There would be no fireworks at Coors Field on the Fourth of July without him.
He never hit a home run in LoDo. His name doesn’t elicit the same smiles as the Blake Street Bombers’ big blasts from the past. But trust me on this: The original baseball hero in Rockies history is Paul A. Jacobs, a Denver attorney who passed away Monday at age 78.
On July 5, 1991, National League president Bill White welcomed Colorado to the big leagues as an expansion team, beating out stiff competition from Buffalo to Phoenix.
“No Paul Jacobs, no Rockies at that time,” franchise founder and general partner Charlie Monfort told me.