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Black still convinced Holliday missed home plate in 2007 playoffs

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Bud Black is still holding a grudge.

The new Colorado Rockies manager kicked off his introductory press conference by referencing Matt Holliday's slide at home in the 2007 one-game playoff, which was against the San Diego Padres, his old team.

"To this day, I don’t think he touched it," Black told a slew of reporters Monday, according to Jeff Sanders of The San Diego Union-Tribune.

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The organization introduced the new skipper, and he's well aware of the irony of bringing him to the stadium that crushed his postseason hopes.

"It’s a different game here than other spots, but it's still baseball and it's still a baseball game," Black said. "And at the end of the day, somebody is going to win and somebody is going to lose."

Here's a look at the play that sent the Rockies to the postseason:

(Video courtesy: MLB.com)

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