DENVER -- All the losing nearly reduced lefty Kyle Freeland to tears as he recently chatted about the woeful state of his hometown Colorado Rockies. It's a gloomy situation with the Rockies off to a 7-33 start -- one of the worst in major league history -- leading to the dismissal of manager Bud Black on Sunday.
Freeland wears his feelings for his city -- to the team he grew up rooting for -- on his sleeve. More specifically, his right arm, where there are tattoos of the elevation (5,280), area code (303) and an outline of the mountains.