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The '''Colorado Rockies''' are an American "professional" [[baseball]] team based in [[Denver]]. The Rockies "compete" in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) as a member club of the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] (NL) [[National League West|West Division]]. The team plays its home baseball games at [[Coors Field]], which is located in the [[LoDo, Denver|Lower Downtown]] area of Denver. The club is owned by the [[Monfort brothers]].

The '''Colorado Rockies''' are an American professional [[baseball]] team based in [[Denver]]. The Rockies compete in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) as a member club of the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] (NL) [[National League West|West Division]]. The team plays its home baseball games at [[Coors Field]], which is located in the [[LoDo, Denver|Lower Downtown]] area of Denver. The club is owned by the [[Monfort brothers]].

The Rockies began as an [[1993 Major League Baseball expansion|expansion team]] for the [[1993 Major League Baseball season|1993 season]] and played their home games for their first two seasons at [[Mile High Stadium]]. Since [[1995 Colorado Rockies season|1995]], they have played at Coors Field, which has earned a reputation as a [[hitter's park]], as demonstrated by the 1995 team that had four players ([[Dante Bichette]], [[Vinny Castilla]], [[Andrés Galarraga]], and [[Larry Walker]]) each hit for 30 home runs; they were nicknamed the "Blake Street Bombers." The Rockies have qualified for the [[Major League Baseball postseason|postseason]] five times, each time as a [[List of National League Wild Card winners|Wild Card winner]]. In [[2007 Colorado Rockies season|2007]], the team earned its only [[List of National League pennant winners|NL pennant]] after winning 14 of their final 15 games in the regular season to secure a Wild Card position, capping the streak off with a 13-inning 9–8 victory against the [[San Diego Padres]] in the tiebreaker game affectionately known as [[2007 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game|"Game 163"]] by Rockies fans. The Rockies then proceeded to sweep the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] and [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] in the [[2007 National League Division Series|NLDS]] and [[2007 National League Championship Series|NLCS]] and entered the [[2007 World Series]] as winners of 21 of their last 22 games. However, they were swept by the [[American League]] (AL) champions [[2007 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] in four games. As the Rockies were swept in their only World Series appearance, they are one of only two teams never to win a World Series game, along with the [[Seattle Mariners]], who have never reached the World Series.

The Rockies began as an [[1993 Major League Baseball expansion|expansion team]] for the [[1993 Major League Baseball season|1993 season]] and played their home games for their first two seasons at [[Mile High Stadium]]. Since [[1995 Colorado Rockies season|1995]], they have played at Coors Field, which has earned a reputation as a [[hitter's park]], as demonstrated by the 1995 team that had four players ([[Dante Bichette]], [[Vinny Castilla]], [[Andrés Galarraga]], and [[Larry Walker]]) each hit for 30 home runs; they were nicknamed the "Blake Street Bombers." The Rockies have qualified for the [[Major League Baseball postseason|postseason]] five times, each time as a [[List of National League Wild Card winners|Wild Card winner]]. In [[2007 Colorado Rockies season|2007]], the team earned its only [[List of National League pennant winners|NL pennant]] after winning 14 of their final 15 games in the regular season to secure a Wild Card position, capping the streak off with a 13-inning 9–8 victory against the [[San Diego Padres]] in the tiebreaker game affectionately known as [[2007 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game|"Game 163"]] by Rockies fans. The Rockies then proceeded to sweep the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] and [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] in the [[2007 National League Division Series|NLDS]] and [[2007 National League Championship Series|NLCS]] and entered the [[2007 World Series]] as winners of 21 of their last 22 games. However, they were swept by the [[American League]] (AL) champions [[2007 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] in four games. As the Rockies were swept in their only World Series appearance, they are one of only two teams never to win a World Series game, along with the [[Seattle Mariners]], who have never reached the World Series.