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Smooth Operators
By Thomas Harding
Looking closer at the suits Dexter Fowler and Carlos Gonzalez wore for their Rockies Magazine photo shoot
The Rockies' two outfield newcomers, Dexter Fowler and Carlos Gonzalez, are stylish on the field, and don't mind a little sartorial splendor away from the diamond.
Teams generally require players to wear a suit and tie on travel days, but no one has to twist their arms.
Fowler said he didn't wait until he turned pro to set himself apart by the way he dresses.
"I've always liked to dress up a little bit," Fowler says. "When I was little, 'Pops' (his father, John Fowler) used to have me clean. My mom (Trudy Fowler) also."
In the picture with this article, Fowler's suit was the result of the work of California tailor Felix Bradford. It was Fowler's first suit from Bradford. It passed the high standards of Fowler, who was wearing custom-tailored suits before making the Majors, mainly designed by tailors who worked with his father, who is an international businessman. The shirt, he said, was tailored by Bobby Raja, an overseas tailor.
Gonzalez broke in with the Athletics last season and admired the suits of several teammates such as Huston Street, who was that team's closer last season and now closes for the Rockies. It led Gonzalez to purchase the suit he's wearing in the photo shoot from elevee Custom Clothing of Van Nuys, Calif.
Write 'Em Cowboy
by Tracy Ringolsby
Out West, Concluded
THE ROCKIES are the only NL West team with a winning record in the postseason. They have made it into baseball's October showdown twice. In 1995, they were knocked off by Atlanta in four games in the best-of-five Division Series. In 2007, they swept Philadelphia in three games in the Division Series, and Arizona in four games in the NLCS before being swept by Boston in four games in the World Series.
They are 8-7 in their two postseason appearances.
ARIZONA is the only NL West team to win a World Series championship since 1995. The Diamondbacks, who became the quickest expansion team to advance to the postseason when they won the NL West in 1999, claimed the World Series in 2001, knocking off the Yankees. The Diamondbacks were first-round knockouts in 1999 and 2002, and lost to the Rockies in the NLCS in 2007.
They are 15-16 in their four postseason appearances.
SAN DIEGO has been to the postseason four times in the last 14 years, but only once did they advance past the first round. They were swept by the Yankees in the 1998 World Series.
They are 8-16 in four postseason appearances.
SAN FRANCISCO made its World Series run in 2002, losing to the Angels in seven games, and also was eliminated in the first round in 1997, 2000 and 2003.
They are 12-16 in four postseason appearances.
By The Numbers Special Edition: 500 - Helton Doubles
Conclusion of list of pitchers against whom Helton has doubled:
| By Pitcher | Doubles |
| Terry Adams | 3 |
| A.J. Burnett | 3 |
| Darren Dreifort | 3 |
| Alan Embree | 3 |
| Shawn Estes | 3 |
| Eric Gagne | 3 |
| Chad Gaudin | 3 |
| Tom Glavine | 3 |
| Trevor Hoffman | 3 |
| Tim Hudson | 3 |
| Jason Marquis | 3 |
| Brett Myers | 3 |
| Vicente Padilla | 3 |
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| Chan Ho Park | 3 |
| Sidney Ponson | 3 |
| Aaron Sele | 3 |
| Brett Tomko | 3 |
| Woody Williams | 3 |
| Jose Acevedo | 2 |
| Wilson Alvarez | 2 |
| Tony Armas Jr. | 2 |
| Jamie Arnold | 2 |
| Rolando Arrojo | 2 |
| Manny Aybar | 2 |
| Joe Beimel | 2 |
| Chad Billingsley | 2 |
| Willie Blair | 2 |
| Jim Brower | 2 |
| Kevin Brown | 2 |
| Matt Cain | 2 |
| Chris Capuano | 2 |
| Randy Choate | 2 |
| Matt Clement | 2 |
| Dennis Cook | 2 |
| Scott Elarton | 2 |
| Scott Eyre | 2 |
| Jon Garland | 2 |
| Josh Geer | 2 |
| Pete Harnisch | 2 |
| Jimmy Haynes | 2 |
| Clay Hensley | 2 |
| Dustin Hermanson | 2 |
| Orlando Hernandez | 2 |
| Edwin Jackson | 2 |
| Jair Jurrjens | 2 |
| Byung-Hyun Kim | 2 |
| Brad Lidge | 2 |
| Jose Lima | 2 |
| Kyle Lohse | 2 |
| Derek Lowe | 2 |
| Noah Lowry | 2 |
| Pat Mahomes | 2 |
| Dan Miceli | 2 |
| Wade Miller | 2 |
| Damian Moss | 2 |
| Guillermo Mota | 2 |
| Jamie Moyer | 2 |
| Terry Mulholland | 2 |
| Joe Nathan | 2 |
| Denny Neagle | 2 |
| Jose Antonio Nunez | 2 |
| Roy Oswalt | 2 |
| Lance Painter | 2 |
| Odalis Perez | 2 |
| Mark Redman | 2 |
| Rick Reed | 2 |
| Armando Reynoso | 2 |
| Wandy Rodriguez | 2 |
| Kirk Rueter | 2 |
| Scott Stewart | 2 |
| Kevin Tapani | 2 |
| Mike Thurman | 2 |
| Brian Tollberg | 2 |
| Steve Trachsel | 2 |
| Ismael Valdez | 2 |
| Chris Young | 2 |
| David Aardsma | 1 |
| Paul Abbott | 1 |
| Juan Acevedo | 1 |
| Jimmy Anderson | 1 |
| Rick Ankiel | 1 |
| Kevin Appier | 1 |
| Pedro Astacio | 1 |
| Josh Beckett | 1 |
| Heath Bell | 1 |
| Rob Bell | 1 |
| Alan Benes | 1 |
| Jeff Bennett | 1 |
| Kris Benson | 1 |
| Sean Bergman | 1 |
| Adam Bernero | 1 |
| Jeremy Bonderman | 1 |
| Joe Borowski | 1 |
| Kent Bottenfield | 1 |
| Micah Bowie | 1 |
| Yhency Brazoban | 1 |
| Doug Brocail | 1 |
| Jonathan Broxton | 1 |
| Jason Bulger | 1 |
| Ambiorix Burgos | 1 |
| John Burkett | 1 |
| Dave Bush | 1 |
| Paul Byrd | 1 |
| Jose Cabrera | 1 |
| Matt Capps | 1 |
| Giovanni Carrara | 1 |
| Frank Castillo | 1 |
| Bruce Chen | 1 |
| Bobby Chouinard | 1 |
| Vinnie Chulk | 1 |
| Mark Clark | 1 |
| Steve Colyer | 1 |
| Clay Condrey | 1 |
| Nate Cornejo | 1 |
| Kevin Correia | 1 |
| Doug Creek | 1 |
| Jeff D'Amico | 1 |
| Omar Daal | 1 |
| Casey Daigle | 1 |
| Kyle Davies | 1 |
| Mike DeJean | 1 |
| Ryan Dempster | 1 |
| Ross Detwiler | 1 |
| Octavio Dotel | 1 |
| Scott Downs | 1 |
| Ryan Drese | 1 |
| J.D. Durbin | 1 |
| Joey Eischen | 1 |
| Alex Fernandez | 1 |
| Mike Fetters | 1 |
| Josh Fogg | 1 |
| Ryan Franklin | 1 |
| Yovani Gallardo | 1 |
| Mark Gardner | 1 |
| Dicky Gonzalez | 1 |
| Mike Gonzalez | 1 |
| Andrew Good | 1 |
| Joe Grahe | 1 |
| Danny Graves | 1 |
| Luther Hackman | 1 |
| Rich Harden | 1 |
| Dan Haren | 1 |
| Rick Helling | 1 |
| Brad Hennessey | 1 |
| Matt Herges | 1 |
| Carlos Hernandez | 1 |
| Orel Hershiser | 1 |
| Shawn Hill | 1 |
| Luke Hochevar | 1 |
| Mike Holtz | 1 |
| D.J. Houlton | 1 |
| Kazuhisa Ishii | 1 |
| Mike Jackson | 1 |
| Ryan Jensen | 1 |
| John Johnstone | 1 |
| Marcus Jones | 1 |
| Todd Jones | 1 |
| Kyle Kendrick | 1 |
| Joe Kennedy | 1 |
| Marc Kroon | 1 |
| Hong-Chih Kuo | 1 |
| Andy Larkin | 1 |
| Allen Levrault | 1 |
| Cory Lidle | 1 |
| Tim Lincecum | 1 |
| Scott Linebrink | 1 |
| Rich Loiselle | 1 |
| Albie Lopez | 1 |
| Javier Lopez | 1 |
| Brandon Lyon | 1 |
| Mike Maddux | 1 |
| Ron Mahay | 1 |
| John Maine | 1 |
| Josias Manzanillo | 1 |
| Mike Maroth | 1 |
| Chuck McElroy | 1 |
| Brian Meadows | 1 |
| Rafael Medina | 1 |
| Frank Menechino | 1 |
| Trever Miller | 1 |
| Brian Moehler | 1 |
| Edwin Moreno | 1 |
| Mike Morgan | 1 |
| Brandon Morrow | 1 |
| Jason Motte | 1 |
| Mike Myers | 1 |
| Rodney Myers | 1 |
| Dustin Nippert | 1 |
| Hideo Nomo | 1 |
| Sean O'Sullivan | 1 |
| Chad Ogea | 1 |
| Tomokazu Ohka | 1 |
| Ross Ohlendorf | 1 |
| Omar Olivares | 1 |
| Jesse Orosco | 1 |
| Ramon Ortiz | 1 |
| James Parr | 1 |
| Steve Parris | 1 |
| Bronswell Patrick | 1 |
| John Patterson | 1 |
| Felipe Paulino | 1 |
| Jailen Peguero | 1 |
| Tony Pena | 1 |
| Oliver Perez | 1 |
| Yorkis Perez | 1 |
| Robert Person | 1 |
| Yusmeiro Petit | 1 |
| Andy Pettitte | 1 |
| Mark Portugal | 1 |
| Bret Prinz | 1 |
| Luke Prokopec | 1 |
| Ruben Quevedo | 1 |
| Steve Rain | 1 |
| Elizardo Ramirez | 1 |
| Horacio Ramirez | 1 |
| Chris Reitsma | 1 |
| Mike Remlinger | 1 |
| Grant Roberts | 1 |
| Jeriome Robertson | 1 |
| Eddy Rodriguez | 1 |
| Felix Rodriguez | 1 |
| Kenny Rogers | 1 |
| Glendon Rusch | 1 |
| Jae Kuk Ryu | 1 |
| Chris Sampson | 1 |
| Jesus Sanchez | 1 |
| Jonathan Sanchez | 1 |
| Victor Santos | 1 |
| Bob Scanlan | 1 |
| Max Scherzer | 1 |
| Pete Schourek | 1 |
| Rudy Seanez | 1 |
| Jae Seo | 1 |
| Dan Serafini | 1 |
| Ben Sheets | 1 |
| Scot Shields | 1 |
| Jose Silva | 1 |
| Joe Slusarski | 1 |
| Chuck Smith | 1 |
| Steve Smyth | 1 |
| Ian Snell | 1 |
| Steve Sparks | 1 |
| Russ Springer | 1 |
| Craig Stammen | 1 |
| Tim Stauffer | 1 |
| Scott Sullivan | 1 |
| Jeff Suppan | 1 |
| Jeff Tabaka | 1 |
| Kaz Tadano | 1 |
| Jack Taschner | 1 |
| Julian Tavarez | 1 |
| Joe Thatcher | 1 |
| Rich Thompson | 1 |
| Jose Valverde | 1 |
| Todd Van Poppel | 1 |
| Ron Villone | 1 |
| Chris Volstad | 1 |
| Brad Voyles | 1 |
| Adam Wainwright | 1 |
| Kevin Walker | 1 |
| Tyler Walker | 1 |
| Donne Wall | 1 |
| Jeff Wallace | 1 |
| Steve Watkins | 1 |
| David Weathers | 1 |
| Jeff Weaver | 1 |
| Todd Wellemeyer | 1 |
| Don Wengert | 1 |
| Dan Wheeler | 1 |
| Rick White | 1 |
| Bob Wickman | 1 |
| Marc Wilkins | 1 |
| Jerome Williams | 1 |
| Dontrelle Willis | 1 |
| Randy Wolf | 1 |
| Kerry Wood | 1 |
| Brad Woodall | 1 |
| Tim Worrell | 1 |
| Jamey Wright | 1 |
| Chad Zerbe | 1 |
| Barry Zito | 1 |
| Valerio de los Santos | 1 |
| Miguel del Toro | 1 |
Other Helton 500 Doubles Notes:
Todd Helton joins a list of four Hall of Fame players to accomplish the following categories...
- 500 doubles
- .325 career batting average
- 320 home runs
TODD HELTON
500 doubles
.328 AVG
321 home runs
STAN MUSIAL
725 doubles
.331 AVG
475 home runs
TED WILLIAMS
525 doubles
.344 AVG
521 home runs
LOU GEHRIG
534 doubles
.340 AVG
493 home runs
BABE RUTH
506 doubles
.342 AVG
714 home runs
| ROCKIES - SINGLE SEASONS |
| PLAYER/YEAR | DOUBLES |
| 1. Todd Helton, 2000 | 59 |
| 2. Todd Helton, 2001 | 54 |
| 3. Jeff Cirillo, 2000 | 53 |
| 4. Matt Holliday, 2007 | 50 |
| 5. Todd Helton, 2003, 2004 | 49 |
| ROCKIES - ALL-TIME |
| PLAYER | DOUBLES |
| 1. Todd Helton | 500 |
| 2. Larry Walker | 297 |
| 3. Dante Bichette | 270 |
| 4. Vinny Castilla | 208 |
| 5. Matt Holliday | 188 |
| 6. Garrett Atkins | 157 |
| 7. Andres Galarraga | 155 |
| 8. Brad Hawpe | 131 |
| 9. Neifi Perez | 125 |
| 10. Ellis Burks | 104 |
Franklin Morales childhood photos
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