DENVER — In a monumental day for the Colorado Rockies, the franchise introduced Paul DePodesta as its new president of baseball operations Thursday.

It’s what Rockies fans wanted to see: Somebody from outside of the organization with no ties to the Monfort family and no ties to the Rockies whatsoever who can come in with a fresh set of eyes and change the losing culture that's been here for years.

DePodesta, whose analytics savvy and ability to play salary cap tetris with the Oakland Athletics was chronicled in the 2011 movie Moneyball , appears poised to fully take the reins on the baseball side.

I specifically asked owner Dick Monfort on Thursday what his role would be moving forward in baseball operations. Rockies fans for years have been calling for him to step away from the baseb

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