Relaxed Rockies lay in wait for AL champions
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Veteran Todd Helton is enjoying the Colorado Rockies' long layoff before returning to the diamond next Wednesday to begin the World Series against the American League champions.
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Game Four of the World Series on Sunday  will be as much about perseverance as runs and hits with  starting pitchers for both the Boston Red Sox and Colorado  Rockies coming back from life-threatening illness.
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The Rockies, winners of 10 in a row and 21 of 22 over all, are enduring an unprecedented eight-day layoff before Game 1 of the World Series.
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Red Sox ace Josh Beckett expects the best from Colorado's batters despite an eight-day layoff for the National League champions that threatens to cool off the red-hot Rockies for the World Series starting on Wednesday.
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The Colorado Rockies found a way to protect a lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers. But there was still music playing in the losers&#39; clubhouse afterward.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- The Twins hesitated not a whit in sending Johan Santana to the mound yesterday on three days' rest. The Yankees refused to do the same with Mike Mussina and, as a result, it will be a well-rested Moose for Game 1 against the Red Sox in the American League Championship Series.
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The Arizona Diamondbacks spent little time celebrating their 8-3 victory over Baltimore on Sunday, which gave them sole possession of first place in the NL West for the first time since April 30.
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Troy Tulowitzki went into spring training last season just hoping to secure a spot on the Colorado Rockies' roster.
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Game 4 on Sunday will be Aaron Cookâs first time pitching in a major league game since Aug. 10, and there does not seem to be anyone on the Rockies worried about how he will fare.
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The Rockies might have been wiser to have gone home during their pre-World Series break and stayed home for the winter.
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Bobby Abreu is starting to feel better at the plate. Albert Pujols has been feeling pretty good all season.
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There was a serious chill in the air, the weather more suited for downhill skiing than baseball, but being the Fall Classic and all, preparations were being made to the diamond at Fenway Park yesterday. Bases were 90 feet apart and the mound 60 feet 6 inches from home plate -- surely the recipe for a conformity to make it ...
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Matt Holliday homered again and Troy Tulowitzki also connected as the Colorado Rockies completed a four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers with a 9-4 victory Thursday.
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DENVER - They have arrived at this juncture in a blink of an eye. When you spend the entire postseason hammering home the notion that you absolutely, positively must not look ahead, then it can be a little bit startling when you suddenly glance up and realize you are nine innings from being sized for a World Series ring.
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Colorado's visit to Fenway Park earlier this season will help the National League champions when they take on Boston in the World Series starting on Wednesday, Rockies veteran Todd Helton told reporters.
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The Red Sox are one win away from sweeping the Colorado Rockies in the World Series.
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There was little emotion from players or management Tuesday as the Atlanta Braves got ready for their streak of division titles to end.