Two BCB favorites reached the 2,000 hit mark yesterday... well, maybe. We know Jason Kendall did. Kendall was one of my favorite players when he was in Pittsburgh. He's tough. Kendall also has one of the thickest beards that I've ever seen on a baseball player. Word is that U.S. Steel used to test industrial coatings by rubbing painted sheets of steel up against Kendall's stubble. Kendall is also a member of the no batting gloves club.
Todd Helton's 2,000th hit is still under review, which is a shame. The guy should get a chance to celebrate as the moment happens. Helton is another tough guy with a great Tennessee mountain man beard. He grew up in Knoxville and played QB at the University of Tennessee behind Peyton Manning. Besides being a great hitter and all-around athlete another thing that I like about Helton is that he's been a loyal member of the Rockies. It was great to see him make it to the World Series in 2007. If you remember there were some offseason rumors before the 2007 season that Helton was going to be traded to the Red Sox. There was no way to know at that time that the Rockies would be playing Boston in the World Series but it wouldn't have seemed right to see Helton win a championship by beating the club that he had been the face of for so long.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
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I believe Helton may have actually started ahead of Peyton Manning for a game or two then sustained a injury and we all know the rest of the story.
He would have been a high school QB in Knoxville about the same time as Chad Pennington. Don't know if they ever played against each other.
I believe you're right.
Chad Pennington... my favorite NFL QB not named Roethlisberger. He got cheated out of the Pro Bowl last year. GO HERD!
Just FYI... another Rockies player, Seth Smith, was the backup QB for Eli Manning at Ole Miss.
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