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Article: FLAT TASTE AT COORS FIELD (OR, THIS THUD'S FOR YOU).(Sports)(Column)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- May 20, 1999
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Byline: Mike Littwin Denver Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer
I kept waiting for the thud.
It would have been hard to pick out among all the explosions at Coors Field on Wednesday, so I might have missed it.
The thud comes when you hit bottom. And let's face it: If the Rockies didn't hit bottom on this day at Coors Field, it was the only thing that wasn't hit.
If you weren't keeping score - I was until it just began to seem redundant - the visiting Cincinnati Reds batted around four times. They tied for their most hits - 28 - in franchise history, but, then, they've only been in the major leagues since 1876. They hit six homers. Of course, it was the fifth time ...