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Jim Rooker knows what you’re thinking. Yes, he’s glad Pittsburgh Pirates play-by-play announcer Greg Brown didn’t dare utter the words Friday night after a nine-run first inning against the Colorado Rockies. “If we lose this game, I’ll walk back to Pittsburgh.” The Philadelphia Phillies made Rooker regret making that statement on the KDKA Radio broadcast June 8, 1989, when they …

Baseball is simply a different sport at Coors Field. That worked out to the Colorado Rockies’ benefit on Friday, in one of the wildest games of the year. The Rockies trailed 9-0 after the top of the first inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates. They trailed 16-12 after the top of the ninth. And yet, they won 17-16. Advertisement Center fielder …