The Colorado Rockies will play tonight at Nationals Park following a tragedy on the highest level of their organization. Team President Keli S. McGregor, 48, was discovered dead this morning in his hotel room in Salt Lake City., Keli McGregor had been traveling on a company trip with Rockies Chairman Charlie Monfort and Executive Vice President Greg Feasel.
No additional details about McGregor’s death are at present offered, based on an official statement from the club.“Words cannot describe the level of shock and disbelief that we all are feeling this morning at the loss of Keli,” Monfort said in a release. “Our thoughts, our prayers are with [McGregor's wife] Lori and the entire household as we all try to cope and realize how this kind of a tragic reduction could occur with this kind of a fantastic man.”
McGregor, a former NFL tight end using the Broncos, Seahawkas and Colts, joined the Rockies in 1993 and has been while using team given that its inception as an MLB expansion team. He became team president in 2001.
“On behalf of Major League Baseball, I am very saddened by the sudden and unexpected passing of Keli McGregor,” Commissioner Bud Selig stated inside a statement. “Keli was one of our game’s rising young stars. He was a great athlete and equally great as a baseball administrator. Also, he was a great human being. All of baseball will miss him.”
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