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am a unique Rockies fan because even though I love the Rock-ies, I hardly ever get to see them. Why? Here’s the story.... My husband Rob is the true purple-wearing Rockies fan and

sees them ALL the time. He suspiciously gets tickets days beforethe opening game and goes with his friends. Does he have an extrafor me? Answer: no, because his friend got an extra ticket for himand by then it’s too late for me to take a day off.

He suspiciously takes time off at the last minute so he cansneak out with his work buddies during work without me. Hesneaks out his purple shirt in the car that morning! Somehow myinstincts tell me he’s been at the game because I smell a Rockie Dogon him, or he walks in with a Rockies shirt on his arm. Hello...deadgiveaway!

Sometimes he tells me AFTER he’s been to the game becauseit’s after the fact, or he’s stupid enough to tell my teenage daughterand brag about going to the game. He says, “Don’t tell mom,” butshe winds up telling me anyway because she can’t keep a secret.

Ask him to take a day off with me...no way. Got an extra ticketfor Opening Day? No, my buddy got ’em. All season: got an extraticket? No, my buddy got ’em. It’s like a broken record.

So when I really want to go to a game, I have to buy my owntickets and nicely invite my husband—only because I hate to drive intraffic in Denver and he knows the secret cheap parking spots. Whogot tickets to Sunday’s 1 p.m. game? Me. Who pays for them? Me.

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am the BIGGEST Rockies fan around. I wear purple and bleed purpleevery day. I have managed all three baseball teams at my school for the

past four years and my plan after high school is to become an MLB Scout! Ialways make my family wear some kind of Rockies gear during games. If Ican’t watch, I make my family text me the scores and we have XM Radio tolisten to the games. I wear two Rockies bracelets every day and I have a piggybank that is wearing a Rockies shirt! (His name is Spilly.)

I am even wearing a Rockies purple prom dress this year to prom. Myschool gave me five tickets to a Rockies game for my volunteerism during base-ball season, since they all know how much I love the Rockies. I love the Rock-ies because they were born in 1993 and so was I. I even have had a Rockiesbirthday cake for the past four years! I have some autographs and I even wenta few years back to the Sky Sox to see Tulo! My dream is to meet and getTodd Helton’s autograph some day, as I did a big report on him my freshmanyear and got an “A.” Thank you for letting me be a HUGE FAN!! - “YourStory, Our Team” submitted by Alicia Thornberry, Woodland Park, Colo.

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YEAR OF THE FANfeature

Who got championship game tickets? Me. Who paid for them? Me.But we were sooo lucky to get to go to that last game and sweep the Di-amondbacks before they went to the World Series that year!!!! It wasincredible...and chanting TU....LO.

Well, we’re both really big Rox fans...my husband loves the Roxand so do I!!! Go Rockies!!! - “Your Story, Our Team” submitted byMarianne and Robert Baker, Conifer, Colo.