Todd Helton, the greatest player in Rockies history, returned home to Coors Field on Saturday night.
Retired Colorado Rockies first baseman and Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Todd Helton waves to the crowd during a ceremony to mark his induction into the Hall last month before a baseball game, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024, in Denver. He was greeted with a highlight video spanning his career from Rocky Top to LoDo, from Tennessee to Colorado. There was former Vols teammate Peyton Manning waxing poetic and cracking jokes.
Then Helton threw out the first pitch of the game to current Rockies outfielder Charlie Blackmon, whom Helton says deserves to have his number retired, too. In the video, Helton, a quarterback at Tennessee, threw a crack-back block on a linebacker from UCLA. Saturday afternoon, he was asked about his father, Jerry, who died in 2015, two years after Helton retired.
“I was scared to death because I had been warned about ‘The Johnny Bench Talk,'” Helton recalled. “I’m not going to tell you everything he said, but he ended with, ‘Son, you are now a part of the greatest fraternity in the world.’ Renck: There's no debate Bo Nix should be Broncos starter. But strong case developing Zach Wilson is a keeper.Judge orders managers of condemned Aurora apartment building to provide former tenants with housing
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