Todd Helton

This, our latest endeavor to produce ongoing features stacked with staunch journalism and in-depth sports coverage, is "Conversations on the Corner," where we chat with a few Major League Baseball first basemen about their counterparts in the bigs. We've selected a duo of glovers from each league, and each will help us breakdown the other first basemen in their respective divisions. Then they'll collaborate on the leftovers. It promises to be skewed, highly inacccurate, and include and a ton of material over which we'd like to not be accused of libel. So dig in. (Editor's Note: The HoG spared no expense in this project, ... Read Full Story

The Associated Press Helton carries Rockies to series victory MLB.com By Kyle Austin / MLB.com DETROIT -- The young pitcher on the mound and the veteran slugger at the plate powered the Rockies to their second consecutive win and a series victory over the Detroit Tigers, 3-1, on Sunday at Comerica Park. COLORADO 3, DETROIT 1 Tigers finish homestand with loss Detroit Free Press Colorado Rockies (17-25) at Detroit Tigers (24-17), 1:05 pm MiamiHerald.com United Press International  - DetroitTigers.com  - Sports Network  - The Canadian Press all 621 news articles Read Full Story

Jhoulys Chacin isn't quite perfect, just very good. The 21-year-old Venezuelan had not allowed a run, and only one hit, through 7 1-3 innings this spring until Arizona managed three runs off him in the third inning of the Colorado Rockies' 8-3 victory over the Diamondbacks on Monday. Todd Helton and Carlos Gonzalez each hit two-run homers for Colorado. Christian Colonel added a three-run shot. Evan Frey tripled in two runs for Arizona. Helton, who missed the last half of last season with a back injury, hit his second home run of the spring — in his 10th at-bat — on a 3-1 pitch ... Read Full Story

Amidst the ups and downs of playing for a small-medium market club for your career Todd Helton has been about the only constant in a Colorado Rockies uniform. Todd’s 13 year MLB career in my opinion has been Cooperstown worthy. He is a career .320 hitter, 300 plus home-runs and 500 doubles and counting. Image via Wikipedia On July 22, Todd Helton became the fastest MLB player to reach 500 doubles in a career. There have only been 49 players to previously reach the mark and 46 of them are in the Hall of Fame. Craig Biggio , Edgar Martinez and Pete Rose are ... Read Full Story

Todd Helton, Carlos Gonzalez and Troy Tulowitzki each hit a two-run homer, and the Colorado Rockies moved closer to a playoff … More here: Help get the word out! Only One Click To Recommend this article. Thanks! Read Full Story