Charlie Blackmon confirmed up at Rockies Fest on Saturday with a brand new haircut and a brand new title.
The veteran Colorado Rockies outfielder, who retired on the finish of 2024 after spending all 14 of his Main League Baseball seasons with the franchise, was introduced because the group’s latest particular assistant to basic supervisor Invoice Schmidt. Based on a launch from the Rockies, Blackmon will help in all areas of baseball operations.
Though Blackmon misplaced his trademark mullet in between his final MLB sport on the finish of September and Saturday’s debut along with his new rule, he was nonetheless rocking the beard that helped make him “Chuck Nazty” to a technology of Rockies followers.
“I simply felt it was time to scrub it up slightly bit,” Blackmon stated.
That dedication he confirmed to the Rockies all through his profession the place he was a four-time All-Star and two-time Silver Slugger helped launch the subsequent part of his baseball life.
“The Rockies are a extremely nice group,” Blackmon stated. “They have been unbelievable to me and my household. And it is actually nice to have the chance to proceed to be concerned and proceed to be across the group and the sport. I am very enthusiastic about this 12 months and the chance.”
Blackmon stated he’ll probably be concerned in some scouting this season in addition to spending time in Scottsdale, Arizona, with the Rockies throughout spring coaching and educational drills. That, he stated, permits the eagerness he felt for the sport of baseball to proceed in one other avenue.
“I do not suppose you is usually a participant at this stage the quantity of competitiveness you’ll want to have to achieve success within the huge leagues, after which simply flip baseball off,” Blackmon stated. “I am unable to try this, so I used to be going to be round it, whether or not I used to be shopping for a ticket or watching on TV, or no matter it might be. However I am glad that it is an official capability across the group.”
“A man like Charlie, baseball would not simply depart you,” added Rockies supervisor Bud Black, who managed Blackmon for the ultimate eight years of his profession. “It is in his blood. Some guys are capable of stroll away when it is over. Charlie’s not a kind of guys.”
Blackmon added that this function, for now, wasn’t full-time, giving him time within the months after his on-field retirement to spend along with his household whereas additionally studying one other aspect of baseball.
“I do suppose that this primary 12 months, I will spend an entire lot of time with my household, and I am simply glad to have the ability to have that baseball outlet,” Blackmon stated.
All quotations obtained firsthand except in any other case famous.
