Todd Helton played his final game Sept. 29, 2013, at Dodger Stadium. Nearly 10 years ago.
He turns 50 on Sunday.
It doesn’t seem possible.
Helton returned to Coors Field on Saturday as part of the Rockies’ season-long 30th-anniversary celebration. Helton was, well, Helton.
No. 17 hates talking about himself, and he’s never been comfortable in front of TV cameras, but he answered questions while sitting in the Rockies dugout surrounded by reporters, microphones and cameras. His dry, deadpan sense of humor broke through a couple of times. But mostly, Helton kept things low-key.
Asked if he was tempted to “go take some hacks” with the current Rockies during batting practice, he replied, “Not at all.