DENVER -- In the month since re-signing with the Rockies, the team that drafted, developed and with which he became a star, Matt Holliday repeatedly eyed this day on the calendar. As he climbed back up Colorado's farm system, this time as a 38-year-old, Holliday hoped he'd arrive in Denver by the time the Cardinals did.
"I thought it would be cool," Holliday said from the home dugout at Coors Field on Friday, before the start of an important three-game set between the two teams that have defined the slugger's career. "To get here by this series.