Smashing a run-scoring double into the gap to score a run? No sweat. Picking a low throw out of the dirt at first base? Second nature to Todd Helton. Making a Hall of Fame speech? That’s diff…
National Baseball Hall of Famer Todd Helton, center, acknowledges someone in the crowd as fellow Hall of Famers, Jim Leyland, left, and Adrian Beltré hold their plaques during the National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown, New York Sunday, July 21, 2024. COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Smashing a run-scoring double into the gap to score a run? No sweat. Picking a low throw out of the dirt at first base? Second nature.
He was also emotional, especially about his daughters, Tierney Faith and Gentry Grace, saying, “The pure tenderness of your heart, in each of you, blows me away at every turn. You both mean the world to me.” During a video tribute before Helton’s speech, Larry Walker, the Rockies’ first Hall of Famer who was elected in 2020, put Helton’s career in perspective.
Of course, Helton thanked numerous people, including his late father, Jerry, who died at 65 in 2015, and his mom, Martha, who attended Sunday’s ceremony. “Dick, I guess you and I have broken an unwritten rule,” Helton said. “Owners and players aren’t supposed to be friends off the field. Dick, thank you for your friendship. You have been beyond gracious to me and my girls.”
“Some people have told me that early in my career, some of my superstitions were a little excessive,” he joked. “Same food, same route to the field, same routine. It made sense to no one but me.”
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