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The original owners of the Rockies.
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Gate D - home plate.
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The Rockies have no retired star players, so there's a statue of some random imaginary dude outside.
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Looking into gate D.
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Leave your deer hunting gear in the car.
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A look up the little tower at the home plate corner.
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The cornerstone. Actually, all of the bricks say Coors Field in them.
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Looking north at the park wall.
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Yes, they played an all-star game there. (and it sold out)
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The field from the 300s. The tables are for some dinner they were having that night.
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Me on the 300s deck.
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Me in one of the suites.
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A look out from a suite.
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Another look out from the suite.
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The press box.
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Holes in the wall from balls fouled back into the press box and into the plasterboard. It takes a lot more than a gentle tap to do this.
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Visitor's clubhouse. Dig the carpet.
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Visitor's clubhouse, and the tour guide.
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Bathroom in the visitor's clubhouse. (The sharps box was installed prior to the Giants game for Barry Bonds' steroid needles.)
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Visitor's batting cage. That astroturf was originally in Kaufmann Stadium in Kansas City, so George Brett (sort of) stood here.
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A reminder of the altitude for visitors.
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Me in the visitor's clubhouse.
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Me in the visitor's clubhouse.
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On the way to the field.
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Visitor's dugout.
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Looking out from the visitor's dugout.
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On the warning track. Those heaters and barriers are because of the dinner that night.
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Looking out at home plate.
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The home dugout.
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The home dugout.
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Looking out from the home dugout.
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Looking back at the fans from the dugout.
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Me in the dugout.
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That blue lever turns on and off a heater under the seats. It's also made by NIBCO in Indiana, where me, my dad, and my sister used to work.
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Me on the warning track.
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A look from in front of the dugout.
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The tunnel to the clubhouse.
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The door on the umpires' room.