An open letter to Dick Monfort, owner of the Colorado Rockies:
We who have signed this petition are die-hard fans of the Colorado Rockies.
We’ve been with you through thick and thin. From Eric Young’s inaugural home run at Mile High Stadium to the glory days of the Blake Street Bombers. We cheered Larry Walker through his MVP season in 1997 and rallied alongside you through 2007′s improbable Rocktober run to the World Series. We held our breath through Ubaldo’s no-hitter and watched with pride as Todd Helton finished a spectacular career as Colorado’s greatest ballplayer. You name it, we were there with you.
Until now.
We’ve stood with you through more than 21 years of sub-.500 ball. We’ve tolerated Dan O’Dowd and his constant state of rebuilding. And while you seem to be telling fans you’d rather turn a profit than help the team succeed on the field, we’ve kept coming to the ballpark to cheer our team through thick and thin.
We’ve heard that you’ve recently emailed fans and season ticket holders telling us maybe we should stop coming to games, and that maybe Denver doesn’t deserve a franchise, maybe time for it to find a new home.
Enough is enough.
We’re tired of your scare tactics. We’re tired of your inability to put a competitive team on the field. We’re tired of you.
So sell the team, Dick Monfort. Sell it to someone who cares more about winning than turning a profit. Maybe *you* should find a new home, a home that isn’t 20th & Blake Street. You don’t deserve the best sports town in the entire world. And while we won’t make any money off the deal, we will all benefit from an owner who puts the team and its fans first.
We want the Rockies to stay in Denver. We just don’t want you running them.
Signed,
Those who bleed purple & black
515 | Heather Hintz | Wheat Ridge, CO | Jul 25, 2017 | |
514 | Bridget Kiely | Denver, CO | Dec 13, 2016 | |
513 | Sam Pitrone | Parker, Co | Nov 03, 2016 | |
512 | Ron Ashley | New castle, Co | Oct 13, 2016 | |
511 | Raymond Romero | Westminster, CO | Oct 04, 2016 | |
510 | Jeff Oxford | Westminster, Colorado | Jun 14, 2016 | |
509 | Dylan Fuhr | Littleton, Colorado | Apr 12, 2016 | |
508 | Chad Freitag | Highlands Ranch, CO | Apr 12, 2016 | |
507 | Nate Cooper | Highlands Ranch, Colorado | Mar 29, 2016 | |
506 | Mitch Koch | Lafayette, Colorado | Dec 03, 2015 | |
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