As a Rockies fan, I find very little happiness when I’m at Coors Field or watching the game on television, because Dick Monfort is still in the business. He’s the worst owner in baseball. Kiz, asking Monfort why he puts himself through the torture of trying to compete with the wealthy Los Angeles Dodgers implies he’s trying to win a championship. He isn’t. There’s no effort to win regular-season games, much less playoff games. Perhaps he should strongly consider listening to that voice in his head telling him to sell the Rockies.

– Ryan, Loveland

Kiz: A day after Monfort graciously sat with me at a spring training game for five innings and engaged in lively debate, he introduced me to his wife after a Rockies’ victory at Salt River Fields. Karen Monfort wouldn’t let go of my handshake until she took the time to ask if I couldn’t be kind to her husband, to at least be fair. Fair enough. In more than a year since joining The Denver Gazette, no column I’ve written has elicited more comments than the one I wrote last week about Monfort’s struggles to make the Rockies a winner. At last count, of the 424 responses I’ve read, only 11 could be considered in support of Monfort. A 2.6 percent approval rating for the owner is even worse than his team’s performance on the diamond.

Monfort spends stupid money on worthless players (see: Bryant, Kris), gets the worst performance per dollar spent, and it’s major league baseball’s problem? Nah. Look in the mirror, Dick.

– Jason, Broomfield

Kiz: Let’s check the last decade of major league history. If the Rays and Indians, considered among the game’s have-nots, can advance to the World Series and the Royals can actually win a championship, then the Rockies’ No. 1 problem is the ineptitude of franchise management.

If Monfort would get out, maybe we could have a Rockies owner that keeps and pays the key players, instead of measuring success by the number of foot-long hot dogs sold.

– Blake, seeks whiff of fresh air

Kiz: The old narrative that Dick and Charlie Monfort were too cheap to build a champion has been replaced with a far more accurate theory that the brothers aren’t rich enough to shop with the billionaires who consider price no object in the pursuit of victory. The price of success in this game has not only passed by the Monforts, it has lapped them several times.

Sell the Rockies, Dick. And as part of the sale agreement, include lifetime season tickets for yourself. Then you can stop having people complain about your penny-pinching; we welcome a new owner who sees value in bringing Colorado a winning team, and you get to enjoy going to the ballpark. It’s a win-win.

– Justin, Englewood

Kiz: While the Monforts haven’t gotten much right on the field, let’s raise a toast in recognition that building a party deck high atop Coors Field was an act of genius. In recognition, I say if the Monforts agree to sell, new ownership should honor the brothers with lifesize statues on the party deck that depict Dick and Charlie drinking their favorite ice-cold beverage.

And today’s parting shot is a friendly offer to escort Dick to the nearest exit at Coors Field.

Monfort can get out of the baseball business anytime he wants. I’ll hold the frickin’ door for him.

– G.P., Northern Colorado alum