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y story with the Rockies started the same year as their creation, in 1993. Being fromMaracaibo, Venezuela, it is hard to follow some teams. It’s a tradition to always go

for Boston, the Yankees, Atlanta or the Dodgers, especially if you are a kid (I was 8 years old).But thanks to Andrés Galarraga “The Big Cat,” my idol, and his transfer to Colorado, I startedmy journey in MLB looking forward to the two or three Rockies games that our local chan-nels would broadcast each year.

However, I constantly looked up the result in the next day’s newspaper and, with limitedresources for that decade (no Internet), I was getting into the club information, getting in-volved with the player cards, Coors Field and the famous Blake Street Bombers. Galarragawas gone by 1998, but I didn’t stop caring for that team that I learned so much about in itsshort history.

I have grown up wishing to be in Coors Field, seeing all those players and hoping for theirfirst postseason game, and their first World Series Game. I suffered during the World Seriesagainst Boston, alone, as I’ve always been a Rockies fan in Venezuela. But suddenly, I havefelt some support here in Maracaibo since 2010, motivated by the great performance ofCarGo, native of this land.

Finally, this year, I’ll be able to watch a Rockies game live, but unfortunately, not at CoorsField, but in Miami against the Marlins (in May). Coors Field and Denver are still a little farfrom my budget, but it is one of my goals and a dream to fulfill, in order to be a complete Rock-ies fan.

I wish that this short story will be everyone’s pleasure and make all Rockies fans proud.You have at least one follower from outside the U.S. since the very first start of the team.

- “Your Story, Our Team” submitted by Cesar Carvajal, Maracaibo, Venezuela

have never been at Coors Field, but watching Rox games with the “Blake Street Bombers”(Walker, Castilla, Galarraga, Bichette and company) made me love this game. In Mexico,

where I live, I try to see all 162 games. I remember 2007 “Rocktober”... that was a great time!!!It’s impossible not to love a team that enjoys the game that much.

Vinny Castilla also had a great influence on me loving this team. In Mexico, he’s a hero!!Those 40 HR years with the Rox are unforgettable!!

What can I say... I have promised myself that I’m gonna be at Coors Field someday... hopeit’s soon, and specifically in October!!!

- “Your Story, Our Team” submitted by Daniel Corona, Coyoacan, Mexico

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earing my gear on a PurpleMonday in Argentina.

- “Your Story, Our Team”submitted by Saul Palomo,

Igauazu, Argentina

Wn our recent trip to Gambia inwest Africa to help the people ofthe Gambia see by providing vision careand training to local students, Dr. KarenKuenning, Dr. Doug Keifer and I partici-pated in PURPLE MONDAY by wearingpurple shorts and accessories with ourclinic team T-shirts (we had to wear ourOneSight shirts).

That evening after clinic, during ourdinner with the team and down time at thepool, our teammates from all over the USAas well as London, France, Switzerland andCanada changed into their purple and rep-resented the Colorado Rockies as well.

Go OneSight and of course GOROCKIES!!!!

- “Your Story, Our Team” submitted by Lisa Barbour,

Castle Rock, Colo.

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