The 2025 Colorado Rockies are so bad the team's on-field performance is starting to spread to the rest of the organization. Rockies security guards found themselves on the wrong end of an interaction ahead of Thursday's game, refusing to let a Philadelphia Phillies player on the field because they didn't recognize him.

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Colorado Rockies are so bad that the team's on-field performance is starting to spread to the rest of the organization. Rockies security guards found themselves on the wrong end of an interaction ahead of Thursday's game,

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Philadelphia Phillies vs. Athletics MLB game to be played on May 23, 2025 on ESPN.