Duane Espy began his first season with the Casper Rockies as the team's coach in 2007. This will mark his fifth year in the Colorado Rockies organization.Prior to working with the Casper Rockies, Coach Espy served as the hitting coach for the Colorado Rockies

Colorado Rockies

The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. Established in 1991, they started play in 1993 and are in the West Division of the National League. The team is named after the Rocky Mountains...

 baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 franchise. He held this post since 23 October 2002. The 2007 seasons marks his 37th season in professional baseball.

Espy has helped farm back-to-back RBI champions (Preston Wilson

Preston Wilson

Preston James Richard Wilson is a retired professional baseball outfielder. He played in the major leagues from 1998-2007. He is both the nephew and stepson of former New York Mets star Mookie Wilson...

's 141 RBIs in 2002 and Vinny Castilla

Vinny Castilla

Vinicio "Vinny" Castilla Soria is a former Major League Baseball third baseman who played his best years with the Colorado Rockies and Atlanta Braves...

's 131 RBIs in 2003).

Sources

• Colorado Rockies bio