Shadows from four F-16 Fighting Falcons are seen during a flyover to kick off the Colorado Rockies’ home opening game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Coors Field in Denver on Friday, April 3, 2026. The jets were from the Colorado Air National Guard’s 140th Wing out of Buckley Space Force Base. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Seven-month-old Charles Snow wears a tiny Colorado Rockies hat before the Rockies’ season home opener against the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, April 3, 2026, at Coors Field in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
Gregoria Buñuelos, aka “Mexican Elvis” greets fans before the Colorado Rockies’ season home opener against the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, April 3, 2026, at Coors Field in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
Baseball fans walk down 20th street before the Colorado Rockies’ season home opener against the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, April 3, 2026, at Coors Field in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
Courteney Garcia, right, and her daughter Skyla, 8, and Courteney’s boyfriend Estevan Garcia, left, have a laugh together entering Coors Field for the Colorado Rockies’ home opener against the Philadelphia Phillies at Coors Field in Denver on Friday, April 3, 2026. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Colby Wold, 6, of Trinidad, sports Colorado Rockies stickers during the Rockies home opener against the Philadelphia Phillies at Coors Field in Denver on Friday, April 3, 2026. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Four F-16 Fighting Falcons flown by the 140th Wing, Colorado National Guard out of Buckley Space Force Base, fly over before the Rockies’ season home opener against the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, April 3, 2026, at Coors Field in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
Colorado Rockies mascot Dinger gets the crowd hyped before the Rockies’ season home opener against the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, April 3, 2026, at Coors Field in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
Manager Warren Schaeffer (4) of the Colorado Rockies runs onto the field before the Rockies’ season home opener against the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, April 3, 2026, at Coors Field in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
Catcher Hunter Goodman (15) of the Colorado Rockies fouls one out offa pitch by pitcher Aaron Nola (27) of the Philadelphia Phillies in the first inning of the Rockies’ season home opener against the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, April 3, 2026, at Coors Field in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
Pitcher Michael Lorenzen (24) of the Colorado Rockies pitches in the first inning during the Rockies’ season home opener against the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, April 3, 2026, at Coors Field in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
Catcher Hunter Goodman (15) of the Colorado Rockies goes to the mound to talk with pitcher Michael Lorenzen (24) of the Colorado Rockies after giving up seven runs in the first inning during the Rockies’ season home opener against the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, April 3, 2026, at Coors Field in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
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Shadows from four F-16 Fighting Falcons are seen during a flyover to kick off the Colorado Rockies’ home opening game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Coors Field in Denver on Friday, April 3, 2026. The jets were from the Colorado Air National Guard’s 140th Wing out of Buckley Space Force Base. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)