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Thu, March 31

THE SUITE LIFE

SO…. THE STORY CONTINUES. IN SEPTEMBER, I GOT TREATED BY MY FRIEND ROBYN TO A ROCKIES GAME IN THE COORS SUITE. EVERYTHING WAS FREE, AND IT WAS AMAZING.

REWIND TO THIS AND BE REMINDED OF MY ROOTS IN TENNESSEE. WHAT I FORGOT TO MENTION WAS I WAS THE BATBOY FOR THE NOW 6-TIME STATE CHAMPION FARRAGUT ADMIRALS, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, MICHAEL MCHENRY.

ON THIS NIGHT, MICHAEL MCHENRY PINCH HIT LATE IN THE GAME, MARKING HIS MAJOR BASEBALL DEBUT. HAVING NO KNOWLEDGE OF THIS BETTER YET NO KNOWLEDGE HE WAS EVEN IN THE MINORS, YOU CAN IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN HIS NAME AND FACE CAME ON THE JUMBOTRON.

AND BEING HIS MLB DEBUT, OF COURSE HE WAS SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS AFTER THE GAME. I RAN DOWN TO THE FIELD LIKE A KID ON CHRISTMAS DAY SO I COULD SAY, “HEY MAN, REMEMBER ME? I WAS YOUR BATBOY.” IT’S ALSO FUNNY TO NOTE, THE LAST TIME I STOOD AT FIELD LEVEL WAS IN 1995 WHEN DANTE BICHETTE DIDN’T GIVE ME HIS AUTOGRAPH.

BLACKLIST X ROCKIES T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE IN-STORE & ONLINE FRIDAY, APRIL 1ST

Wed, March 30

DEEPER ROOTS

WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS TODD HELTON. MANY PEOPLE ROOTED IN THE COLORADO ROCKIES HISTORY WOULD ARGUE THAT TODD HELTON USED TO BE THE FACE OF THE FRANCHISE.

HOWEVER, MANY PEOPLE PROBABLY DON’T KNOW THAT TODD HELTON USED TO BE THE STARTING QUARTERBACK FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE. MORE IMPORTANTLY, PEYTON MANNING SERVED AS HIS BACK-UP UNTIL HELTON GOT INJURED, ALLOWING MANNING TO SHINE. WHO KNOWS, BUT TODD HELTON COULD’VE HAVE ENDED UP IN THE NFL, NOT THE MLB.

WHAT NOBODY KNOWS IS THAT I PLAYED LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL ON THE SAME FIELD AS TODD HELTON IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE. SO THERE YA HAVE IT.

BLACKLIST X ROCKIES T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE IN-STORE & ONLINE FRIDAY, APRIL 1ST

Tue, March 29

1995, I WAS THERE.

WHEN I WAS A KID, MY PARENTS SET OUT TO TAKE MY BROTHER AND I ON A STADIUM TRIP EVERY SUMMER, WITH THE GOAL BEING TO SEE EVERY MLB STADIUM BEFORE I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL.

IN 1995, AT EIGHT YEARS OLD, I ATTENDED A GAME DURING THE INAUGURAL SEASON AT COORS FIELD.

THAT WEEKEND INCLUDED NOT GETTING DANTE BICHETTE’S AUTOGRAPH, SEEING BRETT SABERHAGEN ON BLAKE STREET, AND EXPERIENCING THE EXTREME MILE HIGH SUMMER HEAT FOR THE FIRST TIME.