You remember the time that then-general manager Dan O’Dowd signed Mike Hampton? Of course you do. It’s a deal that will continue to be referred to as a cautionary tale for the Colorado Rockies. It is the case against overspending on free agents, especially pitchers, for a franchise that can’t afford to be saddled by those contracts when they go sideways.
You know who else remembers signing Hampton and realizes it was a bad idea? Dan O’Dowd. I guess he felt like he hadn’t made Rockies fans mad in a while, so here he tells Thomas Harding that he “didn’t feel great” about signing Hampton at the time.