Keeler: Rockies even had Denver youth league coaches shaking their heads Saturday

It was a youth league play Only the youth leaguer sitting next to me would never have done it That s illegal Easton English mentioned The -year-old from Parker then rose higher in his seat in Section at Coors Field That is Illegal Sure is When you re on the express train to -plus losses you re going to come up with creative avenues to lose over games The Rockies managed to find a new one on Saturday against the big bad Yankees The Local Nine gave up a -spot in the top of the fifth that featured three walks seven hits batters and a viral moment from second baseman Adael Amador As Yankees first baseman Paul Goldschmidt looped a single over the infield and into short right the sublime gave way to ridiculous At contest speed Amador appeared to lose his glove in midair as the ball went whizzing over his head Only on replay it didn t look as much lose his glove as fling his glove at the ball during mid-flight I haven t talked to him about that Rockies interim manager Warren Schaeffer disclosed after Colorado was smushed - dropping to - in a season that s still got games left I m not quite sure what that was We ll get to the bottom of it Really young Easton already did MLB rule C awards the batter and runner three bases if the fielder is adjudged to have deliberately thrown his glove at a live batted ball and revealed glove touches that ball There s no penalty if the ball is not touched or the removal is perceived to have been accidental Amador reported The Post s Corey Masisak through an interpreter that the glove accidentally slipped The umpiring crew agreed Amador stayed in the match Goldschmidt s single made it - Yankees The Bronx Bombers plated two more after that to put the competition away so the airborne glove became a moot point But back in Section where Easton was watching the challenge with his family it became another Rockies learning experience Another perfect example of what not to do Easton you see is a center fielder with the Parker Knights -and-under baseball band His father Kevin English is one of the Knights assistant coaches Related Articles Rockies Adael Amador Glove slipped off when jumping to field line drive by Yankees Paul Goldschmidt Rockies implode during -run fifth inning routed by Yankees to fall to - A decade after Rockies nearly took him No in Mickey Moniak feels he has more in the tank Ryan McMahon Rockies end slide with comeback win against Yankees at sold-out Coors Field Futility Tracker How bad are the Colorado Rockies You ever see a flying glove in Parker I required Kevin Never seen it he replied You ever teach a flying glove in Parker I sought Never would teach that he countered Don t think it would ever come up beyond t-ball English brought the crew to th Bleak because it was a rare Saturday matinee and because Yankees slugger Aaron Judge was in town He expected various jaw-dropping moments He didn t count on a teaching one I mean that was like U ball that one Kevin declared That a multitude of runs in an inning That s what youth baseball is all about Come for the party deck stay for the life lessons The Rockies are - since firing manager Bud Black and Colorado finishes May with the Cubs and Mets on the road Everybody knows it s not Bud s fault Kevin revealed That s a good baseball guy right there Kevin knows good baseball guys In the English family the pastime is more than a legacy deal it runs in the blood Kevin s dad Randy was a pitcher at Oklahoma State in the late s As a Poke his position coach was Tom Holliday father of Rockies legend Matt Holliday and grandpa of next-gen baseball standouts Jackson and Ethan Every now and then my dad messages me Hey the Rockies they just stink don t they ' Kevin chuckled I m like Yeah ' Yet English wants to watch the games with his son the way his dad watched games with him Even if it means forking over to the association directly for streaming access or per month I like bringing my son out because I m trying to teach him young Kevin continued It s a competition of failure right You re going to fail more than you succeed Watch them do the little things Watch them hustle Watch them just do little things over and over before the play ' Watch them chuck a glove at a single while it s in the air It s kind of funny because my son never really revealed a ton of interest in baseball before this year noted Kevin who yes named his Easton after the iconic baseball equipment company I never made him play I m not going to be like that But this year kind of his first year at it we re going pretty good In fact Dad says their Knights had more wins than the Rockies nine as of Saturday night Must be the coaching Are you rooting for the Rockies or Yankees I sought Easton Yankees How come Aaron Judge What advice would you give Rockies players right now They should pretend it s a scrimmage and have fun Don t worry if people are on base Just do what you do Please don t You know Easton solicited me Are the Rockies any good It s like They re not that good no But you know they have been good They have been to a World Series Rocktober that was fun But you just tell them like Hey you re going to be on teams that aren t inevitably the best right They re not inevitably good but your attitude and effort is what you can control when you go out there and you play hard right So yeah You know the Rockies are not going to be bad forever He chuckled again At least you hope not Want more sports news Sign up for the Sports Omelette to get all our analysis on Denver s teams