 the grand junction rockies are a minor league baseball team in the pioneer league based in grand junction, colorado, united states, where they play at suplizio field. they are the rookie affiliate of the colorado rockies. the grand junction rockies mascot is corky coyote. == franchise history == the butte copper kings, named for the once-powerful owners of the copper mines of butte, montana, began play in the pioneer league in  as a co-op team with players from the philadelphia phillies, oakland athletics, seattle mariners and texas rangers organizations as well as a few free agents. beginning in , the franchise had been operated by silverbow baseball corp. it was sold in  to the goldklang group in a move necessary to stem conflict-of-interest issues when silverbow head jim mccurdy had taken the position of president of the pioneer league in . silverbow had attempted to sell the franchise in 1994 to investors from california, but the deal fell through when it was discovered that the would-be owners had lied about their personal financial backgrounds.{{cite web |title=jury rules in favor of former cooper ki
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