DENVER -- Kyle Karros ’ dream was wild.

“I had dreamed of hitting a walk-off home run against the Dodgers, like, forever since I got drafted by the Rockies,” said Karros, whose father, Eric, played most of this career with the Dodgers. The elder Karros often had sons Kyle and Jared (a Dodgers pitching prospect out with an elbow injury) with him when he served as a guest coach in Spring Trainings; he now serves as a commentator on televised Dodgers games.

“I’ve dreamed of, like, pounding my chest and showing them my logo, doing all this stuff,” Karros said.

Karros was much more his cool self in the reality of his first Major League home run -- a two-run, sixth-inning shot when the Rockies were within hoping distance in the eventual 11-4 loss to the Dodgers -- with Eric Karros there t

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