Dick Monfort was quite formidable on the mound – of snow, thatis.Shovel in hand, the Colorado Rockies owner joined a crew of teamemployees helping to dig out snow-covered Coors Field, clearing theway for the Rockies and New York Mets to finally play ball.This is one assignment that didn’t give him cold feet, just asore back.Well worth it, though, to try and squeeze in a doubleheaderagainst the New York Mets on Tuesday. Although the game started at5:10 p.m. EDT, first pitch had been pushed back two hours to finishclearing the field. At the scheduled game time, there were stillpiles of snow in front of the Rockies dugout and along theright-field line.Now, there’s hardly a trace of snow around.Monfort had plenty of company removing the snow, as vicepresident Bill Geivett – wearing a heavy Montreal Expos jacket –and chief baseball officer Dan O’Dowd also scooped snow off theturf as well.Even Sandy Alderson, the GM for the Mets, pitched in on a bankof snow near the team’s dugout.”It looks like they want to see a game today,” Monfortsaid.Especially the Mets, who haven’t played since Saturday afterhaving two straight games wiped out by weather. Wintry conditionsin Minneapolis on Sunday forced the game against the… Read full this story
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