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.
(credit: CBS) Coors Field stands on 76 acres of land at 20th and Blake in downtown Denver. The venue opened in 1995 after the Colorado Rockies played their first two seasons at Mile High Stadium. The first game played for fans at Coors was April 26, 1995, when the Rockies beat the New York Mets 11 to 9.