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By Patrick Saunders The Denver Post This week, I suspect, the Rockies will give general manager Dan O'Dowd and manager Jim Tracy new contracts. It will be a celebratory moment, full of optimism. But soon after O'Dowd and Tracy sign on the dotted line, they'll have to confront some realities facing the team. To provide the duo with a jump start, I'm offering three pertinent numbers. .259: The Rockies won 17 games in their last at-bat in 2009, including eight walkoff wins. It made for plenty of drama, but far too many times the Rockies left runners stranded on base in the middle innings. The Rockies hit just .259 with runners in scoring position, the second- lowest mark in franchise history. There were far too many big swings with nothing to show for it. 1,277: When Tracy took over the team from Clint Hurdle, Tracy repeatedly... [read full story]
A Tale of Sherlock Holmes' creator and Oscar Wilde DId the illustrious pair meet at a posh London hotel? There can hardly be two more contrasting figures in the literary world – the stolid, statesman-like Sir Arthur Conan...
There's been a lot of talk in 2009 about the next generation of wireless technology, known as 4G wireless broadband, but the current generation of 3G wireless technology is far from dead. For many wireless operators, especially...
Residents will shortly be moving into their brand new homes at Rookery Road and Highfield Road, Swinton. Local housing association Guinness Northern Counties has developed the seven affordable homes for local people in...
By Kaitlynn Riely, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette When the last cheer has been chanted, the final insult hurled and the couch fires extinguished, University of Pittsburgh and West Virginia University fans can, for the most part,...
