All the losing nearly reduced lefty Kyle Freeland to tears as he recently chatted about the woeful state of his hometown team. It's a gloomy situation that has the Colorado Rockies off to a 7-33 start — one of the worst in major league history — and led to the firing Sunday of manager Bud Black.

The Colorado Rockies, who fired manager Bud Black and bench coach Mike Redmond after an "unacceptable" 7-33 start, will turn to third base coach Warren Schaeffer as their interim manager, owner Dick Monfort announced.