DENVER (AP) -- After a champagne celebration at Coors Field, the Colorado Rockies headed to Los Angeles with a playoff berth in their back pocket and another goal in mind: snatching the NL West title from the reeling Dodgers....
Playoff-bound Rockies Still In Nl West Title Hunt
By ARNIE STAPLETON, Associated Press
Fri, 10/02/2009 - 4:19am
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