A Career Path to Remember

Did you know? After high school, Todd Helton turned down his draft offer from the San Diego Padres and instead accepted a football scholarship from the University of Tennessee. Helton was the starting quarterback for the Volunteers, but an injury forced Helton to relinquish the starting job to teammate Payton Manning. Bad luck or good luck? That depends on one's point of view, but maybe it was a gift to baseball. Helton joined the Volunteer baseball team and, following his junior year, was drafted by the Colorado Rockies. What a run it has been! Helton just played his 1,578th major leage baseball game and is about to take the field in the World Series. By the way, rumor has it that Peyton is doing fairly well in his career, too.

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