Todd Helton - American professional baseball first baseman who played his entire 17-year career for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). A five-time All-Star, four-time Silver Slugger, and three-time Gold Glove Award winner, Helton holds the Rockies' club records for hits (2,519), home runs (369), doubles (592), walks (1,335), runs scored (1,401), runs batted in (RBIs, with 1,406), games played (2,247), and total bases (4,292)
A reference of baseball stamps, postmarks, first day and commemorative covers honoring the game of baseball.
Monday, September 8, 2025
Todd Helton
2013-Sep-01 Coors Field -Denver Co
Cincinnati Reds 4 - 7 Colorado Rockies
CIN RBI: Shin-Soo Choo 2 (HR); Devin Mesoraco; Zack Cozart
COL RBI: Michael Cuddyer 3(HR); DJ LeMahieu 2; Nolan Arenado 2 (HR)
Pitching: CIN – Mike Leake (L – 4.1-innings) COL – Adam Ottavino (W – 3-innings)
Todd Helton 1-for-3 with 1 walk and 1 strikeout – 2,500 hit of Curtis Partch
Saturday, September 6, 2025
Lexington Legends
2001-Apr-09 Lexington, Kentucky
Inaugural game
The Lexington Legends are a class A minor league team in the South Atlantic League, playing at Whitaker Bank Ballpark, Lexington, Kentucky
The Houston Astros moved their affiliate the Kissimmee Cobras to Lexington in 2000, the team was christened the Lexington Legends. 2013 the team changed their affiliation to the Kansas City Royals
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Oklahoma - Pinch-hit
2007-Jan-11 Oklahoma City OK
Jim Thorpe
Jim Thorpe (1887 – 1953) was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A citizen of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States in the Olympics. Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, he won two Olympic gold medals in the 1912 Summer Olympics (one in classic pentathlon and the other in decathlon). He also played football (collegiate and professional), professional baseball, and professional basketball.
Thorpe grew up in the Sac and Fox Nation in Indian Territory (what is now the U.S. state of Oklahoma)
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
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