Essay on Rockies: Colorado Rockies Team

Submitted By hythzgh
Words: 4137
Pages: 17
Open Document
Colorado Rockies

OVERVIEW
• • • • • • Major League Baseball team based in Denver, CO. Currently competes in the West Division of the National League. Began playing in 1993. Home games are played at Coors Field in downtown Denver. Owners: Charles and Richard Monfort. General Manager: Dan O’Dowd. 14th highest payroll in 2011 season.

INTRODUCTION
Currently valued at $414 million, the Colorado Rockies are owned by Charles and Richard Monfort, who bought the team in 1992 for $95 million. Charles (or Charlie) Monfort is a University of Utah alumnus, graduating in 1982 with a Bachelor’s degree in business management. On the field, the Rockies did not get much of a bang for their buck in 2011. A season after reaching the playoffs, the Rockies went 73-89, coming in third in the NL West, despite increasing their payroll by $7 million, to $84 million. In the midst of a season gone wrong, the Rockies made a seismic trade. They shipped Ubaldo Jimenez, who set franchise records for wins and ERA and threw the franchise's first-ever no-hitter in 2010, to the Indians for four youngsters. The two biggest prizes from this trade were first-round picks Drew Pomeranz and Alex White, who finished the season in the big league rotation and should resurface there at some point in 2012. Buoyed by strong attendance last season (2.9 million fans was the biggest crowd since 2001 season), the Rockies are bumping payroll further after locking up some core players. Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki signed a deal in the fall that added 7-years and $134 million to his existing contract that should keep “Tulo” in Denver through 2020. He has finished fifth in the MVP voting each of the past two years. Pitcher Jorge De La Rosa signed a 2-year, $21.5 million extension as well.

Page 1

Colorado Rockies

TEAM EVALUATION

1-Yr Value Chg. Ann. Value Chg. Debt/Value Revenue Operating Income Player Expenses Gate Receipts Average Ticket Price

8% 8% 19% $188 mil $16.3 mil $97 mil $55 mil $20

Team Value
Player-costs-to-win ratio Coach Metro area population Revenue per fan Media Partners TV Radio TV ratings rank Valuation Breakdown Sportii Marketiii Stadiumiv Brand Management v i

$414 mil1
103 Jim Tracy 2,506,600 $52

Root Sports KOA-AM 10

Jim Tracy

$129 mil $150 mil $92 mil $43 mil
Coors Field

Major corporate sponsors are: Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC), King Soopers Grocery, Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO), Frontier Airlines. Naming rights sponsor is Molson Coors Brewing (NYSE:TAP).

1

Forbes.com http://www.forbes.com/lists/2011/33/baseballvaluations-11_land.html

Page 2

Colorado Rockies

HISTORY
The following is a brief summary of the history of the Colorado Rockies baseball club.

• 1990 o Advisory committee formed by then-Governor of Colorado Roy Romer to recruit an ownership group for a new Denver-based baseball team. • 1991 o July 5th, the National League approved Denver and Miami as sites for two expansion teams to being play in 1993. • 1992 o Jerry McMorris, Oren Benton and Charlie Monfort acquire all of the interests previously owned by non-Coloradoans. • 1993 o Rockies join the National League along with a Southern Florida franchise, now known as the Florida Marlins. o The Rockies first pick in the expansion draft was David Nied from the Atlanta Braves. He pitched four seasons for the Rockies. o First Rockies game was played on April 5, 1993, against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium. • 1995 o Games are moved from the Mile High Stadium to the newly built Coors Field. o Rockies win their first Wild Card berth in the MLB playoffs. • 1997 o Dick Monfort becomes vice chairman, joining his brother, Charlie, who has been with the organization since 1992. • 2005 o Charlie and Dick Monfort, two former ConAgra executives, become the sole owners of the Rockies franchise. Charlie had been CEO of the Rockies since 2003, and Dick had been vice chairman since 1997. Dick succeeded Charlie as
Show More

Related Documents: Essay on Rockies: Colorado Rockies Team

Utah and Salt Lake City Essay

Mexican Hat Moab Montezuma Creek Ogden Provo Salt Lake City Springdale St. George Westwater Landforms- Utah is divided into three sections, including the Colorado Plateau, the central Rocky Mountains, and the Basin and ridge section. The Colorado Plateau a series of flat lands roughed mountains. The central Rockies are snow-capped Uinta and Wasatch mountains with the highest point being 13,528ft above sea level. And the Basin and Ridge section, has flat depressions, salt beds, and…

Words 354 - Pages 2

Essay on Anything Can Happen

University) for a spot on the Under Armour team. When I got to the school, there were at lease a hundred kids trying out. When I went to the desk to sign up, the manager for the Under Armour program said, “We are only taking two kids from the entire central valley so, go out there and show us what you got, Good luck.” After I heard that, I actually relaxed because out of the thousands of kids trying out, there was no possible way I was going to make the team. After I tried out, my dad said, “You…

Words 1089 - Pages 5

Personal Narrative: The 305spin Team

The 305Spin team and I were heading up to the Rocky Mountains from Sedalia. We have everything packed up and ready to go. I was in the car with Riley, his dad, Tanner, Max, Dylan, and Alex. Riley’s dad, John (the coach), tells all of us to hop into the car and grab our electronics and blankets for the long ride. I got the middle seat with Riley and the back was filled with Max, Dylan, Tanner, and Alex. John gets on the phone with the other three cars that held the rest of the team. John yelled…

Words 987 - Pages 4

Spyder Research Paper

National Ski Team, and during the 1958 season, he was the top-ranked member of the Canadian FIS Team. Tragically, he fractured his leg during a downhill training run and was forced to withdraw from competing in the World Championships at Badgastein, Austria. David Jacobs, a legend of his time David was friends with members of the French National team and joined them for skiing in France during the spring of '64. Here he absorbed the systems that an organized, politically-backed national team operated…

Words 929 - Pages 4

Cotter Rhetorical Analysis Essay

Every teenager must go through the same experience as Cotter. Almost a rite of passage for becoming an adult. In this example, the author describes a life changing baseball game, that would change a young man forever. While describing Cotter’s escape from the cops, the author uses varying syntax, imagery, over exaggeration, and many other strategies to illustrate his rebellious personality and transition from adolescence. In the beginning of this text, the author uses parallelism when describing…

Words 1189 - Pages 5

Louisiana Purchase

join him on his expedition through the Louisiana territory. Lewis possessed many skills as a frontiersman and was very literate and intelligent. Clark possessed many skills as a draftsman and frontiersman and together Lewis and Clark made a strong team. The goals of The Lewis and Clark Expedition was to find a water route linking the Columbia and Missouri rivers giving the new western land access to ports in the Pacific and to explore the uncharted West. Lewis and Clark began their journey in May…

Words 1461 - Pages 6

Informative Essay On National Anthem

my hand on my chest out of respect and pride, but there were also times when I attached the flag and our anthem to a moment of support. I stood up on the day when children impacted by Columbine were at a Colorado Rockies game, I stood up after the Oklahoma City bombing when we were the next team arriving to the city to play the 89ers, and I stood up after 9/11, when I was with the Phillies and we uncertainly returned to playing baseball. It felt right, it felt helpful, it felt therapeutic, it felt…

Words 767 - Pages 4

Kit Carson Essay

time carving the path to the west, he defended it in battle as an officer in the U.S. Army. One of the most famous mountain men of the Westward movement, Carson has had several landmarks, cities, and areas named after him. Among these are Carson, Colorado, Carson City, Nevada, Carson Pass and the Carson River. (Sanford & Green) Kit Carson has been a part of American folklore for decades but his fame grew from very humble beginnings. Born on December 24th, 1809 in Kentucky, Kit Carson was born with…

Words 1439 - Pages 6

Argumentative Essay On Concussions

My research question is, “How reliable is the Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment Cognitive Testing (imPACT) test?”. After having worked in the athletic training room at my high school for two and a half years, I was thoroughly exposed to the test by administering it to athletes and even taking it myself after receiving a concussion. The two head athletic trainers I worked under did not believe the test was very reliable, but, used it anyhow as it was easy to administer and monitor how athletes…

Words 1007 - Pages 5

Personal Narrative: Tim Gunn's Relationship With A Baseball Coach

realization that playing for Tim Gunn would take some adapting. These realizations came to fruition soon, as when I checked the team roster, I had made the JV bench. A little upset about this placement, I went and talked to the coach, very amicably. After he had outlined his reasoning, which I did not entirely agree with, he refused to budge. This was the start of my rocky relationship with baseball coach Tim Gunn, who left both a positive and negative impact on my baseball career. Playing very infrequently…

Words 2143 - Pages 9