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I Like Angry Todd

Found October 06, 2009 on Bugs & Cranks:
PLAYERS: Todd Helton
TEAMS: Colorado Rockies

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Todd Helton had an angry, but completely accurate response for Fanhouse’s Jeff Fletcher when asked how he felt about Colorado’s 2007 season being labeled a fluke by numerous baseball “experts” and bloggers. “Are you gonna say anytime anyone goes to the World Series who aren’t the Yankees it’s a [expletive] fluke? How is it a [expletive] fluke if you make it to the playoffs and win the first two rounds? Tell me where the fluky part is.” Todd [Expletive] Helton, ladies and gentlemen!  Tell those [expletives] how it is! That's two clubhouse rules broken in less than a week! The big story isn’t that Todd Helton rejected the ridiculous notion that 2007 was a fluke, it’s the manner in which he did so.  Todd Helton was...
Original Story: http://www.bugsandcranks.com/marktown...
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