Colorado Rockies

Veteran baseball broadcaster Jenny Cavnar is the new primary play-by-play announcer for the Oakland Athletics. Cavnar becomes the first woman to handle primary play-by-play duties in major league history. She has covered baseball for 17 of her 20 years in the media business, most recently calling Colorado Rockies games the past 12 years as a backup play-by-play announcer while also hosting pregame and postgame shows and regional coverage.

Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton was recently elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. That means a lot of things to a lot of different Rockies fans, including MLB official scorer Jillian Geib. She joins In The NoCo today.

Days after Todd Helton was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, the slugging first baseman is still getting used to the idea. Helton says he never thought he would get into Cooperstown.

Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer have been elected to baseball's Hall of Fame while Billy Wagner and Gary Sheffield fell short. Helton, making his sixth ballot appearance, got 307 votes for 79.7%, 18 more than the needed 289 for 75% after falling 11 votes short last year.

Retired Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton is teaming up with the organization RIP Medical Debt to help eliminate $10 million in medical bills for residents around the state.

The Colorado Sun editor David Krause joined us to discuss Attorney General Phil Weiser’s lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency, plus a look back at 30 years with the Colorado Rockies.

Elias Díaz may be the most unlikely All-Star MVP. Just 3 1/2 years after Pittsburgh failed to offer a contract and allowed him to become a free agent, his go-ahead, two-run homer off Félix Bautista in the eighth inning lifted the National League over the American 3-2.

The Denver area was hit with heavy rain, high winds and pea-sized hail, transforming the green outfield grass into ice-covered turf and delaying the start of the series finale for an hour and 50 minutes.

As the Colorado Rockies' season came to a close, fans still made their way to Coors Field to support the players and spend time with one usher — who is perhaps the most popular in the stadium's history.

The Home Run Derby, the opening act for Major League Baseball's All-Star game, came to Denver last Monday. While the night was a fun-filled, power-hitting face-off for most, it was also riddled with emotion for one Rockies player who may soon be leaving the team.