DENVER -- Former Rockies' All-Stars and special assistants to the general manager, Ellis Burks and Vinny Castilla, believe the team's time is about to arrive.
Burks and Castilla will spread that word among Rockies' fans at the 19th annual Rocky Mountain SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) banquet at Coors Field on Saturday, with a silent auction at 6 p.m. MT and dinner at 7. Jason Hirsh, a starting pitcher on the 2007 Rockies team that made it to the World Series, is master of ceremonies, and Bob Gebhard, the Rockies' original general manager, will receive the chapter's award for lifetime achievement in baseball.