A Tip of the Rockies Cap to Ellis Burks

Two of my Colorado grandchildren were headed to Coors Field the other day with their dad and uncle to watch the hapless Rockies try to win one for a change. Did we have any Rockies caps that the six-year-old and four-year-old could wear? My daughter wanted to know.

I knew we did. Her request sent me to the basement, to emotionally fraught territory. Down there sits a box — one of many, actually — that holds memories unbearably bitter and sweet.

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Two of my Colorado grandchildren were headed to Coors Field the other day with their dad and uncle to watch the hapless Rockies try to win one for a change. Did we have any Rockies caps that the six-year-old and four-year-old could wear? My daughter wanted to know.

I knew we did. Her request sent me to the basement, to emotionally fraught territory. Down there sits a box — one of many, actually — that holds memories unbearably bitter and sweet.