No surprise here ... but Roy Halladay has officially been placed on the ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame ... 1 year after his tragic death in a plane crash off the Gulf of Mexico. Halladay's nomination was Not advanced due to his death -- he last pitched in 2013, satisfying the usual 5-year waiting period. Most experts agree Halladay is a 1st ballot lock -- since he was an 8-time All-Star and won 2 Cy Young Awards during his 15-year Mlb career.
- 11/19/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Todd Helton won't be sending his new horse to the glue factory anytime soon -- cause the Colorado Rockies first baseman already has a sweet ranch waiting for his new retirement gift.Todd's wife Christy tells TMZ ... they had no idea the Rockies would be gifting him a horse during his send off -- but it's not a problem ... cause they just happen to have a 4,000 acre ranch (perks of earning more than $160 million).We're...
- 9/27/2013
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Colorado Rockies superstar Todd Helton -- who once signed a $141.5 Million contract -- was arrested for DUI while trying to drunkenly buy Lottery Tickets ... this according to cops. TMZ obtained the police report filed by the Thornton Police Department after the 39-year-old slugger was popped at a gas station in Colorado early Wednesday morning. According to the report, cops tracked down Helton after receiving a tip that Todd's black Ford F-150 had struck a median...
- 2/7/2013
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton was arrested for DUI this morning -- and TMZ has the mug shot. According to the police report, 39-year-old Helton was busted at 2:39 Am on 3 counts of drunk driving just outside of Denver. Cops say Helton was cooperative. A rep for the Rockies released a statement saying the Mlb superstar "clearly understands the seriousness of his poor decision."Helton -- a former All-Star -- was once considered one...
- 2/6/2013
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
The San Diego Padres drafted a kind of random college quarterback, Toledo's Terrance Owens, with their final selection in the recent Mlb draft - even though Owens isn't a baseball player. Owens hasn't played the sport since his first year of high school, in fact.
He told the Padres thanks, but no thanks, but it got my mind spinning. Great American athletes are not flocking to the game of baseball like they have in the past. African Americans in particular are abandoning baseball at a young age in favor of basketball and football, and the number of blacks in baseball has plunged to post-integration lows.
But I've always fantasized (and I mean that entirely non-sexually) about how awesome it would have been to see Allen Iverson on a ball diamond (he was a hell of a high school Qb an Db on the gridiron), and I've always thought that if Michael Vick weren't left-handed,...
He told the Padres thanks, but no thanks, but it got my mind spinning. Great American athletes are not flocking to the game of baseball like they have in the past. African Americans in particular are abandoning baseball at a young age in favor of basketball and football, and the number of blacks in baseball has plunged to post-integration lows.
But I've always fantasized (and I mean that entirely non-sexually) about how awesome it would have been to see Allen Iverson on a ball diamond (he was a hell of a high school Qb an Db on the gridiron), and I've always thought that if Michael Vick weren't left-handed,...
- 6/8/2012
- by Bison Messink
- Celebsology
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