There are approximately 100 people on staff within the baseball operations department for the Colorado Rockies. However, 47-year-old Adele Armagost, assistant to the executive vice president, general manager, is the only woman.

For 15 years, the Greeley-born Colorado native has been part of the Rockies' backbone. For the first seven years, Armagost served as assistant director of team travel. While she still helps Director of Major League Operations Paul Egins with these tasks, her primary responsibilities included making reservations for travel, reserving hotels, reconciling bills, organizing bus travel and so on. For three years after that, she served as executive assistant to the ownership group.

As Assistant to the Executive Vice President, General Manager Daniel J. O'Dowd, one of Armagost's current tasks this time of year is planning Spring Training in Tucson, Ari. She's responsible for finding temporary housing for staff, executives, coaches and trainers and finding a designated hotel for the players.

"People think we're busiest during baseball season, but we're actually most busiest during the off season," says Armagost. "The largest part of my job is travel support and right now I'm planning all the December baseball winter meetings."

During the season, some of Armagost's daily tasks include keeping up the clubhouse, keeping supplies such as bats, baseballs and laundry soap stocked and dealing with vendor checks and vendor pays. She also handles all the tickets that go to the guests of the coaching and clubhouse staff. In addition, she runs reports of the Major League Baseball system showing every transaction made.

Another crucial detail to Armagost's job is making sure everyone gets paid.

"I work with Major League Baseball in submitting signed players and coaches contracts," she says. "Once everything goes through, I make sure payroll knows what's going on."

Although Armagost holds a crucial position on the Rockies staff, she's quite modest about it.

"Years ago, the head coach introduced me at a meeting as the 'background gal.' And while others would be offended by that, I didn't mind it, because I'm not looking to be in any limelight," she says. "I have a job to do, and I do it. You have to be a very mature female to do this job, and if I started in my 20s, I may have fallen into the traps of being in that limelight."

According to Armagost, her job is not about being seen on the field or crossing lines she shouldn't. "I don't put myself in any situations where I don't belong. I'll only go to the clubhouse if a player specifically needs something notarized. At the end of the day, I go home and spend time with my dog," she laughs.

Armagost has utmost respect for the players and employees of the Rockies' organization. According to her, everyone is kind to one another, respecting the tasks each person has to do.

"There's not one single attitude problem with any player, coach or scout," she says. "We all work together as a team, and it was this way prior to being in the World Series. The fact that we've been in this together for so long made the World Series that much more special."

Next season, Armagost predicts that Rockies postseason games won't be a thing of the past.

"At the end of Spring Training last year, I told a friend we were going to win 90 games, and we did," says Armagost. "These guys have been playing together for a long time and it's been a plan in the making. I had confidence in them and saw how they were jelling together."

Yes, Armagost is the only woman in her department, but she is by no means the only hard-working gal behind the Rockies.

For example, Rockies co-owner Linda Alvarado is the founder and sole owner of Alvarado Construction and has opened the doors for women and minorities to work in construction. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2002 and her list of accomplishments is endless.

Sue Ann McClaren, Vice President, Ticket Sales, Operations and Services, has been with Major League Baseball for 29 years - 14 of those being with the Rockies' organization. In 1995, she became the Rockies' first female officer when she was named vice president.

About half of the business operations staff consists of women, with many other ladies holding down great responsibility across the board. Check it out.

"You know how you have those jobs where you're dragging yourself to work every day? I've definitely had those," says Armagost. "But even after 15 years, I don't get that feeling here. There's always so much coming up, and I love it."