Bud Black, the longest-tenured manager in Colorado Rockies history, was fired in his ninth season as the team slides toward a historically bad season.

The Colorado Rockies are off to a 7-33 start, one of the worst in major league history. That led to the firing Sunday of manager Bud Black.

As wretched as is the 2025 season is for the Rockies, there is one team that has actually recorded a poorer start to a season after 40 games and that takes us back to 1988 and the Baltimore Orioles. After 40 matches, the O’s were 6-34 with the team actually losing their opening 21 games.