Rockies best Dodgers, wind as Bud Black earns 1,000th managerial win

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The trivia question stumped Bud Black: Who was the opposing team's center fielder when he got his first win as a major league manager all the way back in 2007?

Answer: None other than good friend and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts.

"I did not know that," Black said.

Understandable. That was lot of wins ago.

C.J. Cron drilled a two-run homer on an afternoon when the whipping wind made flyballs an adventure, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-4 on Sunday to give Black his 1,000th win as a bench boss.

Black became the 66th skipper to reach the milestone. He improved to 351-360 with Colorado after going 649-713 with San Diego from 2007-15.

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Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black, left, congratulates first baseman Connor Joe after the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers Sunday, April 10, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

His first managerial win was with the Padres on April 3, 2007, against the San Francisco Giants, who had Roberts in center.

"I like math," Black said of his big moment. "It’s a round number."

In typical Black fashion, though, he deflected the attention toward his team. He preferred to chat about Ty Blach and his four-inning save as the lefty made his first major league appearance since September 2019.

Or how the Rockies took two of three for their first home series win over the Dodgers since Aug. 9-12, 2018.

So his players did the speaking for him — after Black was doused in suds in celebration, of course.

"It's special. It's a lot of wins. You don’t just magically wake up one day with 1,000 wins," Cron said. "It tells about