Wednesday, October 28, 2026

The Rockies host Game 4, and Boston finishes the broom job at Coors Field

2007 · Coors Field, Denver

After a fairy-tale Rocktober, Colorado’s only World Series ends with a 4-3 loss that completes Boston’s sweep in front of 50,041.

The Rockies had won 21 of 22 and looked like a team that refused to lose. Then they met the Red Sox, who had already ended an 86-year drought three years earlier and were not in the mood for a Colorado encore.

Jon Lester kept it close. Mike Lowell and Bobby Kielty went deep. Brad Hawpe and Garrett Atkins answered, but Jonathan Papelbon closed it. The thin air helped the ball fly; it did not help the Rockies. By the time the last out was recorded, the party had already moved to the visiting clubhouse and a few thousand Red Sox fans who had somehow found tickets in Denver.

It remains the franchise’s only World Series appearance. The brooms came out anyway.

Sources: Baseball-Reference · SABR Game Project

Terrell Davis is born, and Denver eventually learns what a Mile High Salute looks like

1972 · San Diego (Broncos forever)

A sixth-round pick who became the Broncos’ all-time leading rusher, Super Bowl MVP, and the inventor of a celebration that still shows up on Sundays.

Born in San Diego, drafted 196th overall out of Georgia, and somehow turned into the engine of two Super Bowl teams. Davis still owns the franchise rushing record (7,607 yards) and the single-postseason touchdown mark (eight in 1997).

The Mile High Salute started as a personal nod after scores and became the team’s signature. He made the Hall of Fame in 2017. The career was short; the memory is not. On his birthday, Denver still tips the helmet.

Sources: Wikipedia

A Colorado Springs kid is born who will later invent deathmatch and help invent Doom

1967 · Colorado Springs

Alfonso John Romero arrives six weeks early in the Springs. Years later he co-founds id Software and helps make first-person shooters the default way the internet argues.

Born in Colorado Springs to parents who had driven there hoping for a more tolerant place, Romero started programming as a kid and never really stopped. At id Software he designed levels and tools for Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Quake while John Carmack handled the engine magic.

He is credited with coining “deathmatch.” The games that followed rewired how people spent their evenings. Colorado’s contribution to late-night internet culture starts with a premature baby in the Springs.

Sources: Wikipedia