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Nathan MacKinnon & the bra brigade; A requiem for the Bills; Todd Helton's magic actSeeing a four-goal game is perhaps the rarest thing a hockey fan can witness in person. It’s not too far off from seeing a no-hitter. I’ve been going to hockey games for 364 years, and I’ve seen one. Steve Thomas vs. the Devils in March of 1990 at Chicago Stadium. I didn’t have to look that up (well...

Mauer, Helton join elite single-team club; Dodgers continue to be offseason championsThe 2024 Hall of Fame inductions added two names to a very exclusive list. With Joe Mauer and Todd Helton’s nomination to Cooperstown, the two join 53 other players as the only in MLB history to make the Hall of Fame after spending their entire careers on one team. Listed by team, here are the reale...

Joe Mauer, Todd Helton and the 1-team baseball Hall of Famers by franchiseThe 2024 Hall of Fame inductions added two names to a very exclusive list. With Joe Mauer and Todd Helton’s nomination to Cooperstown, the two join 53 other players as the only in MLB history to make the Hall of Fame after spending their entire careers on one team. Listed by team, here are the reale...

Adrian Beltre and Joe Mauer are headed to Cooperstown, while Todd Helton snuck in Vincent Adultman style under their jackets

Wading into Baseball Hall of Fame debates is like diving into a pool full of eels, if the eels were up their own ass (personally, not physically, which eels might be able to do). Everyone’s got their own benchmarks, everyone hates your benchmarks, and never the twain shall meet. At the end of the da...

Adrián Beltré leads baseball's 2024 Hall of Fame class

Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer are headed to Cooperstown. ...

Here are all the 40+ Home Run Seasons, by franchise, in MLB history

Immaculate Grid has been a hit with baseball stat geeks since its launch in April. While the stats puzzle has since expanded to basketball, football, and hockey, it’s still baseball that makes the game what it is. So if you need help filling out your daily grid, give these stats a look....

Hell no, keep Carlos Beltran out of Cooperstown

The 2023 MLB Hall of Fame ballots were sent out yesterday....

Best non-MVP seasons in MLB history

The MVP Award is the pinnacle of baseball. Anybody who wins that award has cemented themselves in the annals of baseball history, and while one win doesn’t guarantee enshrinement in Cooperstown, it’s still one of the highest honors a baseball player can ever receive. The only bad thing about the awa...

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What milestones might we see in baseball this year?

The coronavirus pandemic is going to wreak havoc on long-term baseball achievements for years to come. Obviously, anyone chasing career records took a hit from the 60-game season in 2020, and a lot of players were in and out of the lineup last season due to the virus. That also means interruptions t...

by Jesse Spector|

|Thu Mar 24 2022

The case for every player on the 2022 MLB Hall of Fame ballot

The 2022 MLB Hall of Fame class will be announced on January 25, 2022, and this year’s ballot is like a potato skin at T.G.I. Friday’s...loaded to all hell. We got storylines galore with all-time greats like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens; legendary newcomers with people like David Ortiz and Alex Rod...

by Staff Report|

|Sat Jan 01 2022

Todd Helton Got A Horse

Oh, so you got a lot of gifts this year, did you Mariano Rivera? That's neat. I see you got a rocking chair made out of bats, and some other tacky crap. Really cool. But, um, did you happen to receive a goddamn horse? Oh, you didn't? Well guess who did get a horse? Todd Helton, that's who!...

by Tom Ley|

|Thu Sep 26 2013

Todd Helton Homered In His Final Game At Coors Field

In the 1,140 previous home games the 17-year veteran played for the Rockies, his only Major League club, Todd Helton batted .345 and hit 226 home runs. This shouldn't come as a shock. And yet — the first baseman just turned 40, he'd hit just 14 homers this season and the Rockies don't exactly comma...

by Sam Eifling|

|Thu Sep 26 2013

Todd Helton Got Matt Carpenter With The Hidden-Ball Trick

In the first inning of today's Cardinals-Rockies game, Todd Helton caught Carpenter napping. After taking a pickoff throw he fakes the toss back to the pitcher, and tags Carpenter as he wanders off the bag....

by Barry Petchesky|

|Thu Sep 19 2013

Todd Helton announces his retirement: The 40-year-old first baseman will stop playing at the end of 2013. Helton played all 17 seasons of his career with the Colorado Rockies. [Denver Post]...

by Samer Kalaf|

|Sun Sep 15 2013

Todd Helton Reportedly Got His DUI While On A Drunken Lotto Ticket Run

Yesterday, we learned about Rockies first baseman Todd Helton's DUI arrest and were treated to his I-am-too-drunk-for-pictures-right-now mugshot, but specific details were sparse. We knew that Helton was arrested a few blocks from his house at 2:39 a.m., but that was about it. Thanks to TMZ, which ...

by Tom Ley|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

todd-helton - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights | DeadspinTodd Helton Got A DUI This Morning And Posed For An Unfortunate Mugshot

Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton was arrested early this morning for driving under the influence of alcohol in Thornton, Colo. According to police, Helton was pulled over a few blocks away from his home at 2:39 a.m. Helton just released a statement on the incident, via the Denver Post:...

by Tom Ley|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

todd-helton - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights | DeadspinTodd Helton's Heartbreaking Moment Of Staggering Forgetfulness Leads To Walk-Off Loss

It was a bad night for Todd Helton, the cornerstone of the Rockies for 16 seasons, he of the .321 lifetime batting average and 58.7 WAR (good for 11th among active players and higher than Vlad Guerrero, Ichiro, and a slew of others you'd expect to be above Helton). But tonight in Philadelphia, when ...

by Erik Malinowski|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Rockies Fans Will Never Forget What's-His-Name

Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to [email protected]. Subject: Morning crap....

by Dashiell Bennett|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Taste The Rockies, Losers! Taste Them!

The Colorado Rockies need a theme song! After beating the Dodgers on Thursday for their 11th straight win — the longest winning streak in the majors this season — they are on the verge of making the playoffs for only the second time in their history. The Rockies are one game out in the wild-card rac...

by rickchand|

|Tue Jun 18 2013

Cultural Oddsmaker: Insane in the Membrane

A.J. Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Send him all kinds of email....

by Leitch|

|Tue Jun 18 2013

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