The Rockies did the bling thing up right.
“Gorgeous,” Jeff Francis said.
“It’s beautiful, something I would actually wear,” Garrett Atkins said.
“They did a great job and they put their hearts into making it,” Todd Helton said.
Newcomer Scott Podsednik, who won a World Series ring with the White Sox in 2005, said of the Rockies’ 2007 National League championship ring: “I don’t know much about jewelry, but it is an incredible ring.”
With a Coors Field crowd of 42,865 looking on, the players, coaches and staff got to see their rings for the first time during a ceremony before Sunday’s Rockies-Diamondbacks game, which Arizona won 5-2 in 10 innings.
The rings are made of white gold and each has a total weight of 1.25 carats. The ring has 69 diamonds and is adorned with a purple amethyst “CR” on top.
On one shank, there are eight stones, representing the team’s seven playoff wins and its dramatic 13-inning wild-card tiebreaker win against San Diego. That shank also has the word “Rocktober.”
The second shank has each player’s last name, along with his uniform number and the NL logo.
Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post
