Dave Veres’ elevator pitch was a sinker.

This past June, the former Rockies closer happened to run into Colorado CEO Dick Monfort during a Roy Halladay Award function.

“If anything opens up with the club,” Veres, the first man to ever record a 30-save season for the Rox, told Monfort. “I’d love to put my name in the hat for a coaching job.”

“I’ll pass it along,” Monfort assured him.

It’s late November, and Veres, who’s been a pitching coach at Cherry Creek High School for the last seven years or so , hasn’t heard anything from the club yet.

Still, he told me Monday night, the offer still stands. Especially with Paul DePodesta taking over baseball operations and with the “interim” tag now officially removed from manager Warren Schaeffer’s job title.

“Even if it’s just an inter

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