Denver Post: Sports

Saturday was Larry Walker’s night, but it was Brandon Belt’s game.
After the Rockies retired Walker’s No. 33, the Giants veteran first baseman smashed 846 feet worth of homers to slug first-place San Francisco past Colorado 7-2 at Coors Field.

Denver is a Broncos town. While football doesn’t define a great city, nothing brings Denver a greater sense of community than football. So on this Sunday, on a stadium off Federal Boulevard, when 75,000 fans are reunited in orange with the team for the first time since COVID-19 forced us apart, how great is it going to feel?

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