Rockies Mailbag: Weighing Bud Black’s Future With The Team

Denver Post sports writer Patrick Saunders with the latest installment of his Rockies Mailbag. Pose a Rockies- or MLB-related question for the Rockies Mailbag. We have several questions regarding the future of Rockies manager Bud Black, who does not have a contract for the 2025 season and has deflected direct questions about whether or not he will return for another year.

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On June 12, young Eaton angler Daniel Geiger set out for the small, few-acre pond at Greeley’s Allen Park with a specific prize in mind. He wanted to become a “Master Angler” — a goal the ambitious 10-year-old fisherman had been feverish pursuing. But the prize Geiger would walk away with that day was one that even he couldn’t have fathomed. On that late-spring day, Daniel — with a slight assist from his father, Ryan Geiger —hauled in an absolute behemoth on a mere piece of corn. Daniel caught a fish about 2/3 as big as he is, a 37-inch grass carp. It was a fish bigger than most people’s dogs. It turned out to be a new Colorado state length record for the species. On June 12, young Eaton angler Daniel Geiger caught this 37-inch state-record grass carp from Greeley’s Allen Park pond.