RICK HELLING RUMORS & GOSSIP

Hunter stifles Rays in his season debut

RHP Tommy Hunter, recalled from Triple-A in time for Saturday's start, became the first Ranger to toss a complete game in his season debut since Rick Helling did it April 3, 1998.
Via TBO.com  |  June 05, 2010
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#26-30 All-Time Rangers List

This week I will give numbers 26-30 on my Top 50 All-Time Ranger List. See my June 14th entry for the previous installment. 30. Rick Helling: 68-51, 1008 IP, 687 K, .571 W%, 4.86 ERA, 20-Game Winner (‘98), T-Win Leader (‘98) Rick is 4th in winning percentage among Rangers pitchers with at least 400 innings pitched, and 2nd among starters with at least 500 IP. That’s pretty...
Via Texas Rangers Trades  |  August 16, 2009
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MLBPA Adds Former MLBers Rick Helling and Mike Myers to Staff

Major League Baseball Players Association Executive Director, Donald M. Fehr, today announced that former Major League pitchers Rick Helling and Mike Myers are joining the Association's staff. Helling and Myers join former Major Leaguers Bobby Bonilla, Phil Bradley, Stan Javier and Steve Rogers as special assistants to the Executive Director. "Mike Myers and Rick Helling...
Via The Biz of Baseball  |  March 17, 2009
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Rick Helling: Baseball’s True Hero

If you haven’t already, please do yourself a favor by heading to Time.com to read the article on former major league pitcher Rick Helling.  AKA: The Man Who Warned Baseball About Steroids. Yeah, I’m sick of hearing about (writing about) steroids just like you are… just like Major League Baseball is, too.   The difference between us [...]
Via Bugs & Cranks  |  February 25, 2009
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Baseball Knew There was a Problem in 1998, and Condoned the Use of Steroids Anyway

In light of Bud Selig and Donald Fehr engaging in steroid denial last week, TIME magazine has posted a rather interesting article, an article inspired by a man who played the game, an article that makes it very clear that baseball, both MLB and the MLBPA, knew of the steroid problem as early as 1998 and did exactly nothing. In fact, they did more than nothing. To wit: The union...
Via Another Cubs Blog  |  February 25, 2009
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