Todd Helton
Todd Helton
Todd Lynn Heltonis a former American professional baseball first baseman who played his entire 17-year career for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball. A five-time All-Star, four-time Silver Slugger, and three-time Gold Glove Award winner, Helton holds the Colorado Rockies club records for hits, home runs, doubles, walks, runs scored, runs batted in, games played, and total bases, among others...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth20 August 1973
CityKnoxville, TN
good pitchers seen
We've seen some pretty good pitchers this year. And this is a young team. Many of them haven't seen pitchers like this.
analyze goes half instead letting problem sit talk time win
I have no idea. I don't sit and analyze how we get here, why we win somewhere. That's half the problem with the game. Every time something goes on, you've got to talk about it instead of letting it play out.
afraid gone guys helps lost
It helps out a lot, ... If they'd gone out and stunk, it would have been very disappointing. Obviously, we would have lost a lot more games. But these guys are not afraid of anything.
ability allow ball crystal players west win
I have no crystal ball to allow me to say we are going to win the (National League) West or World Series. A lot of things have to go right . . . but I can say we have players with the ability to win.
good hit home hook promise swing trying
I'm not trying (to hit home runs). I promise I'm just not trying to do too much, and it's yielded some pretty good results. When I go up there and try to swing hard, if I do hit it, I'll hook it foul.
good trying
Honest, I'm just trying not to do too much and it's yielded some pretty good results,
ball hard moves threw throws tough
He throws hard, the ball moves everywhere. He threw a hard slider. He's tough to hit.
dugout left run
I could have moved, but it would have had to be years ago. Now I'm too old and set in my ways. It's a lot shorter run from the dugout to first than all the way out there in left field.
face hard minutes rather smile takes walk
I'd rather make that walk when we won, ... It's kind of hard 2 minutes after the game's over and we lose. It takes a little while to take (a loss) off. It's kind of hard to walk around there with a smile on your face when you just lost, but you got to do it for the fans.
hurt last starting year
I don't see why not. He was starting to last year and he got hurt.
ask facial hair
I told him that he has more facial hair than I do. Of course, I had to ask if he was really 12 years old.
home needed played premium team threw
Still, he threw out 50 home runs, ... and he played his best, at a premium position, when his team needed him most.
front slice
It wasn't going foul, ... You know when you get out in front and the ball's going to slice a little more. I wasn't in front of that ball.
compete knowing
They are not kids, and they are not inexperienced anymore. They have to go into the off-season knowing they can compete here.