The Rocky Mountain Way

The Nolan Arenado trade is many things: It symbolizes a franchise nadir for the Rockies, it has broken a fanbase, it is potentially franchise-killing, and it was completely inevitable. The impasse between Arenado and Rockies management has been slowly growing over the past few years and push finally came to shove.
The return is terrible for Colorado, but they had no leverage. And no one feels bad for them since it's their own damn fault for it. Years of poor personnel decisions and a focus on short-term gains undid them in the end.
This video will try to explain the situation in a rather roundabout way. Yes, that is Portal and Half-Life music you are hearing in the background.

[@Aviator43]

I feel terrible for Rockies fans. They finally see success and then ownership does nothing and watches it burn.

[@shermanngjazz]

They could've made a better-than-2007 run but nope, it's tank time!

[@GlAsseshalf]

I used to watch a lot, but fuck this

[@obijuanquenobi1911]

That’s basically the Chargers as well. Remember when Marty coached the Chargers and he got fired from a 14-2 season? I know they didn’t start having losing records immediately but the ownership decided to add more pain to themselves. Edit: Also, RIP Marty. Sad that you never got a ring. Fuck you Spanos

[@smith3907]

@@obijuanquenobi1911 RIP marty

[@conspo5533]

I’m from denver but never watch the Rockies since I heard they were a$$

[@NerdNest83]

The Colorado Rockies: Professional Baseball's Rocky Mountain Oyster.

[@MrJackson5280]

They actually sell them at Coors field.

[@MetFanMac]

Outstanding.

[@JettySpaghetti1]

Can’t wait till you cover JJ Watt getting released

[@jacobschechter1345]

I’m very much anticipating a congrats Texans in the offseason

[@adamthespinygiant]

@@jacobschechter1345 or even a Legacy of Failure (or Bullshit)

[@landonpatton7997]

@@jacobschechter1345 waiting on it too. Didn't think he went hard enough on the cursed city video

[@AutoArtemAuto]

@@adamthespinygiant Houston Football: A Legacy of Ineptitude. Featuring Bud Adams and Cal McNair.

[@kmversion1]

Jack Easterby is a hack

[@darealconman]

The Houston Texans: The Second Coming of the Hue Jackson-era Cleveland Browns

[@EliMarszalek]

Except the Texans are going to suffer for much, much longer.

[@sciencewho5775]

UT needs to make a video about this STAT

[@djtrankilo231]

@@EliMarszalek and Houston is a bigger market, but is starting to look very toxic to play in. So they're more like another Adam Gase-led New York Jets

[@chazzruiz4928]

Gotta love how this is a Rockies video and were still laughing at the texans

[@obijuanquenobi1911]

@@EliMarszalek I’m starting to imagine the Browns suddenly start winning super bowls while the Texans go 0-51 (They’re adding an extra game which makes it 17 games) in the next few years. At this point, anything’s possible and I wouldn’t be surprised.

[@maxmarschke8042]

We could give you our best player in franchise history for literally nothing but why don’t we give you a crapload of money too

[@demonkingbadger6689]

The one times trade nixing Bowie Kuhn would have been of use.

[@lelouchvibritannia4028]

At least we have the Avs and Nuggets. The Broncos and Rockies are garbage.

[@canoncoriell9105]

@@lelouchvibritannia4028 Broncos used to be good tho tragically. 3 bowls and multiple divisional championships

[@jaedog53]

Force trades - ON

[@megaluscus]

yep this killed my want to be a rockies fan... hope he sells the damn team

[@aidengraves7737]

To quote Tony Schivone: "Hmph, that'll put butts in the seats!"

[@yomommasan292]

**Butts in Colorado's seats diminish greatly**

[@philly_sports1558]

WCW proceeds to collapse and is bought by Vince McMahon two years later....

[@justinhillenburg9286]

@Cold Snap Didn't help that Hogan and all of his buddies had a stranglehold of the company. Happened again in TNA/Impact Wrestling.

[@ahmeddemha6112]

@@justinhillenburg9286 In the interest of fairness TNA was fucked long before Dixie brought in Hogan & Bischoff.

[@nextimrose7188]

@@ahmeddemha6112 Really, how?

[@BondandBourne]

Last time I was this early Todd Helton was still on the Rockies

[@Cool_Hand_Luke]

Was Larry Walker still there too?

[@BlackPantherFTW]

@@Cool_Hand_Luke ^

[@damage175]

Hmm god those were the days

[@azulinrose7936]

@@Cool_Hand_Luke and O'Dowd

[@jasonschrantz342]

I was a groundskeeper at coors field for 10 years. Everything you hear about this team is true. They are completely lost.

[@brock1120]

how do you get a job as a groundskeeper in the mlb?

[@advantageous111]

@@brock1120 its easier than you think

[@Aburner960]

@@advantageous111 really

[@henrycalde1991]

@@advantageous111 ok how?

[@jmoneymaker96]

My royals currently are completely lost as well. John Sherman only cares about a new stadium with a shitty team. True we won in 2015 but we had 2 good years since I’ve been alive.

[@Papashaft]

As a dodger fan, I feel bad for the Rockies. They are really strong team and it’s a tragic how their ownership just lets them burn

[@foxygirl6035]

*I hate u* - me, a giants fan

[@slider903]

As a Marlins fan they have my pity. I know what it’s like.

[@Charles_Groebs]

I’m a Twins fan and I feel bad for them. They had the pieces but refused to build off them.

[@azulinrose7936]

O'Dowd should've had a better successor than Jeff, Rox would've been in contention with the Dodgers for awhile, i mean Rockies did well against Dodgers even last year.

[@CaptainMaggott]

I suppose Dodgers fans would know what it’s like for ownership to fuck everything up

[@JRodizAwesome]

They have to sell the team, preferably to someone who wants to win.

[@TheBmb2jn]

Everyone wants out of Houston James Harden JJ Watt Next Deshaun Watson

[@JRodizAwesome]

@@TheBmb2jn True, but I was referring to the Rockies, aka the Texans of the MLB.

[@TheBmb2jn]

@@JRodizAwesome oh ok. Lol. True

[@jpthomas9491]

Rockies fans: *sad and angry about the Arenado trade* Houston Texans fans: "First time?"

[@Jack_Rockies5]

I think it would be the other way around letting DJ go then Cargo then Tulo then Arenado then Holiday Then Walker so I think the rockies would say first time to Texans fans

[@mistertaz94]

Philadelphia Eagles Fans: *staring at photos of T.O.* Youre with company my friends

[@demonkingbadger6689]

I think i saw a Texans fan. They were putting him in a straitjacket.

[@ILoveIvan34]

Me over here a Texans fan and the Rockies being my second favorite team 🤢

[@jpthomas9491]

@@ILoveIvan34 F

[@beantaz3862]

Lesson: The MLB needs to vet owners like the NBA.

[@FuckYoutubeAndGoogle]

Yep, teams in the NBA don't get run into the ground by bad owners/management.

[@weregretohio7728]

The MLB needs to take Rob Manfred out back. They were talking about expansion? LMAO. They can't even manage what they have. It's a fucking joke league with a million farm teams and a lot of shit at the top. I hate complimenting the NFL or NBA, but it's still different there.

[@MNSportsJunkie101]

@@FuckKZbinAndGoogle Try telling that to the Minnesota Timberwolves or Charlotte Hornets.

[@szlava3641]

@@FuckKZbinAndGoogle Try telling that to the Knicks fans who have to deal with James Dolan

[@FuckYoutubeAndGoogle]

@@szlava3641 Try understanding sarcasm.

[@T.Angelo103]

I’ve always had a soft spot for the Rockies, the 07 team was so likable. Hopefully they can turn things around

[@RYMAN1321]

They were, but shit the bed against Boston.

[@Corywinget81]

@@RYMAN1321 it's like they were all elated and high off that 20+ game win streak. Boston won that game by walking off the bus. They stopped playing and started thinking

[@kcollier2192]

IMO owners that have no interest in winning championships should sell their team. A sports team is a business but there HAS to be more to running a successful team than just being profitable. If you've no desire to WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS then why do you own the team? Invest in another business and let someone else with the money and desire to do so have the team. Hell, if I were a city manager I might even make it a clause in their lease- either spend to an agreed upon league median in terms of payroll or lose the lease on the stadium. The paycheck of a single player should not be greater than the payroll of some entire teams...

[@jamesconnolly3440]

I wish I could thumbs up this post more than once.

[@AutoArtemAuto]

Best comment I've ever read.

[@theredraven]

@NormalSodaGuy I think the chances that local or national government here in the UK would start intervening in how multi-billion pound Premier League football teams player payrolls are managed is pretty slim. And as a Manchester resident, I'd be pretty pissed off if the local council started wasting time faffing around with such things for either United or Manchester City when they can't even get the potholes in the roads fixed quickly.

[@LudaChez]

That's why there needs to be a salary FLOOR. There should be some sort of algorithm that predicts what minimum a team can spend. It's not fair to say every team has to spend 140 million or something but every team should be capable of spending around 100. Certain areas maybe 80. Other places should be higher like a LA and NY (which don't have issues spending anyway but you have to give it to everyone so maybe they have to spend 140). And depending on what you make it goes higher. So my team the Marlins for instance start them at 80 (it's at around 60 now entering 2021 season). If the team gets better and revenue goes up so does your floor. Let's say 2021 is very profitable. Now it's 90. Then 100. Then it can stay somewhere there. Don't like it? Sell the team. In a league where the Dodgers, Mets, Yankees, Red Sox, Angels, Astros and such have to retool their teams to AVOID SPENDING TOO MUCH then why should other teams be allowed to spend 30 million when the "cap" is like 210? It's ridiculous

[@ngarcia103]

@@LudaChez If for nothing else, I'm in favour of a salary floor simply because it'll shut up the fans of certain teams from bragging about how much they don't have to spend in order to win.

[@manzac112]

As a Diamondbacks fan, I kind of feel bad for one of our arch-rivals. I still don't forgive them damn Rockies for what they did to us back in 2007.

[@zienwolf]

Thanks. I miss the good old days.

[@GoombaGuy1996]

Padres fans are more pissed. Holiday still hasn't touched home plate.

[@elcadejo9996]

At least the D Backs have a world series Rockies dont

[@nateschendel4585]

@@zienwolf don't worry the rockies are our personal doormats in Milwaukee And that sums up 90 percent of our postseason wins You don't get why Wisconsin needs the packers because we need to fund every other failed team here Badgers bucks n brewers never won anything sadly

[@Ariana321]

Well now your teams both have something in common too; you both got robbed of your star players by the Cardinals.

[@sirhomer8871]

As a Rockies fan, I think you didn't nearly go hard enough. Why not go all the way back to Helton and his near disappearing act to Boston? What about the "Blake Street Bombers" and how we wasted all of that talent? There's so much that you left out, but maybe it's for the better. I really hope Nolan gets a ring now. Same with DJ and Dahl. Same with Story and Grey and Senzatela and Freeland and Marquez when they get out of town. Meanwhile, the best bar in LoDo will still rake in buttloads of money for an owner that doesn't deserve it.

[@TheNMan64]

If he does a Legacy of Failure video, itll probably cover those teams

[@ethanwilliams7811]

Being from Denver area, if it wasn’t for the fans we have the franchise would have moved away.

[@GAPSYO3O1]

Colorado fans are too loyal. Should’ve stopped supporting the Rockies a long ass time ago.

[@scottpugh100]

The Rockies have never had any real fan support, outside of us few real fans. People use the Rockies as a social night out and don't really ever care about the game. It's been that way since the late 90's

[@MIKELIN8]

Here's the truth: Colorado is scared to death that Arenado ends up a Dodger. So thye send him to St. Louis (baseball heaven) along with a wad of cash. What sense does it make to trade your best player, and pay the other team to take him? Especially when the other team probably has more money than yours.

[@AmericanMetalhead100]

And I don't want the ladies crying cause the stories sad. It's just the rocky mountain way, it's better than the way we had...

[@JacobTobin0195]

Song goes hard in GTA IV

[@CheeseMasterSports]

Good song

[@SmoothCriminal12]

Anyone back here after they opened the vault for an inferior Kris Bryant? Eh who am I kidding? Even with a NTC, he'll be gone withing 3 years to save some money.

[@sizzledan31]

The Evan Longoria trade is no longer the biggest gut punch to a young MLB franchise in the past 10 years

[@FuckYoutubeAndGoogle]

What? Evan Longoria was past his prime when he got traded, he was an average to slightly above average player, Arenado is a superstar.

[@RockiesCanada]

Rays are used to it and it always works out for them in the long run too

[@GoombaGuy1996]

Well the Longoria trade was just the usual Tampa Bay type move. The Arenado trade is just a tragedy.

[@greenfroppy212]

As a Rays fan I miss Longo every day

[@bayareasportsfan04]

Eh, no. I'm a Giants fan and he has regresaed badly. I'm surprised we still have him

[@michaelpurnell5203]

The Rockies and the Pirates futures are so fucking bleak dude, it’s sad to see two teams that I like be so hopeless

[@matthewhall1467]

I literally played small ball as a kid for the Raytown Rockies. Fuck we even used the same primary colors and alt. Colors. I FORGOT THE COLORADO ROCKIES EXISTED UNTIL JUST NOW. Fuck

[@SomeGuyWhoPlaysGames333]

At least you’re not a Mariners fan. 20 year playoff drought and no sign it’s going to end anytime soon.

[@thomasfuchsjr]

Minnesota t wolves: Professional Basketball's road kill

[@ggMwaniki]

Oh I would love this. I'm not a wolves fan but seeing the management waste prime Kevin Garnett so badly that he refused to retire his jersey there disgusted me

[@sawyertuide7636]

@@ggMwaniki And you wanna know why? Because Glen Taylor is an ass. The “BOB is a hack” line can be adjusted to him too

[@jameswg13]

Maybe Brendan Rogers can do something Me: when did Brendan Rogers leave Leicester

[@milesanderson4970]

He comes to colorado during the summer to stay busy 😂

[@yinzer2231]

He just beat Liverpool 3-1 i dont think he is going anywhere.

[@RoxRock4ever]

I am a long time Rockies fan, and... it feels hopeless. In a way it never has. In the past, even during those doldrum years of 2011-2015, it still felt like there was a chance. We had 2007 as a good memory, and were competitive in other years. And why this one hurts the most? We were good. We had a real chance. Back to back playoffs. Pushed the mighty Dodgers to game 163 even. Multiple superstars, a rising pitching core. All we freaking needed was a little bit more. But now... It's gonna be years. Unless an unholy amount of luck comes our way. Like, 10 years kind of wait minimum. Until all the waste and bad decisions finally flush out and we somehow strike a vein of great players. This is not easy for me to admit. I am, or at least was, the eternal optimist. But it is harder now to do that than ever, and I really mean that. No year feels more hopeless than this one.

[@sirfallsalot2000]

I honestly don’t think that it’s a greedy owner. Think of it as arty Moreno. He wants to win, but he also wants to be involved.

[@FelipeYoshioCordeirodeSouza]

@@sirfallsalot2000 more like incompetent

[@Rromantiq]

The worst thing about being a Rockies fan is that I was born a couple of years before the franchise was which means I can't even tell other baseball fans I was born a Rockies fan but admit to them I became a fan of them by choice.

[@Corywinget81]

I grew up a braves fan watching them on TBS before the Rockies were instituted. As soon as I got a hometown team I was on board. But I won't do this anymore. I'm a Cardinals fan now.

[@austinharshman1538]

Thank you for actually talking about this. So much that comes out of Denver tends to get swept under the rug since we’re not a market like NYC, LA, etc.; especially when it comes to the Rockies. It’s been so exhausting being a fan of this team. It’s been this way my entire life time (I’m 23) and this was the final straw. I’m still in disbelief over all of this. Change has been long overdue here and I hope that people actually put their money where their mouth is and not support this poor excuse of an organization.

[@lelouchvibritannia4028]

At least we have the Avs and Nuggets. The Broncos and Rockies are garbage.

[@FelipeYoshioCordeirodeSouza]

Now please go to the fucking NBA Finals

[@vince11harris]

@@lelouchvibritannia4028 😂😂 the nuggets?

[@FelipeYoshioCordeirodeSouza]

​@@vince11harris yup, maybe?

[@nou7611]

At least y’all have 2007 tho I hope the Rockies ownership changes

[@Salty_fenrir]

2022 update... This is still the case. Signed Kris Bryant to a big deal, and nobody knows why. The team sucks.

[@ilanschinagel6619]

The nuggets are good but not good enough to win. The broncos have talent but can’t find a qb to save their lives I can’t appreciate how good the Avs r cuz I don’t watch hockey And the Rockies... well, I don’t wanna talk about it

[@GAPSYO3O1]

Nuggets are always in purgatory sadly, wish they could get to the chip but seems like there’s always some bullshit in their way.

[@joshuagamboaii741]

#FireBridich.

[@seanisnthere]

As a lifelong Rockies fan up to the point Nolan was traded, this was cathartic.

[@lelouchvibritannia4028]

At least we have the Avs and Nuggets. The Broncos and Rockies are garbage.

[@FelipeYoshioCordeirodeSouza]

It's funny because of Kroenke

[@davidstebbins4140]

@@lelouchvibritannia4028we can have actual faith in the Broncos. They at least try to build a winning team.... Rockies are dead to me

[@fatboy1333]

THIS

[@lelouchvibritannia4028]

@@davidstebbins4140 True.

[@kayceeyou]

Rockies ownership know the fans will come regardless. Denver is 100% a football city. Rockies are there for summer drinking..stopping by Coors while traveling to bars in Lodo, Lohi and Rino.

[@ilznidiotic]

Brandon "My Town Has a Baseball Team? Are They any Good?" Perna

[@Icemaskgang]

As a cardinals fan... all I have to say thank you Rockies for the best 3rd baseman in baseball, and thank you for taking our garbage

[@ylee5923]

AAaaand, the Cards took some of that money from the Rox to pay the Angels to take Dexter Fowler off our hands. Thank you, Rox! 👍

[@S0RGEx]

I really like the Rockies' color scheme, shame they're in such a state.

[@saulgoodman.exe_]

But they wear those off brand yankee pinstripes instead of their purple jerseys. Not only do they fail in player management but also in basic team branding

[@dairylandsportswi]

@@saulgoodman.exe_ assuming you’re another Yankees fan crying that other teams use pinstripes, which aren’t restricted to them

[@saulgoodman.exe_]

@@dairylandsportswi No I'm a Nationals fan who just doesn't like the Rockies pinstripes. Pretty sure everyone can agree that the purp jerseys are 🔥

[@petermoore7796]

purple is such an underrated color in sports. wish more teams would take advantage

[@thegreatone5984]

@@dairylandsportswi pinstripes look ugly anyways so

[@grapes481]

Rockies logo looks like a website from1995.

[@widiwoqm1544]

I miss the logo with mountains

[@FunWithMemesFunWithMemes]

Make one about the Oakland Athletics, they just lost Liam Hendriks, Marcus Semien and Khris Davis because their owner is crying poor despite having a net worth of $2.4 billion

[@BernardGarcon]

Should've bought Gamestop stonks when they were on the rise

[@Obi1Classic]

2.4 billion? Damn that's disgusting...

[@AEMoreira81]

They want a new stadium and aren’t getting one. I have to wonder if following the Raiders to Vegas is an option. In Vegas, they would have the baseball market to themselves and the Coliseum could be downsized to a minor league ballpark or demolished. (Oakland Arena is still a popular concert venue and so that isn’t going anywhere soon.)

[@reedermh]

Khris Davis is past his prime, so they were smart dumping him on Jon "The Moron" Daniels, the Rangers idiot GM. Plus he paid Oakland to take Andrus (and then paid the Yankees to take Odor).

[@ZWeinstein15]

Dam I'm so early Pouncey's snap hasn't sailed over Ben's head yet.

[@noah_that_bills_fan1613]

Well he retired sooooo

[@darealconman]

Both Pouncey brothers retired

[@alexcorrea7931]

I feel bad for the Rockies. They are just restarting all over again.

[@Awolfx]

Restarting would imply that there's hope for something greater in their future. Not happening with Monfort around.

[@Rromantiq]

Actually we're just stuck in purgatory

[@sawyertuide7636]

@@Rromantiq I think this could get better cuz look at what the Marlins did when we thought they were fucked, but Monfort isn’t Jeets. This is the type of trade you don’t recover from. Look at the Texans with DeAndre Hopkins or the Senators with the Matt Duchene fleecing.

[@WillTheTrainFan]

Guys, hot take: 56 PEOPLE CAN’T BE FIRST!!! NO ONE CARES ANYWAY!!!

[@mattwonders5566]

nobody cares about you

[@derpmcgerp8062]

THAT'S NOT TRUE, I CARE VERY MUCH WHO'S FIRST! 😤

[@WillTheTrainFan]

@@mattwonders5566 says the guy who used to have an EDP profile pic

[@LGPanthers1]

Token insufferable Cards fan here: I laugh, but I also cry for the state of the MLB. It's almost as elitist focused as the NFL, and that's a massive problem.

[@tehbeernerd]

It’s worse than NFL

[@ngarcia103]

I'd say it's MORE elitist focused than the NFL...

[@aralskt4319]

Last time I was this early to a video J.J. Watt was still part of the Texans.

[@realchad8355]

It's so hard to be a rockies fan sometimes. On one hand, you have the best minor league teams on hand, and the prospects are coming up are playing well. But on the other hand, you are losing players like crazy. With story, lemahieu, arenado, Dahl, and others gone, it seems hopeless. Now, we trade fan favorite Joe for a bullpen arm (which we need but really had to be joe?!), and want to trade cj cron, who led the nl on homers for half a season, and Brendan Rodgers, fresh off a gold glove, for what? Trejo, toglia, and montero all need more time to develop in minors/majors, before shoving them in as starters with barely any league experience. Trejo isn't ready to start, same for montero, and toglia needs a bit more AAA time, or back up an aging blackmon as RF. Also please don't make blackmon a dh, he's still a good defender

[@stopbadrecommendedvideos1373]

Colorado Rockies: scouting players for the Yankees and Cardinals since 1993

[@GetBenched2010]

Tree, if Pittsburgh can get their fans back, (who never showed up for a winner even in the disco Willie era,) after 2 decades of being very open about not giving a shit, Colorado fans will come back after a single series sweep.

[@beantaz3862]

And whatever the Indians will be called.

[@tylershep4220]

The problem is that fans WILL still go to the games. Coors Field is a beautiful park with beautiful sunsets where you go to see beautiful hits. Casual Rockies fans, thousands of them, fill up the seats because going to a baseball game in Colorado is a good way to spend an afternoon. Monfort is going to keep making money as long as he fields a decent-ish team. This has been the reality in Denver for almost 30 years and it's not changing anytime soon. The Rockies have never won a World Series game, haven't won a playoff game other than one Wild Card matchup since 2009, and they've never won the division. But, Rockies fans that grew up going to Coors Field love the team and the money keeps flowing in.

[@Shadow12aven]

Agreed, I don’t watch nor care for baseball but people will still go because it’s something to do on a spring or summer Friday evening. Denver is one of the most sunniest cities in America and those days tend to bee very mild and chill getting to watch a sporting event with a beautiful sunset

[@mebsterr]

And are new Face Of The Franchise “Trevor Story” has also left

[@russellkaufman2381]

Rockies FO when they trade a franchise star for a bag of chips: this is the way

[@foxygirl6035]

*hey, I’ll give you Trevor Story for your sourdough starter and 2 rolls of tp*

[@russellkaufman2381]

@@foxygirl6035 oooh that’s too much toilet paper for Trevor story. 1 roll and a bag of flour makes more sense to me.

[@foxygirl6035]

alrightee then

[@foxygirl6035]

*madden trades; colorized*

[@edu95596]

If you’re a Rockies fan, please. I’m begging you. Find a new team to root for.

[@king_rich0088]

This is exactly what I have been waiting for. Destroy this franchise tree, they deserve it Little edit: the cardinals made the wild card with aranado. I relish in this. For the remaining fans of the rockies, this is the most success you'll see for the rest of the franchises life is seeing the greatest player in franchise history have success in a different city

[@ndep93]

Kevin Pillar in September: The mood in this room is BLEAK! Kevin Pillar in February: Jacked up just pulling up to get a COVID test in the Mets' parking lot. How bad WAS it in Colorado?!

[@justinnzamora5366]

This really is going to be rough time for baseball fans in Colorado. The Rockies have thoroughly failed Nolan Arenado. At least they have the Avs and Nuggets.

[@jakebuchsbaum3348]

And the broncos I think as well are veering on the right path they are building a pretty young core

[@ChiefBlue4298]

@@jakebuchsbaum3348 as long as Drew Lock doesn’t suck, they should fight for a wild card spot

[@UserName-ts3sp]

@@jakebuchsbaum3348 they need to get a new qb... at least for a year or two while lock takes time to develop

[@itsnghtmre4363]

Revisiting: Houston is already in store, especially if they trade Watson now that JJ's gone. What a shit storm

[@sawyertuide7636]

More so “Revisiting: Houston Texans” bud yes. And probably in the same form as the “We’re a team” video

[@nateschendel4585]

Jj watt will be coming home to LAMBEAU FIELD We are probably the only reasonable shot to keep the devil franchise out of the super bowl

[@bolbyballinger]

JJ Watt was the heart and soul of the Texans. Deshaun gave the fans hope. Now, they have neither.

[@Obi1Classic]

I'm certain Houston will be revisited, but we gotta see what they do with Watson first. A lot riding on that decision.

[@sawyertuide7636]

@@Obi1Classic I think it will only be the Texans. Astros are still in playoff contention and Rockets look quite surprising without Harden. Recent skid for the Rockets but if they retool right they can be back in the mix soon.

[@djtrankilo231]

As a Cardinals fan, I'm just shocked Mozaelik actually did something big since acquiring Goldschmidt. Perhaps even bigger, since we've been wanting Arenado for years now.

[@xaviorbufkin7250]

Same I thought we were not doing anything besides resigning yadi and waino. Definitely a pleasant suprise

[@ChiefBlue4298]

It’s a move they very much needed to make and they did

[@djtrankilo231]

@@xaviorbufkin7250 too bad Wong went to Milwaukee. Hopefully Carp can eat his salsa again

[@xaviorbufkin7250]

@@djtrankilo231 yea I don’t think we will miss Wong too much with edman at second. Hopefully carp can get hot again.

[@benbroxterman336]

I feel a “Days of our Texans” is coming next season.

[@sawyertuide7636]

*Game of Texans

[@brendonle8146]

Or Keeping up with the Texans

[@seankessel3867]

How does any one man have this much in-depth knowledge of every franchise in every pro sport? It's kinda depressing tbh. Dude could prob have 2, 3, 4 advanced degrees w the time invested in this info.

[@STTDB1990]

Who's here after Jeff Bridich resigned?

[@Kilaco1337]

Thank you, Thank you for making this. I remember when I was a child and the Rockies became a team playing at Mile High. I grew up watching this team and hate what they have become. This was a straw that broke every Rockies fan's back. Radio stations in Colorado are actively telling fan's they should no support the team... and they're right. At this point after so many years of talent being allowed to walk away for nothing, talent being traded for next to nothing, refusing to go after talent in free agency, A revolving door that is a factory of sadness. I couldn't care less if the team was sold and left Denver.

[@ojoemojo]

I really can’t see myself being a fan of this team anymore.

[@AltezzaGang15]

ThEn Go

[@zienwolf]

There are no fans of this team. Coors field is just a tourist attraction where one of the big 6 shows up and everyone inside wears the wrong colors. The rest of the tickets are handed out as workplace prizes to folks who just show up to drink and chit chat.

[@lelouchvibritannia4028]

At least we have the Avs and Nuggets. The Broncos and Rockies are garbage.

[@dakotawhitehouse9391]

@@lelouchvibritannia4028 Even the Broncos have a brighter future than the Rockies.

[@lelouchvibritannia4028]

@@dakotawhitehouse9391 True.

[@tylerroe5175]

Ever since the insane ‘07 World Series run that ended in an absolute annihilation, the Rockies have never felt or been the same. The organization is still carrying the weight of that downright embarrassing World Series sweep. If I could buy the org and fire every single person in the front/back office, I would. That team needs to be gutted to the bones and totally rebuilt. Their rebuild needs a rebuild

[@skippythealien9627]

it'd be one thing if the Rockies traded Arenado...the fact they traded him for 1/1000th of the value you could have gotten for him is embarrassing

[@jeffreylasky2737]

As a fan since it’s beginning in 1993, yes this hurts. Life will go on & im still a fan. But a lot of what Mr. Tree was spot on.

[@austinrickert1972]

As a Dodgers fan I feel bad for the Rockies..They always have talent and always find a way to fuck it up

[@thegreatcalvinio]

The succubus has started taking from Houston: James Harden, Russell Westbrook, George Springer, DeAndre Hopkins, JJ Watt, and possibly Watson...

[@Painkiller-1997]

At least Houston won’t have to suffer in the hockey world. Unless Arizona croaks.

[@foxygirl6035]

I’m a sharks fan, I can relate

[@Gearhead221]

As a St. Louis sports fan, I have one thing to say. HEHEHEHEHEHE

[@ryancvecko9735]

The comment when Arenado said “at least I’ll be going to a team that’s competitive” kills me

[@thomasfuchsjr]

The Milwaukee Brewers: A legacy of Failure

[@_blackclover]

as a cardinals fan, i’m sorry colorado, but thank you.

[@joshuastar77]

Plz remake a Texas rangers video, they now have no talent, all they have is Gallo and that is it.

[@joshuastar77]

Wow, 2 years later and we are in the ALDS. We still have Lowe, Garcia, Heim, and 2 of the 3 are All Stars. While signing Marcus Semien, Corey Seager, Nathan Eovaldi, Andrew Heaney, Jacob Degrom, Travis Jankowski, Robbie Grossman, Mitch Garver, and more.

[@CSLGSKS]

You aren’t being hyperbolic at all. The only reason the franchise isn’t defunct is because we love baseball so much here. You could field a team that loses 110 games every year and we’d still show up.

[@ArchetypeApollo]

Stopped being a Rockies/baseball fan when we traded CarGo. This isn’t new.

[@Joe-xp8rb]

Agreed losing CarGo was the beginning of the end

[@ArchetypeApollo]

@@Joe-xp8rb it’s a damn shame with how fast Colorado is growing as a state.

[@lelouchvibritannia4028]

At least we have the Avs and Nuggets. The Broncos and Rockies are garbage.

[@keegannguyen5207]

@@lelouchvibritannia4028 I mean, Broncos are looking good in future, the goddamn Rockies though

[@lelouchvibritannia4028]

@@keegannguyen5207 I don't know about the Broncos. I still support them, but fuck John Elway. He was an awful GM who only had our success between 2011-2015 due to scouts and coaches.

[@allenelliott2114]

As a Rockies fan, we've always known this was true, but the whole ordeal is the breaking point for a lot of us. I will never spend another dime on the Rockies while Monfort owns it. I'm far from the only one too. Can you imagine being a kid in Denver right now? Not only did they just lose all their current paying fans, they probably just lost the next generation too. Thank you for exposing these clowns.

[@tjloeffler]

Rockies have been, and always will be nothing with Monfort owning the team. You have to either be smart or have deep pockets to have a good baseball team, and the Rockies are perpetually dumb and cheap. I’m fed up as a fan, and as much as I have missed going to the ballpark what with COVID I don’t see myself supporting this team until Monfort is gone. Great video Tree

[@edwardpadgett7373]

As a Rockies fan, this hurts, but it's completely and utterly accurate. #firemonfort #firebridich

[@troyjuhn7346]

Literally there in a hopeless situation with no future and no pieces to built around and you traded your franchise player for nothing. Sad

[@awkwardcultism]

*less than nothing

[@Wattywattybangbang]

Angels, Phillies, and Mets are the exact same thing. Hire a bunch of old star players and have no bullpen and nobody else, and play like garbage. The fact the Angels are terrible is the most embarassing thing in sports. Clueless owners creating the illusion of a good team. Like the Yankees with less money.

[@tomassantos87]

At least the angels have Trout and Rendon

[@tomassantos87]

And at least my Mets have DeGrom Thor and young talent but the bullpen is just so bad

[@Wattywattybangbang]

@@tomassantos87 that's... exactly what im talking about... these teams have multiple hall of fame players and nothing else, just like the Rockies have had Aronado, Story, and Blackmon. They should be good, instead they're concerned about looking good.

[@jordanwashington-allende8978]

Anytime you post anything MLB related I start screaming fuck yes

[@xanzibar5374]

They only reached 1 world series. 2007. They got swept by the Red Sox.

[@hagamapama]

to be fair that 2007 Sox team was pretty epic. Ortiz and Manny still together, youk, Pedroia, Ellsbury, and the best year Mike Lowell ever had. On the mound, Schilling's last hurrah and the rise of Jon Lester. And of course, Papelbon at his most overpowering manning the end of the bullpen with the sneaky southpaw Hideki Okajima setting him up.

[@turntsnacox9555]

Rockies did not even sell out game 3 & 4 of the 2007 World Series 😂 Pathetic!

[@agent45625]

A team that prefers cheap solutions to long term development? Sounds to me that the Rockies management might have pulled a Ballard on the Rockies fans. Now fans in Denver might start developing the same kind of feelings towards their team as the Maple Leafs did when Harold Ballard was still alive.

[@favre4ever39]

I mean the Rockies and underselling on their stars has been a routine.

[@viper6525D]

Not gonna lie, I hate how hard Colorado has fallen. 2017/18 were amazing for the NL West as both Dodgers, D-backs and Rockies were in a dogfight for first. The tension was great for baseball. Now to see the Rockies window slammed shut like this is just sad.

[@carson9980]

Rockies need a new owner. I get COVID was tough and they lost money but Monfort has never really invested in his team even before the pandemic.

[@theman1412]

Did Rockies Management see this video? I guess that explains Kris Bryant 😃

[@ChiefBlue4298]

Now Arenado is balling out with the Cardinals, the trade is looking worse and worse for the Rockies

[@alexdotson3917]

What’s worse about this now, is that the Rockies have one of the best home records in baseball. While this sounds great, they still have the worst road record, even surpassing that of the DBacks, who had a 20+ road losing streak. As Tree put it, ownerships only goal is to “put asses in seats”

[@madden555warfaresr.5]

The Rockies probably make their money on seats from visiting fans. For series against the dodgers and cubs, there are more of those fans than there are Rockies fans.

[@BrasilianFury]

Yankees and Red Sox fans as well when the AL East comes to visit. It's...unfortunately, a trend.

[@wyatthill6252]

And the Giants since California transplants colonized Denver

[@chop54321]

The whole Coors field power thing is the most overblown, exaggerated the idea in all of sports

[@Evan-pd6gt]

I have been mad at the Rockies for years. But still go to the ballpark because it is honestly an experience you will not get in 95% of major league parks. It really is an incredible stadium. But this was it, I’m no longer a fan and will not give a dime to that organization. Goodbye gorgeous summer evenings at 20th and Blake.

[@beaker4311]

i feel bad for the rockies fans too. when they went to the world series, i was rooting for them cuz it wasnt a big market team. i feel like owners of small market teams know the value of the team is gonna grow, so they wanna maximize their profits rather than invest in making the best possible team. im not saying they need to become the dodgers or yankees. just pay players and dont trade them away as soon as it becomes cheaper to not pay them. this ownership sucks

[@daman7805]

Tree is gonna have a field day with the J.J. Watt story

[@rjante2236]

After hearing what he meant to the Rockies fanbase, I hated to see Arenado traded. I hope the Cardinals take care of him.

[@Ariana321]

We will... And the fans are going to make sure he feels welcome here too.

[@bcat010]

I've seen quite a few Rockies fans on twitter saying they're gonna start following the Cardinals since Arenado is now there. I feel bad for Rockies fans, or whatever is left of that fanbase now.

[@loganhunter7717]

The Monforts need to sell the team. Yesterday.

[@hawaiianshirtguy_29]

I was thinking of the Colorado Rockies today.

[@cjisawesome3686]

@Urinatingtree You should do a Colorado Rockies Legacy of Failure 🤔.

[@cjisawesome3686]

@Cold Snap Alright okay I wasn't sure what his standards were.

[@Legoboy9800]

As a Rockies fan, watching the team you love trade or release multiple fan favorites over the past decade makes you more and more apathetic towards them. Its going to reach the point to where even if they start winning (highly doubt this will happen anytime soon), no one will really care because there is no trust between the fans and management. Tulowitzki, Arenado, LeMahieu, Helton, Holliday, and countless others deserved better than the way they were treated in Denver.

[@sergiom.a.1236]

This hurts. This really fucking hurts. Life is pain and you cannot fire yourself.

[@Slicky_59]

As a rockies fan this is spot on. Screw management #firebridich

[@BrasilianFury]

Thank you for making this. This entire fucking ownership and GM deserve every bit of shit they get and then some until they're fucking gone!

[@A.C.T1997]

The Rockies have known about their issues for a while but instead of trying to do something about it, they do absolutely nothing and pretend they are a good team. If getting big name players was an issue and you feared that they wouldn't perform, they could have just looked at the player's they were interested in and looked to see what their numbers were like when they played against the Rockies. But they didn't do that. The Rockies need new ownership.

[@Joe-xp8rb]

Not going to happen

[@wyatthill6252]

Giants fan here. They might be in the middle of a rebuild after their dynasty, but at least they're not the Rockies. Oof