Two days shy of the greatest game in Rockies history — that game, the purple chin-slide winner — Troy Tulowitzki nailed a grand slam against Arizona to set a National League rookie home run record for shortstops. His 24th homer willed Colorado forward through Rocktober. But Tulowitzki set the record in Game 161. Trevor Story, his replacement nine years later, reached that mark in Game 96 on Friday at Coors Field. The rookie shortstop turned on a pitch from Atlanta’s Dario Alvarez in the sixth inning and hit a baseball seemingly as high as it traveled far, 421 feet to the...
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