One of the most recent teams to be added to Major League Baseball, the Colorado Rockies franchise was established in 1993. At the end of their inaugural season, they had recorded the most wins by a National League expansion team and set the MLB single-season home attendance record with an astounding 4,483,350 fans in attendance throughout the year.
Then in 2007, the Rockies went on one of the most incredible comeback runs in baseball history, winning 21 of their last 22 games and riding an unprecedented wave of momentum right up to the World Series. Although they ended up losing the Series to the Boston Red Sox , their rally to get there was the fifth-greatest regular season comeback in the history of Major League Baseball and stands as a feat unlikely to ever be repeated.
Looking to Turn Things Around
Unfortunately, apart from a playoff appearance in 2009, things haven’t been so rosy since that 2007 World Series appearance. The Rockies finished third in the National League West Division in 2010 before dropping down to fourth at the end of the 2011 season. But the Rockies are rebuilding and looking to a bright future
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