Isaac Stevens | March 29, 2025

Coming off of consecutive 100-loss seasons can be difficult for any fanbase to see a brightside, especially those loyal to the Colorado Rockies.

Looking back through all the special moments in team history on this 30th Anniversary of Coors Field reminds us the importance of showing out as Rockies fans. Even as we going through one of the darker times for this franchise, positives still seem to outshine negatives.

And nothing is more clearer about pulling for Colorado than the no. 12 through 15 moments in the history of Coors Field.

Read more from the series here!

• Coors Field Moment No. 1 – Game 163: Colorado completes their improbable run to Rocktober
• Coors Field Moment No. 2 – Dante Bichette christens the Rockies’ new baseball cathedral
• Coors Field Moment No. 3 – Todd Helton, Troy Tulowitzki and the Colorado Rockies are World Series bound
• Coors Field Moment No. 4 – Nolan, Bloody Nolan: Arenado’s walk-off cycle spurs Rockies to end postseason drought
• Coors Field Moment no. 5 – The Toddfather delivers a walk-off domino for Rocktober

No. 12: Carlos Gonzalez’s walk-off homerun to complete the cycle – July 31, 2010

If there is any singular swing that defines the career of Carlos González, it would be his iconic walk-off home run to complete the cycle. Batting third that day against the Chicago Cubs, CarGo went up to bat in the bottom of the ninth with a single, double, and triple. On the very first pitch he saw from Sean Marshall, his elegant swing sent it to the third row of the upper deck to walk it off against the North Siders. 

CarGo used that momentum of that performance to join the 30/20 club, recording 34 home runs and 26 stolen bases. He led the league in hits (197) and batting average (.336). It was good enough for the 24-year-old to place third in National League MVP voting. The two players in front of him were MLB legends: Joey Votto and Albert Pujols. That season González was also in

González, who wasn’t even an All-Star that season, became only the fifth Rockie to ever finish as high as third in MVP voting. He joined Larry Walker (1st in 1997), Dante Bichette (2nd in 1995), Matt Holliday (2nd in 2007), and Ellis Burks (3rd in 1996).

A career that consisted of many highlights, this walk-off homer helped establish CarGo as an all-time great in Colorado history. 

No. 13: Larry Walker becomes first player in Rockies history inducted into the Hall Of Fame – January 21, 2020

Ever since the Rockies were established, the accolades and statistics of ever position player has been either disregarded or taken with a grain of salt due to certain benefits of playing at altitude. The baseball axiom that good hitting in Denver isn’t so impressive is one that has impacted MVP voting and Hall of Fame voting for years. So when Larry Walker was faced with his 10th year of Hall of Fame eligibility, nobody expected his name to be called… and yet it was. 

The induction of Walker could not be any more deserving after batting .313 during his 17-year career, not to mention 383 home runs and 230 stolen bases. Invariably, his selection to Cooperstown paved the way for Todd Helton, another Rockies icon who eventually made the National Baseball Hall of Fame without any setbacks.

No. 14: Matt Holliday leads the Rockies in their lone World Series appearance – October 27, 2007

In 2007, there was no player for Colorado better than Matt Holliday. (He was arguably the best in the Senior Circuit as well.) Slashing .340/.405/.607 with 36 home runs, Holliday led MLB in hits (216), runs batted in (137) and batting average (.340). After helping the Rockies in their prestigious run to the postseason in 2007, Holliday also led his club to their first ever World Series. 

After dropping the first two games of the 2007 Fall Classic to the Boston Red Sox, Colorado was back in Denver for Game 3. They quickly trailed 6-0 after the third inning. After a two-run sixth inning, the Rockies looked to add on furthermore in the seventh. With two aboard and trailing by four runs, there was only one player anyone in the Rocky Mountain region wanted in the batter’s box. Sure enough, Matt Holliday came striding up to the plate and delivered a three-run homer to make it a one-run game.

The Rockies would end up losing and would eventually be swept by the Red Sox. However, the Holliday home run, the only one hit for Colorado in front of their fans, gave Rockies’ supporters another memory during one of the most special seasons in baseball history.

No. 15: Trevor Story hits three home runs in one game – September 5, 2018

There was a certain spark about Colorado in 2018. Not only because it was the last time the Rockies made the playoffs, but because of the way they played baseball and brought electricity to every single game. Even on an ordinary Wednesday night game in early September, anything could happen.

And anything did happen for Trevor Story.

Story took it upon himself to have one of the best single-day power surges in Coors Field history. In his first three at bats, all against Andrew Suárez of the San Francisco Giants, Story hit three no-doubt home runs. One initially broke the record for longest in the Statcast Era (since 2015) for traveling an estimated 505 feet. (It would later be readjusted to 483 ft.) Those three long balls were critical in the narrow defeat of the Giants that night, 5-3. 

Colorado has witnessed its fare share of three-homer games, with the most coming from Brendan Rodgers on June 1, 2022. But none — absolutely none – had the same type of electricity and meaning to Coors Field as Story’s trifecta in 2018.

The excellence of Coors Field ranges from Rockies’ legends making the Hall of Fame, hitting for the cycle in dramatic fashion, World Series homers to memorable three-homer performances. Each moment made special by fans and the excitement they bring to the ballpark each and every game.