Nats talk to Rockies about Gonzalez

The Colorado Rockies will play more Cactus League games on the road than at Hi Corbett Field in 2009, while the Arizona Diamondbacks will play 17 home games, 15 on the road.

Jittery travel marketers from the Caribbean to the Colorado Rockies are playing Santa this year, delivering resort credits, fewer length-of-stay restrictions and a flurry of last-minute discounts for Christmas and New Year’s getaways.

Our autumn trip began with a flight out of Charlotte to Denver on Sept. 8. Since our return wasn’t until the 19th, this was essentially two trips in one: to see Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills first, then travel to the Colorado Rockies second.

DENVER - While snowflakes lightly fell in the Mile High City on Wednesday, the Colorado Rockies were finalizing their plans to spend the spring under the hot Arizona sun.

DENVER (AP) — Free-agent closer Brian Fuentes was offered salary arbitration Monday by the Colorado Rockies, ensuring they will receive two compensatory picks in next year’s amateur draft if the left-hander signs with another team.

By hiring Don Baylor as hitting coach, the Rockies hope to improve their future by reaching into their past. Baylor, 59, was the Rockies’ first manager, holding that job from 1993 through 1998.

DENVER (AP) - 1 of the huge new natural gas pipelines being built in the United States is the $4 billion Rockies Express. Construction of the 1,679-mile began two years ago in Colorado and is expected to reach Clarington in eastern Ohio by next summer.

It’s not a Colorado Rocky Mountain Lodge, but it does look like one.

Don Baylor, the former Cubs manager who battled cancer in an inspirational way is returning to the majors as Clint Hurdle’s hitting coach for the Colorado Rockies.