Tuesday, July 28
Colorado Rockies owner Richard Monfort meet Clippers center DeAndre Jordan. You two could find your pictures in the dictionary when looking up the words classless, gutless and underhanded.
Monfort broke his word - just like Jordan did to the Rockets - about getting Troy Tulowitzki's blessing before trading him.
There always lurked the possibility that the Rockies would deal Tulowitzki, the premier shortstop in baseball and the longtime face of the Rockies franchise. So Monfort asked Tulowitzki to keep a low profile and not prove a distraction.
Despite being frustrated about another lost Colorado season, Tulowitzki kept his mouth shut. The reward for his loyalty came late Monday night at Wrigley Field when he was yanked in the ninth inning and told by teary-eyed manager Walt Weiss he had been traded to Toronto.
Monfort didn't have the courage, or class, to tell Tulowitzki in person. Heck, he didn't even call Tulowitzki.
If you were on the Colorado Rockies would you want to play for an owner like that?
Yes, I get that baseball is like any other business. But it still doesn't make it right. Doesn't humanity and honor count for something, or is living up to those words too much to ask?
The Rockies and their Coors Field have been a sideshow circus for more than 20 years now. This is just another example of their history as clowns.
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