Word History: Like Latin in Europe and elsewhere, Sanskrit has been used by the educated classes in India for literary and religious purposes for over two thousand years. It achieved this status partly through a standardization that resulted from a long tradition of grammatical theory and analysis.
For other uses, see Colorado Rockies (disambiguation). The Colorado Rockies are an American professional baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. The Rockies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. The team's home venue is Coors Field, located in the Lower Downtown area of Denver.
The Colorado Rockies team, one of the newest teams in major league baseball, has had some success in its short 16 year history. Established in 1993 as a National League West division franchise, the team has already won two National League Wild Card spots (1995, 2007) and a National League pennant (2007).