Editing Colorado Rockies (section)

==Rivalries==
[[File:4th of July Colorado Rockies - Arizona Diamondbacks game, Coors Field, Denver, 2009.jpg|thumb|Rockies-Diamondbacks 4th of July game, 2009]]
The Rockies developed an on-and-off rivalry with the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]], often attributed to both teams being the newest in the division.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2007/10/08/rockies-diamondbacks-rivalry-on-deck/|title=Rockies-Diamondbacks rivalry On Deck}}</ref> Colorado had joined the NL West in 1993, while the Diamondbacks are the newest team in the league; founded in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/19439-who-should-colorado-sports-fans-call-a-rival|title=Who Should Colorado Sports Fans Call a Rival?|website=[[Bleacher Report]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna23405609|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201023037/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna23405609|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 1, 2021|title=Rockies-Diamondbacks have the looks of Long Term Rivals to come|website=[[NBC News]] }}</ref> The two teams have met twice in the postseason; notably during the [[2007 National League Championship Series]], which saw the Rockies enter the postseason as a wild card, and went on to upset the division champion Diamondbacks in a sweep en route to the franchise's lone [[2007 World Series|World Series appearance]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eastvalleytribune.com/sports/2007-nlcs-just-start-of-d-backs-rockies-rivalry/article_d72844bb-9966-5dff-a2b5-b4886dd0fb6c.html|title=2007 NLCS just start of D-Backs-Rockies rivalry?}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://denvergazette.com/sports/colorado-rockies/rockies-rattled-by-diamondbacks-fall-prey-to-arizona-bats-as-senzatela-exits-early/article_17c9c37f-22d2-5cc7-804d-a8d0d43cde2e.html|title=Rockies rattled by Diamondbacks, fall prey to Arizona bats}}</ref> The two teams met again in the [[2017 National League Wild Card Game]], which Arizona won.

The Rockies also have clashed in divisional matchups with the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] and [[San Francisco Giants]] particularly as both teams often thwarted the Rockies' postseason ambitions by winning the division. The Rockies have never won the NL West while the Dodgers and Giants have combined for 21 division titles since the Rockies began play in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2021/07/17/rockies-nl-west-rivalry/|title=Longing for Rockies team worthy of an NL West rivalry}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.purplerow.com/2020/7/14/21320289/colorado-rockies-sb-nation-reacts-los-angeles-dodgers-arizona-diamondbacks|title=Who do Rockies fans see as the team's biggest rival?}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/colorado-rockies-which-team-is-their-biggest-rival|title=Colorado Rockies: Which Team is Their Biggest Rival?}}</ref>