Rockies’ Bud Black supports MLB punishment for “sticky baseballs,” but Kyle Freeland is skeptical Slick baseballs are a big problem at Coors Field Gene J. Puskar, The Associated Press ...

The Colorado Rockies announced the firing of manager Bud Black on Sunday, following a 9-3 win over the San Diego Padres. The Rockies have the worst record in Major League Baseball at 7-33.

Rockies manager Bud Black, who pitched in the majors for 15 seasons, considers himself something of a baseball purist. So it might surprise some to discover that Black is wide open to baseball&#821… ...

Before joining the Rockies ahead of the 2017 season, Black managed the Padres from 2007-15. He went 649-713 (.477), leading the team to just a pair of winning seasons in nine years. He was named ...

Black first managed the Padres for nine years before that, with a 649-713 mark. That means his total MLB record in 18 managerial seasons is now 1193-1403.

It's a gloomy situation with the Rockies off to a 7-33 start — one of the worst in major league history — leading to the dismissal of manager Bud Black on Sunday.

Rockies manager Bud Black won his 1,000th game on Sunday, becoming Major League Baseball's 66th manager to reach the milestone, after a 9-4 victory over the Dodgers at Coors Field.

Black is 20 years older than Rockies general manager Jeff Bridich. Yet he has come to embrace the ideas from even those who have never worn a pair of spikes but can build a database with aplomb.

Black first managed the Padres for nine years before that, with a 649-713 mark. That means his total MLB record in 18 managerial seasons is now 1193-1403.