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 workforce’s latest particular assistant to normal supervisor Invoice Schmidt. According to a release 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 wash it up a bit 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 following part of his baseball life.
“The Rockies are a very 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 yr 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 tutorial drills. That, he stated, permits the fervour he felt for the sport of baseball to proceed in one other avenue.
“I do not assume you is usually a participant at this stage the quantity of competitiveness it’s essential to have to achieve success within the massive leagues, after which simply flip baseball off,” Blackmon stated. “I can not do 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 does not simply go away 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 in a position to stroll away when it is over. Charlie’s not a kind of guys.”
Blackmon added that this position, 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 assume that this primary yr, I’ll spend a complete 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 until in any other case famous.
