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The Rockies, Cork, Ireland, the nickname of Blackrock National Hurling Club, an historic sports team in Cork, Ireland

Rockies Express Pipeline, a natural gas pipeline from Rocky Mountains to Ohio


1976–77 Colorado Rockies season

Early in the season, the Rockies picked up wins by either the goon tactics of Steve Durbano, or through the heroic feats of their goalies, Doug Favell and Michel Plasse.

Alfred Richard Cecil Selwyn

Selwyn Rock (an exposed Permian glacial pavement) at Inman Valley in South Australia, Selwyn Range in the Canadian Rockies and Selwyn Street in Hackett, a suburb of the Australian Capital Territory are named after him.

Columbia Glacier

Columbia Icefield, a glacier field in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada

Corey Dickerson

On July 28, 2013, Dickerson hit his first career home run off Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Donovan Hand, in a Rockies victory.

Craig Counsell

After playing only one game with the Rockies, Counsell was traded to the Florida Marlins for Mark Hutton in late July 1997.

Dunraven Peak

In 1874, just two years after the park's creation, the Earl of Dunraven, a titled Englishman made a visit to Yellowstone in conjunction with a hunting expedition to the Northern Rockies.

Eastholme

The Eastholme, also known as Eastholme of the Rockies, is a historic building in Cascade, near Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Florida Collegiate Summer League

Major League Baseball alumni include Milwaukee Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy, Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Dee Gordon, Colorado Rockies pitcher Mike McClendon, Washington Nationals outfielder Corey Brown, Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jimmy Nelson, and Baltimore Orioles catcher Johnny Monell Jr.

Fred Rath

Fred Rath, Jr. (born 1973), son of the above, Major League Baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies

Gospel Music Association

Annually held in Estes Park, Colorado, since 1974 "Music in the Rockies" (formally Seminar in the Rockies) is a showcase event for aspiring (often unsigned) songwriters and artists in the Christian music industry.

Grant County, Oregon

The third man to serve as County Judge of Grant County was Cincinnatus Hiner “Joaquin” Miller (1837–1913), the noted poet, playwright, and western naturalist, called the "Poet of the Sierras" and the "Byron of the Rockies.

Jerry McMorris

A limited partner in the ownership group that founded the Rockies in the early 1990s, he joined with meatpacking heirs Charlie and Dick Monfort to buy controlling interest in the team after original owner Mickey Monus was embroiled in an accounting scandal.

K. C. Smith

He became a member of the early environmental group the League of Conservationists, explored the Coast Mountains and the Rockies, worked as a camp cook for a trail guide outfit and later as a park naturalist at Wasa Lake Provincial Park.

Kevin Ritz

Ritz had his big break when he joined the Rockies in 1994, where he found some success in his career.

Matt Murton

When stepping to the plate at Rockies home games, "Strong Tower" by Kutless plays over the speaker system.

Mile High Stadium

The large size of the stadium combined with fan enthusiasm over the new team as well as some of the lowest ticket prices in Major League Baseball to allow the expansion Rockies set Major League Baseball attendance records before moving to Coors Field for the 1995 season.

Mississippian culture

#Widespread trade networks extending as far west as the Rockies, north to the Great Lakes, south to the Gulf of Mexico, and east to the Atlantic Ocean.

Mount Hooker

Hooker and Brown, mythical mountains alleged to exist in the Canadian Rockies

National Register of Historic Places listings in Oconto County, Wisconsin

Finds at this site helped archaeologists date the copper tools found in other places and identify a trade network that stretched from the Rockies to the Gulf coast.

Nikanassin

Nikanassin Range, a mountain range in the Canadian Rockies in Alberta

Norris Division

The Winnipeg Jets return to the Smythe Division when the Colorado Rockies move to East Rutherford, New Jersey, to become the New Jersey Devils; the Devils are moved from the Smythe Division to the Patrick Division.

P. J. Carey

He served as a coach on the Rockies' Major League staff in 1997.

Parkinson Association of the Rockies

The Parkinson Association of the Rockies (PAR) is a Colorado care and research not-for-profit organization whose aim is to enhance the quality of life for individuals with Parkinson's disease through education, research, awareness and support for those with Parkinson's disease, their families and the community.

Rick Mathews

Mathews is currently a pro scout for the Rockies based in Centerville, Iowa.

Rockmelons

Collectively the trio of Medhurst, B. Jones and J. Jones (as Rockmelons) have produced (or co-produced): Tales of the City (with Robin Smith), Form 1 Planet (with Smith and Donovan Germain) and Rockies 3 for their own group.

Ryan Spilborghs

He made his Major League debut for the Rockies on July 16, 2005 against the Cincinnati Reds and recorded his first hit in that game, a single to right field off of Todd Coffey.

Shawn Chacón

That year he won 11 games before the All Star break; the only other Rockies pitchers to have done that through 2009 are Aaron Cook (2008), Jason Marquis (2009) and Ubaldo Jiménez (2010).

Speier

Ryan Speier (born 1979), Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Colorado Rockies (as of 8 April 2007)

Steffan Tubbs

Rockies first baseman Todd Helton threw the ball in the stands and it landed in Steffan’s glove.

Stephen Vogt

He was selected 15 picks ahead of future 5th overall pick and current Rockies pitcher Drew Pomeranz.

Uncanny X-Men 94

In the Colorado Rockies, Count Nefaria and a group of Ani-Men seize control of the military base in Mount Valhalla and threaten to launch the USA's entire inventory of nuclear missiles unless every nation of the world pays Nefaria a ransom.

Vinny Castilla

He decided to retire after the Caribbean Series on February 7, 2007, becoming a special assistant to Rockies GM Dan O'Dowd.

Yucaipa, California

Tyler Chatwood - professional baseball player with Colorado Rockies


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