Purple Row · Jul 4, 2021
An Independence Day comeback for the ages
The Independence Day weekend brings about a baseball tradition unlike any other. It involves packing the stadium full of fans and launching beautiful fireworks displays after the game. The baseball games themselves are full of fireworks in the form of home runs and walk-off victories. On July 4, 2008, the Rockies provided one of the greatest comebacks in franchise history delivering plenty of their own fireworks in a bonkers 18-17 victory over the Florida Marlins at Coors Field. How did it happen? Join me as we once again venture into the Rockies’ past to answer this exact question.
“These are the times that try men’s souls.”- Thomas Paine