Dick Monfort over the years never wavered in his stance that the Rockies would never trade Troy Tulowitzki. He said it more than once.
“The goal is to keep those two guys for their whole careers,” Monfort said last year about Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez. “They are the (team’s) best players.”
Rockies’ owner Dick Monfort, left, answered questions for more than an hour on Twitter, regarding several topics, including his team’s chances this season. (Doug Pensinger, Getty Images)
But late Monday night,
Monfort, in Denver on Tuesday, said behind teary eyes: “This was a tough one.”
“He is near and dear to my heart,” the Rockies owner said of Tulowitzki.
Monfort on Monday night talked to a “stunned” Tulowitzki by phone, with general manager Jeff Bridich.
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