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Diamond celebration on social media after Todd Helton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame

cora hall, knoxville news sentinel
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Todd Helton reached the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday in his sixth year on the ballot.

He is the first Tennessee baseball representative in Cooperstown, where he will be enshrined thanks to his decorated 17-year career with the Colorado Rockies. Helton, who played first base for Colorado, received 79.7% of the vote, eclipsing the 75% threshold for induction.

He will be inducted along with third baseman Adrián Beltre and catcher Joe Mauer on July 21. But the celebration started Tuesday as former teammates, friends and fans took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to offer their congratulations.

Larry Walker celebrates Todd Helton as Colorado Rockies in Baseball Hall of Fame

Larry Walker was the first player inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame from the Rockies, who were an expansion team in 1993. Walker and Helton played together with the Rockies from 1997-2004, spanning Helton's rookie year through the end of Walker's tenure in Colorado.

Tennessee baseball and football reaction

Colorado Rockies reaction

The Rockies picked the perfect narrator for Helton's Hall of Fame video: Peyton Manning.

Helton and Manning were teammates for Tennessee football in 1994, and both went on to be pro heroes in Denver.

Tennessee football legend Peyton Manning congratulates his former teammate

Todd Helton reacts to being elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: How social media celebrated Todd Helton joining Baseball Hall of Fame