Todd Helton’s last home game proves there is crying in baseball
Sitting in section 108, row 10, seat 2 at Coors Field on Wednesday night, Dylan Casey, a Boston Red Sox fan from Aurora, found himself in the right place at the right time. In the second inning, on a 1-1 pitch from Red Sox starter Jake Peavy, Todd Helton drilled a cut fastball into the right-field seats for the 369th home run of his career.
The ball took some fortuitous hops before Casey corralled the precious souvenir in a 15-5 Red Sox victory.
“I saw it coming. It bounced off two hands, and then I caught it,” said Casey, who moved to Colorado from Boston when he was 12.
Never mind that Casey was wearing a T-shirt that read, “I do it with my Sox on.” On the night Helton played the 1,141st — and final — regular-season home game of his major-league career, Casey became a player in Rockies history.
DENVER, CO. – SEPTEMBER 25: Rex Brothers (49) of the Colorado Rockies and Jordan Pacheco (15) of the Colorado Rockies wipe tears after watching tribute video of Todd Helton after the 8th inning against the Boston Red Sox September 25, 2013 at Coors Field. Helton will retire at the end of the season after 17 years with the club. (Photo By John Leyba/The Denver Post)