{"id":4803,"date":"2013-09-26T08:57:21","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T12:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/?p=4803"},"modified":"2013-09-26T08:57:21","modified_gmt":"2013-09-26T12:57:21","slug":"todd-helton-gets-a-horse-as-retirement-gift-from-rockies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/2013\/09\/26\/todd-helton-gets-a-horse-as-retirement-gift-from-rockies\/","title":{"rendered":"Todd Helton gets a horse as retirement gift from Rockies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4804\" alt=\"heltonfamily\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/09\/heltonfamily.png\" width=\"479\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/09\/heltonfamily.png 479w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/09\/heltonfamily-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/09\/heltonfamily-300x298.png 300w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/09\/heltonfamily-32x32.png 32w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/09\/heltonfamily-64x64.png 64w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/09\/heltonfamily-96x96.png 96w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/09\/heltonfamily-128x128.png 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Colorado Rockies have given retiring first baseman Todd Helton a horse.<\/p>\n<p>While Mariano Rivera has gone around collecting gifts at each stop this season, other retiring players have not received such fanfare. Todd Helton, the best of the rest, may have gotten a gift that tops all of the ones received by Rivera.<\/p>\n<p>A Tru Bustamove<\/p>\n<p>The Rockies presented Helton with the horse prior to his last game at Coors field on Wednesday night. Which begs the question: Why does it seem that every retiring great does it on the road?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>Fact: The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rockies\">@Rockies<\/a> ROCK at retirement gifts. They presented <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Rockies&amp;src=hash\">#Rockies<\/a> Todd Helton with a HORSE and a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Rockies&amp;src=hash\">#Rockies<\/a> saddle: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/sRvrdCXbUh\">pic.twitter.com\/sRvrdCXbUh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 April Whitzman (@Alleycat17) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alleycat17\/statuses\/383044861349212160\">September 26, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>Yes the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rockies\">@Rockies<\/a> gave Todd Helton a horse. No seriously, a living horse -&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/tJ4Hvb8k7G\">pic.twitter.com\/tJ4Hvb8k7G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joey Maestas (@SportsJoey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsJoey\/statuses\/383033374815703040\">September 26, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>Meet the newest member of the Helton family, A Tru Bustamove. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ThanksTodd&amp;src=hash\">#ThanksTodd<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/fIWXUhaqia\">pic.twitter.com\/fIWXUhaqia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rockies\/statuses\/383029219522912256\">September 26, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Rockies reported that 48,775 were in attendance for Helton&#8217;s last game at Coors.<\/p>\n<p>Helton did not disapoint in his finale. He went 2-for-3 with a double and a home run, driving in three in the Rockies loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Colorado Rockies have given retiring first baseman Todd Helton a horse. While Mariano Rivera has gone around collecting gifts at each stop this season, other retiring players have not received such fanfare. Todd Helton, the best of the rest, may have gotten a gift that tops all of the ones received by Rivera. 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