Clint Hurdle spoke of the not-so-heady days of the Rockies before the club made the playoffs two of the last three seasons.  "There were days that it wasn't cool to be a Rockie," the former Rockies manager said at Sunday's memorial service for team president Keli McGregor. "There were days when it wasn't cool to be a Rockies fan. Keli and I were the first two Rockie nerds. We were all in all the time."  Hurdle, now the Rangers' hitting coach, was at Fenway Park in Boston last week when he learned McGregor had died.  "I walked outside, under the Green Monster, and I think I cried for 30 minutes, because I needed to," Hurdle said.  McGregor was found unconscious in a Salt Lake City hotel room Tuesday and later pronounced dead. He was 48.  Salt Lake City police have said there were no signs of foul play and the medical examiner's office has assumed the investigation of his death, according to the Associated Press.  An estimated crowd of 3,000 attended the Coors Field service, The Denver Post reported. They included McGregor's wife, Lori, and their four children, who wore Rockies jerseys with the No. 88, their father's number as a standout tight end at Colorado State.  "What daughter wouldn't feel strong when a 6-8 man of pure muscle mass holds you on his broad shoulders?" said McGregor's daughter, Landri, according to MLB.com.  The entire team attended the 90-minute service, the AP reported.  McGregor was president of the Rockies for eight of his 17 years with the organization — the team has been in existence 18 years. He and Lori were to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary May 31.  "To say my heart is broken, honestly, doesn't even come close," Lori wrote in a note, read by her daughter, Taylor. "Honestly, I don't know that I can go on without him. I will, because out of our incredible love for each other, we created four of the most beautiful children in the world, and they need their mother now more than ever."  To report corrections and clarifications, contact Standards Editor  . For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to  . Include name, phone number, city and state for verification. To view our corrections, go to
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