Camarena (16-2), it is his first bout since losing the World Boxing Council's Continental Americas light-welterweight title in February.
Former major-league pitcher Rob Dibble was asked to give his choice for the "Unsexiest Man in the World." Dibble, who is a co-host on FSN's Best Damn Sports Show Period named another former big-leaguer. "Otis Nixon," Dibble said. "Any guy who’s got the nickname 'Skeletor' can't be too good-looking."
To say the Denver Nuggets crawled to the finish line of their 2005-06 season might be an understatement. Denver went 4-10 in its final 14 games (including the playoffs), failing to reach
the 100-point mark in 11 of those games and failing to reach 90 points in eight of the 14 games.
Now that the NFL draft is over, draftniks can turn their attention to the NBA draft next month. The Nuggets currently do not have a first-round pick. The Web site www.nbadraft.com projects the Nuggets using a second-round pick (49th overall) to select former Ralston Valley High athlete Nick Fazekas. University of Colorado athlete Richard Roby is projected to be selected 20th overall by the New York Knicks.