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  • Troy Tulowitzki Going To The Cardinals?

    Rumors usually surface during the week of the annual GM/owners’ meetings in Major League Baseball and this week is no exception.

    With this week’s meetings scheduled in Orlando, FL, there’s already major noise about all-star shortstop, Colorado Rockies’ Troy Tulowitzki being potentially dealt to the reigning National League champs, the St. Louis Cardinals. The Rockies have maintained they are not looking to trade their franchise player.

    Yet, the Rockies have not been a playoff team since 2009 and with Tulowitzki’s contract, signed through 2020, is this the right time to rethink a possible trade? The Rockies have a lot of holes, pitching being one of them. The Cardinals have a lot of strong, young pitching that could be had in a deal. There have been sources that said Cardinal’s starter, Michael Wacha is not going to be part of any deal for Tulowitzki. As seen on Twitter here:

    The Cards, fresh off a tough loss in this year’s World Series to the Boston Red Sox, feel that they were close, but with some stars aging (Carlos Beltran, Matt Holliday) and a need at shortstop, this makes a lot of sense for the Cardinals to contend again in 2014.

    One thought is Tulowitzki’s health as he has had a tough time staying on the field for more than 150 games in a season, the last time ironically enough was in his last playoff appearance in 2009.

    Tulowitzki is considered the best shortstop in the game today and would boost the Cardinals lineup instantly. Would that boost come at a price that could hinder the Cardinals’ farm system and payroll or would it give them the final piece to get back and win the World Series in 2014?

    We might find out after this week if the Cardinals think it is to get a deal done.

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  • Hikers Stranded in Colorado Rescue Themselves

    Two women who had been stranded in the Colorado Rockies during an ice storm walked out to safety on their own Friday after rescuers were unable to reach them. Suzanne Turell, 33, and Connie Yang, 32, are experienced mountaineers but got trapped for over two days below the Longs Peak summit.

    The Tumblr account set up in service of the rescue efforts reports that the women are reportedly being transported to Grand Lake, CO, though at the time of posting, their families had yet to speak to them.

    Mark Pita, a ranger for Rocky Mountain National Park, stated, “They came out on their own. They are in fine condition. They were not injured.” The Park is currently closed due to the heavy rains.

    The women were able to send a text message at 7:07 am (MT) on Thursday: “We need help. At top of Longs Peak. 13400 feet. Whiteout snowstorm. No injuries. Iced over risk of hypothermia.” Their phone batteries were dying and after authorities and friends were unable to reach the women, two search and rescue teams were sent out.

    The plight of the York, Maine, residents prompted a broad community effort to retrieve them. Text messages flew back and forth to family and friends who contacted Colorado’s congressional delegation and a private aviation firm, Colorado Heli-Ops, which was retained to drop supplies to Turell and Yang. But owner Dennis Pierce said pilots were working on flood-related demands at the time. Rocky Mountain National Park rangers also sent a party in on Thursday that was forced back by flooded roads and closures (photo below of Roaring River flooding in the Park).

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    Recent storms and flooding hampered efforts to reach the hikers. Weather in the Centennial State is notoriously capricious but current severe rainfall and flooding is breaking records as it targets the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains from Fort Collins in the north to Colorado Springs in the south. Forecasts anticipate showers and thunderstorms will continue to pummel the area through the weekend. So far, four lives have been claimed by the turbulent weather.

    [Image via Tumblr and Rocky Mountain National Park official website.]