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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Pitch is hit well the right field, back to the wall,
so winskey to watch it fly. Touch them all time,
Charlie Blackman. Pitch, Charlie drives it the right Brennan going back.
It is gone, touch him all time, Charlie Blackman.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Welcome to it Broncos Country tonight. But with all Brian Dick, Ferguson,
Grant Smith, we're gonna go right out to the Kway,
commaspar the hotline and bring on Jack Corgan voice all
the Rockies. Big news Tonight's obviously Charlie Blackman announcing his retirement.
But we're here at the Sporty Pickley Pickleball Bar and
grill and Jack, I gotta ask you, first of all
the most important question of today. Do you play pickleball?
Speaker 3 (00:45):
I have not played pickleball yet. I think I'm one
of the few that hasn't. I still am out on
the golf course more and do the gym to try
and stay in shape. But everybody tells me I should
play keep thinking about it. Not yet though, Well.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
You got to come down here and he gotta come
out here with the Sporty pickle and try it out.
It's a bar that actually has pickleball courts in it.
I'm looking at it right now. There are people playing pickleball.
We've got two football games. A lot of stuff going
on here right now. Obvious in the big news of
the day, we mentioned it earlier, Charlie Blackman announcing his retirement.
What a career he has had with the Colorado Rockies
and what he's meant to the Colorado Rockies. I don't
(01:26):
think can be understated as a guy who sat through,
you know, several different iterations as well as some seasons
with what we knew were going to be some some
down teams and stuck it out with Colorado whether they're
chasing fame or fortune somewhere else. It's been a few
years since he's been the you know, the big time slugger,
probably since twenty nineteen, so he's really been that big
time slugger. But it's certainly been a treat to watch
(01:48):
him over the years. What is your what is your
favorite Charlie Blackman memory?
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Wow, that's that's a tough one, Benjamin. You know, I
don't know if it's a specific memory. I think it
would be more about how Charlie goes about his business.
I mean, you could maybe, say to a degree he's OCD.
But I mean, like most baseball players, they have a rhythm,
(02:15):
They have a routine to how they get ready to
play each and every day and the long schedule that
is a major League baseball season, and Charlie never deviates
from that. You know, he's fun to be around, He's
an easy guy to interview, but when he's on his
prep schedule, he's on prep scheduling and you're not going
(02:39):
to be a part of it. But I think that's
why he's played for fourteen years, because he's been so
consistent in what he does.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
Well, Jack, when you listen to how Charlie talks about
why do he played baseball? And he's loved playing baseball
ever since he was a kid, but now he said
he still loved the game, but he doesn't feel like
a kid anymore.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Well, when you hear a guy who.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
Just embodied everything about playing baseball now say that fourteen
years in, Well, what does that make you think about
what Charlie has gone through both physically and emotionally playing
for the Rockies.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
Yeah, you know, Nick, I think it's a fair question.
Speaker 4 (03:27):
You know.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
The interesting thing about baseball, I mean, like any sport.
I mean, you want to win, you want to have
a championship. I mean, that's the goal of any athlete,
especially at the professional level. But the beauty of baseball
and the challenge of baseball with all the games, you know,
(03:49):
you just go through that grind and prepare for the
next day. And the wonderful thing about it is, you know,
here the Rockies sitting with sixty wins this year and
they're thirty games behind the Dodgers, and it's not what
anybody wanted. But if you ask Jerry Shemmel or me,
you know how much fun we've had in the booth.
(04:11):
You know, I could probably rattle off one hundred games
where it was fun to be there that night, even
if it wasn't to win for the Rockies, because that's
what baseball does. I mean, it's so different from the
other sports in that regard. And I think Charlie's pulling
the plug because the level of consistency that he has
(04:35):
maintained for all these years just gets tougher and tougher
as you get older, and you know that's the challenge.
He's got a couple of young children now. He loves
to fish and hunt, and you know, I just think
he's all over the Rockies record books. He's going to
(04:55):
be second in almost every category offensively. Todd Helton personally,
I'm thrilled that he's gonna be another one of those
one uniform guys. He's played fourteen years for one team
and in all sports now that's becoming increasingly rare. So
(05:18):
when you get a guy who's played his whole career
and one uniform, that's pretty special.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Talking with Jack Corgan, voice of the Rockies here and
talking about Charlie Blackman, who has announced his retirement at
the end of this season, Yeah, I think you hit
the nail on the head there. There's something for me,
and that is you know, it's being my age. I mean,
I'm fourty three years old. I've grown up largely in
the era of free agency, and it's rare that you
(05:47):
see those players that stick it out with the team
their entire career. Is one of my favorite players played
for four teams. And Nolan Ryan. I mean, I did
see George Bretton mostly stay with obviously stay with Kansas City,
so I kind of strat those eras, but you don't
really have a lot of that anymore. It fills me
with the sort of sense of wonder of what this
generation thinks of guys who played their entire career for
(06:09):
a team.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
Yeah. I think it's at the risk of sounding old,
of course I am old, But I think, Benjamin, some
of it is as you do watch all these seasons
go by, and you appreciate the accomplishments, the incredible accomplishments
of baseball players, and when you sit and look at
(06:34):
it and you get those guys like it Charlie Blackman,
like a Todd Hilton that were just one uniform for
a you know, a mid market team in terms of
baseball money. That says something about their characters, says something
about their commitment, And for me, that's what's made it fun.
(06:58):
I mean, I'm gonna miss having them, or you know,
be weird not having that big beard and the mullet
haircut and all of that, But I guess somebody else
will have to assume that role.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
Well, speaking of that, Jack who now stepped into that
captain type role for for the Rockies right now, which
I'll be expecting to retire on Sunday.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
Yeah, you know, that's a good question, Nick, I think, uh,
you know, certainly, you'd look first at Ryan McMahon, who
has really kind of assumed some of that, more so
this year than any of the previous seasons.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
For Mac.
Speaker 3 (07:39):
You usually don't get a captain type necessarily out of
the pitching staff, just because it's a different animal than
the guys who play the positions every day. But but
Kyle Freelan's a big boys in the in the clubhouse,
even as a starting pitcher, so I think he helps
(08:00):
in that regard. And to be honest with you, guys,
if you ask me, you know who are the leaders
on this team? It's the two kids, Tovar and Doyle.
I mean, people just appreciate how they go about their business,
learning from a guy like Charlie Blackman, and you know,
with great careers potentially ahead of them, I think they're
(08:23):
the two that will be looked up to by guys,
even guys older than them, as leaders on the team,
much like those veteran guys knew early on that Derek
Jeter was the guy, even when some of them were
ten twelve years older than Jeter was. It's interesting how
leadership unfolds and it'll be fun to watch how it
(08:46):
goes for the Rockies.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
Moving forward, well, tying into that, what is the state
of this Rockies team? Because I know what this year
was obviously brutal, but you look at it, there are
a few flashes here. I mean, Tovar is a budding
star in this sleep. It's like a pretty solid player.
If totally get that batting average out to go with
the power, he could be something over there. What is
the state of this team as it stands?
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Well, you know, if you look at the macro and
you see that they're sixty and ninety five or sixty
and ninety six with six games to go, you kind
of go, oh man, there's a long road. And I'm
not saying the road's easy, but when you go behind
the numbers a little bit and you look at this
(09:32):
last stretch of playing twenty seven straight against the playoff
teams or playoff contending teams, and they've played five hundred
They played the first eighty one games, or the first
half of the season with a winning percentage in the
low trees. Since that point here in the second half,
they're in the mid fours. That's still not where you
(09:54):
want to be, but where you look at the progression
and you see the young kids in the bullpen. You
see Ryan Feltner, for example, looking like he's finally started
to figure it out. Can they make that, you know,
quantum leap like Kansas City did to go from you know,
(10:15):
a team well under five hundred to a playoff contender.
I don't know if I could take them that far,
but I think this is a better team when you
dig into what's happening and what's coming up the pipeline,
you know a little bit like people look at the
Broncos now and say, Okay, they may not have enough
(10:38):
depth overall and other things, but hey, we got this
young guy, and we got that young guy, and you know,
the Rockies have Tobar and the Broncos have Nicks, and
you know, it's those kinds of starting points, if you will,
that you hope sooner rather than later, gets to where
you want to get.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
Jack.
Speaker 4 (10:56):
We all think that we all prepared for when we
have an opportunity to call the quits. And with Charlie's
last game expected at home against the Dodgers, we walk
our audience through what you think that that moment is
going to be like for him at Corsefield.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
Yeah, I think, you know, and talking to guys who
have played their last games. I know, talking to the
helping about it when his last game at Corsefield took place.
You tell yourself, I'm going to play the game like
it's another game, even if it is the last game
of the season. I'm sure every time he comes to bat,
(11:42):
the emotion's gonna grow. That final at bat, maybe even
to the final out, is going to be powerful for him.
And then, of course the great Rockies tradition that the
Late down Baylor started, you know, the walk around Corsefield
after that last game at course Field for a season,
(12:03):
where the players, you know, give their thanks to the
to the fans and and toss souvenirs up into the crowd,
and all of that that will, I'm sure be very
emotional for Charlie.
Speaker 2 (12:17):
Gotta be, you know. And we once again talk with
Jack Corgan, voice of the Colorado Rockies. But Charlie Blackman
announcing his retirement from baseball. Ultimately, what will be Charlie
Blackman's legacy as as a as a baseball player, as
a Colorado Rocky.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
Well, you know, I don't think the numbers are quite
enough to be a Hall of Famer, but I do
think the numbers are enough that I would hope at
some point Charlie's number is going to be retired and
be put up there and the Rockies Ring of honor,
much like the Broncos, you know, joining Larry Walker and
(12:56):
and Todd and and of course uh the Lake Kelly McGregor.
I fully expect to see uh Chuck Nasty's numbers up there.
And you know what would be the coolest thing is
to put the number up there and then have a
little beard hanging down.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
Oh my goodness. Jack Corgan, the voice of the Colorado Rockies,
absolutely throwing some heat there at the end to close
this thing out with the save. What a great job there, Jack,
I love it. I love that idea. We got to
get that. We got to get that up there in
the stand at the jersey with the little beard on it.
That'd be uh, that would be phenomenal. Jack Corgan, Voice
the Rockies, joining us talking about Charlie Blackman retiring from baseball. Jack,
(13:39):
we always appreciate the time.
Speaker 3 (13:41):
My pleasure, Benjamin and Nick. I love talking with you
guys too. You know what these times, uh, maybe one
my wife's out on one of her vacations for their girlfriends,
we'll I'll hop down to where you guys are and
and sit in for a while and we'll just talk football.
Maybe a little baseball, but we'll talk football.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
You, Oh, you were always welcome. You don't need an
express invitation. You come down here anytime. We're putting a
microphone on you. We're we're having you regalous with stories.
So Jack, we always love talking to you, brother, and
look forward talking to you again soon.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
All right, thanks guys.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
Absolutely take care. Jack Corgan, Voice of the Rockies, on
the retirement Charlie Blackman, retiring from baseball at their fourteen
years with the Colorado Rockies,
Pitch is hit well the right field, back to the wall,
so winskey to watch it fly. Touch them all time,
Charlie Blackman. Pitch, Charlie drives it the right Brennan going back.
It is gone, touch him all time, Charlie Blackman.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Welcome to it Broncos Country tonight. But with all Brian Dick, Ferguson,
Grant Smith, we're gonna go right out to the Kway,
commaspar the hotline and bring on Jack Corgan voice all
the Rockies. Big news Tonight's obviously Charlie Blackman announcing his retirement.
But we're here at the Sporty Pickley Pickleball Bar and
grill and Jack, I gotta ask you, first of all
the most important question of today. Do you play pickleball?
Speaker 3 (00:45):
I have not played pickleball yet. I think I'm one
of the few that hasn't. I still am out on
the golf course more and do the gym to try
and stay in shape. But everybody tells me I should
play keep thinking about it. Not yet though, Well.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
You got to come down here and he gotta come
out here with the Sporty pickle and try it out.
It's a bar that actually has pickleball courts in it.
I'm looking at it right now. There are people playing pickleball.
We've got two football games. A lot of stuff going
on here right now. Obvious in the big news of
the day, we mentioned it earlier, Charlie Blackman announcing his retirement.
What a career he has had with the Colorado Rockies
and what he's meant to the Colorado Rockies. I don't
(01:26):
think can be understated as a guy who sat through,
you know, several different iterations as well as some seasons
with what we knew were going to be some some
down teams and stuck it out with Colorado whether they're
chasing fame or fortune somewhere else. It's been a few
years since he's been the you know, the big time slugger,
probably since twenty nineteen, so he's really been that big
time slugger. But it's certainly been a treat to watch
(01:48):
him over the years. What is your what is your
favorite Charlie Blackman memory?
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Wow, that's that's a tough one, Benjamin. You know, I
don't know if it's a specific memory. I think it
would be more about how Charlie goes about his business.
I mean, you could maybe, say to a degree he's OCD.
But I mean, like most baseball players, they have a rhythm,
(02:15):
They have a routine to how they get ready to
play each and every day and the long schedule that
is a major League baseball season, and Charlie never deviates
from that. You know, he's fun to be around, He's
an easy guy to interview, but when he's on his
prep schedule, he's on prep scheduling and you're not going
(02:39):
to be a part of it. But I think that's
why he's played for fourteen years, because he's been so
consistent in what he does.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
Well, Jack, when you listen to how Charlie talks about
why do he played baseball? And he's loved playing baseball
ever since he was a kid, but now he said
he still loved the game, but he doesn't feel like
a kid anymore.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Well, when you hear a guy who.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
Just embodied everything about playing baseball now say that fourteen
years in, Well, what does that make you think about
what Charlie has gone through both physically and emotionally playing
for the Rockies.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
Yeah, you know, Nick, I think it's a fair question.
Speaker 4 (03:27):
You know.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
The interesting thing about baseball, I mean, like any sport.
I mean, you want to win, you want to have
a championship. I mean, that's the goal of any athlete,
especially at the professional level. But the beauty of baseball
and the challenge of baseball with all the games, you know,
(03:49):
you just go through that grind and prepare for the
next day. And the wonderful thing about it is, you know,
here the Rockies sitting with sixty wins this year and
they're thirty games behind the Dodgers, and it's not what
anybody wanted. But if you ask Jerry Shemmel or me,
you know how much fun we've had in the booth.
(04:11):
You know, I could probably rattle off one hundred games
where it was fun to be there that night, even
if it wasn't to win for the Rockies, because that's
what baseball does. I mean, it's so different from the
other sports in that regard. And I think Charlie's pulling
the plug because the level of consistency that he has
(04:35):
maintained for all these years just gets tougher and tougher
as you get older, and you know that's the challenge.
He's got a couple of young children now. He loves
to fish and hunt, and you know, I just think
he's all over the Rockies record books. He's going to
(04:55):
be second in almost every category offensively. Todd Helton personally,
I'm thrilled that he's gonna be another one of those
one uniform guys. He's played fourteen years for one team
and in all sports now that's becoming increasingly rare. So
(05:18):
when you get a guy who's played his whole career
and one uniform, that's pretty special.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Talking with Jack Corgan, voice of the Rockies here and
talking about Charlie Blackman, who has announced his retirement at
the end of this season, Yeah, I think you hit
the nail on the head there. There's something for me,
and that is you know, it's being my age. I mean,
I'm fourty three years old. I've grown up largely in
the era of free agency, and it's rare that you
(05:47):
see those players that stick it out with the team
their entire career. Is one of my favorite players played
for four teams. And Nolan Ryan. I mean, I did
see George Bretton mostly stay with obviously stay with Kansas City,
so I kind of strat those eras, but you don't
really have a lot of that anymore. It fills me
with the sort of sense of wonder of what this
generation thinks of guys who played their entire career for
(06:09):
a team.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
Yeah. I think it's at the risk of sounding old,
of course I am old, But I think, Benjamin, some
of it is as you do watch all these seasons
go by, and you appreciate the accomplishments, the incredible accomplishments
of baseball players, and when you sit and look at
(06:34):
it and you get those guys like it Charlie Blackman,
like a Todd Hilton that were just one uniform for
a you know, a mid market team in terms of
baseball money. That says something about their characters, says something
about their commitment, And for me, that's what's made it fun.
(06:58):
I mean, I'm gonna miss having them, or you know,
be weird not having that big beard and the mullet
haircut and all of that, But I guess somebody else
will have to assume that role.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
Well, speaking of that, Jack who now stepped into that
captain type role for for the Rockies right now, which
I'll be expecting to retire on Sunday.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
Yeah, you know, that's a good question, Nick, I think, uh,
you know, certainly, you'd look first at Ryan McMahon, who
has really kind of assumed some of that, more so
this year than any of the previous seasons.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
For Mac.
Speaker 3 (07:39):
You usually don't get a captain type necessarily out of
the pitching staff, just because it's a different animal than
the guys who play the positions every day. But but
Kyle Freelan's a big boys in the in the clubhouse,
even as a starting pitcher, so I think he helps
(08:00):
in that regard. And to be honest with you, guys,
if you ask me, you know who are the leaders
on this team? It's the two kids, Tovar and Doyle.
I mean, people just appreciate how they go about their business,
learning from a guy like Charlie Blackman, and you know,
with great careers potentially ahead of them, I think they're
(08:23):
the two that will be looked up to by guys,
even guys older than them, as leaders on the team,
much like those veteran guys knew early on that Derek
Jeter was the guy, even when some of them were
ten twelve years older than Jeter was. It's interesting how
leadership unfolds and it'll be fun to watch how it
(08:46):
goes for the Rockies.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
Moving forward, well, tying into that, what is the state
of this Rockies team? Because I know what this year
was obviously brutal, but you look at it, there are
a few flashes here. I mean, Tovar is a budding
star in this sleep. It's like a pretty solid player.
If totally get that batting average out to go with
the power, he could be something over there. What is
the state of this team as it stands?
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Well, you know, if you look at the macro and
you see that they're sixty and ninety five or sixty
and ninety six with six games to go, you kind
of go, oh man, there's a long road. And I'm
not saying the road's easy, but when you go behind
the numbers a little bit and you look at this
(09:32):
last stretch of playing twenty seven straight against the playoff
teams or playoff contending teams, and they've played five hundred
They played the first eighty one games, or the first
half of the season with a winning percentage in the
low trees. Since that point here in the second half,
they're in the mid fours. That's still not where you
(09:54):
want to be, but where you look at the progression
and you see the young kids in the bullpen. You
see Ryan Feltner, for example, looking like he's finally started
to figure it out. Can they make that, you know,
quantum leap like Kansas City did to go from you know,
(10:15):
a team well under five hundred to a playoff contender.
I don't know if I could take them that far,
but I think this is a better team when you
dig into what's happening and what's coming up the pipeline,
you know a little bit like people look at the
Broncos now and say, Okay, they may not have enough
(10:38):
depth overall and other things, but hey, we got this
young guy, and we got that young guy, and you know,
the Rockies have Tobar and the Broncos have Nicks, and
you know, it's those kinds of starting points, if you will,
that you hope sooner rather than later, gets to where
you want to get.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
Jack.
Speaker 4 (10:56):
We all think that we all prepared for when we
have an opportunity to call the quits. And with Charlie's
last game expected at home against the Dodgers, we walk
our audience through what you think that that moment is
going to be like for him at Corsefield.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
Yeah, I think, you know, and talking to guys who
have played their last games. I know, talking to the
helping about it when his last game at Corsefield took place.
You tell yourself, I'm going to play the game like
it's another game, even if it is the last game
of the season. I'm sure every time he comes to bat,
(11:42):
the emotion's gonna grow. That final at bat, maybe even
to the final out, is going to be powerful for him.
And then, of course the great Rockies tradition that the
Late down Baylor started, you know, the walk around Corsefield
after that last game at course Field for a season,
(12:03):
where the players, you know, give their thanks to the
to the fans and and toss souvenirs up into the crowd,
and all of that that will, I'm sure be very
emotional for Charlie.
Speaker 2 (12:17):
Gotta be, you know. And we once again talk with
Jack Corgan, voice of the Colorado Rockies. But Charlie Blackman
announcing his retirement from baseball. Ultimately, what will be Charlie
Blackman's legacy as as a as a baseball player, as
a Colorado Rocky.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
Well, you know, I don't think the numbers are quite
enough to be a Hall of Famer, but I do
think the numbers are enough that I would hope at
some point Charlie's number is going to be retired and
be put up there and the Rockies Ring of honor,
much like the Broncos, you know, joining Larry Walker and
(12:56):
and Todd and and of course uh the Lake Kelly McGregor.
I fully expect to see uh Chuck Nasty's numbers up there.
And you know what would be the coolest thing is
to put the number up there and then have a
little beard hanging down.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
Oh my goodness. Jack Corgan, the voice of the Colorado Rockies,
absolutely throwing some heat there at the end to close
this thing out with the save. What a great job there, Jack,
I love it. I love that idea. We got to
get that. We got to get that up there in
the stand at the jersey with the little beard on it.
That'd be uh, that would be phenomenal. Jack Corgan, Voice
the Rockies, joining us talking about Charlie Blackman retiring from baseball. Jack,
(13:39):
we always appreciate the time.
Speaker 3 (13:41):
My pleasure, Benjamin and Nick. I love talking with you
guys too. You know what these times, uh, maybe one
my wife's out on one of her vacations for their girlfriends,
we'll I'll hop down to where you guys are and
and sit in for a while and we'll just talk football.
Maybe a little baseball, but we'll talk football.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
You, Oh, you were always welcome. You don't need an
express invitation. You come down here anytime. We're putting a
microphone on you. We're we're having you regalous with stories.
So Jack, we always love talking to you, brother, and
look forward talking to you again soon.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
All right, thanks guys.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
Absolutely take care. Jack Corgan, Voice of the Rockies, on
the retirement Charlie Blackman, retiring from baseball at their fourteen
years with the Colorado Rockies,
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