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Rockies’ Charlie Blackmon bids adieu to Coors Field in emotional finale: “This exceeded my wildest expectations”

It takes a lot to overwhelm Charlie Blackmon. Blazing fastballs rarely did. Neither did the intense pressure of big-league baseball. But Sunday afternoon’s festivities at Coors Field in front of a sellout crowd of 48,320 fans left the Rockies’ four-time All-Star outfielder gobsmacked. “This exceeded my wildest expectations, and it’s just been incredible for me and my family,” the 38-year-old Blackmon said after playing the 1,624th and final game of his career in a 2-1 loss to the Dodgers. Blackmon’s going-away party included words of adulation, video tributes (from former Rockies greats Nolan Arenado, Trevor Story, Todd Helton and Walt Weiss), multiple standing ovations and goosebumps aplenty. The Rockies even gifted Blackmon a Toyota Tundra truck, adorned with the team logo on the side and his No.

 

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