{"id":4852,"date":"2013-10-01T09:17:12","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T13:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/?p=4852"},"modified":"2013-10-01T09:17:12","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T13:17:12","slug":"todd-helton-thanks-colorado-fans-with-full-page-ad-in-denver-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/2013\/10\/01\/todd-helton-thanks-colorado-fans-with-full-page-ad-in-denver-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Todd Helton thanks Colorado fans with full page ad in Denver Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Todd Helton played his last game on Sunday ending a 17-year career with 2,519 hits and five All-Star selections.<\/p>\n<p>Helton took out a full page ad in the Denver Post to thank the fans of the Colorado Rockies.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4853\" alt=\"helton_retire\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/10\/helton_retire.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/10\/helton_retire.jpg 720w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/10\/helton_retire-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Fans,<\/p>\n<p>I want to thank you. For every ticket you bought, for every cheer you led, every rain delay you weathered, every sign you held, every rally cap you sported.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for welcoming me out of the shadow of the \u201cBig Cat\u201d and inspiring me to give every pitch, every pick, all I had. You inspired me to try harder, play through the pain, and weather the dry spells.<\/p>\n<p>Today I give you the curtain call. I offer my sincerest gratitude for your support over these 17 years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Todd Helton<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Rockies, 1997 \u2013 2013<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Todd Helton played his last game on Sunday ending a 17-year career with 2,519 hits and five All-Star selections. Helton took out a full page ad in the Denver Post to thank the fans of the Colorado Rockies. Dear Fans, I want to thank you. For every ticket you bought, for every cheer you led, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[499],"tags":[],"coauthors":[6],"class_list":{"0":"post-4852","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4852\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4852"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}