Congratulations to former Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton on making it into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York this week.  He will join Larry Walker as the only two Colorado Rockies players to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.  This honor for Helton is well deserved and long overdue.

  The knock-on Rockies players is that they play in the thin air in Colorado and the hitter friendly, pitcher’s nightmare of a ballpark Coors Field.  But Helton hit over .300 on the road not just as home.  Hitting over .300 is a career for most players  and Helton did it for seventeen years with Colorado.  He was also a three-time Gold Glove winner at first base and was in the top ten in the MVP voting for ten years of his career.

  Plus Helton played the game clean and without controversy, and without the fanfare that most players get.  He came to the park every day and worked hard.  An example that his teammates aspired to despite the futility that the organization has been in all these years.  He also had the respect of many of his fellow players and the loyal fanbase in Colorado.

  So congratulations, Mr. Helton.  A well deserved and long overdue honor.  Well done, sir.