“(Manager) Tommy Lasorda used to say, ‘I bleed Dodger Blue.’ Well, I bleed Colorado Rockies’ purple.”
Former Colorado Rockies first baseman and Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, Todd Helton during a press conference at the Rockies Fest at Coors Field in Denver on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. “ Tommy Lasorda used to say, ‘I bleed Dodger Blue.’ Well, I bleed Colorado Rockies’ purple,” Helton said Friday during a national Zoom call from his home outside Knoxville. “If you look at my golf shirts, the majority of them are purple.
He goes there often, sometimes bringing his wife, Christy, and their two daughters, Tierney Faith and Gentry Grace, with him. “The only number I know is that the Rockies are throwing a party Saturday night and they said that I can invite 30 or 40 people, and 147 have RSVP’d,” he said. “So, I’m going to owe Dick Monfort money on that.”“It will be simple,” he said. “I’ve had a lot of people help me with it. I’m a baseball player, not a speaker. But that’s not what I’m nervous about. I’ve given many speeches. I’ll either screw it up, or I’ll do well. It is what it is. I’m nervous about meeting the , meeting my heroes.
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