At some point in every game, Rockies’ manager Bud Black finds his way to the team’s off-duty starting pitchers clustered on one end of the bench. The timing of his arrival is never accidental.
“He’ll always come down and point out some sort of situation in the game, and what we should be thinking about and try to do in it,” left-hander Tyler Anderson said. “Whether it’s how to pitch to a guy, or a certain guy on deck, counts or bunt defense, he has a habit of finding those moments of teaching throughout the game and throughout the season.