The conversation right now is focusing on what lies ahead for Brad Hawpe, as he’s a free agent able to negotiate with any team in the league. Rockies fans, however, would prefer to reflect on the past, and what Hawpe represents. Says SB Nation Denver:
Brad Hawpe And The Passing Of Gen R
Brad Hawpe is no longer a Rockie. Clint Barmes is unlikely to return. Gen R is officially oveR. And so goes the most successful stretch in Colorado Rockies baseball history. Holliday, Hawpe, Barmes, Atkins ... these men were supposed to form the core of a contender around the superstar first baseman Todd Helton.
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Gen R is no longer with the organization, but it's certainly not because they failed. They brought excitement back to 20th and Blake for the first time since The Bombers of the mid-90s. They brought Colorado its first ever World Series. They gave us some of the most memorable and inexplicable games in baseball during that stretch.
There has been something of a quiet changing of the guard in Colorado, as the team no longer much resembles the team that made a title run just a few years back.
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