Things To Do In Houston When John Denver’s Dead

Rockies (7-8) at Astros (6-11)

Minute Maid Park
501 Crawford St.
Houston, TX 77002

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The Colorado Rockies have been around 15 years now, which is kind of hard for me to believe. I still think of them as an expansion franchise. For some reason, I recall the 1992 expansion draft of the Rockies and the Florida Marlins – who are also beginning their 16th campaign – very clearly. I particularly remember laughing out loud when the Rockies selected Butch Henry and Willie Blair off of the Astros roster (and the Marlins took Ryan Bowen.) As far as the Astros went, that was addition by subtraction, to my mind. Read More