Milestones! The Rockies reached quite a few individual milestones this year including Todd Helton's 2000th hit and 500th double. Aaron Cook becoming the winningist pitcher in Rockies history. But what other individual milestones were reached. At the beginning of the year I had this fanpost about the milestones players in 2009 were approaching. Now that the season is over I thought I would give the follow up on the original. Below is a table recording the date and event that each player achieved a certain milestone. An "x" indicates the player did not achieve the milestone this year.

Player
Milestone
Start of 2009
Date Occurred
Circumstances
Huston Street
100 saves
94
May 23, 2009
2BB, 2K, popup
Manny Corpas
50 saves
23
x
x
Aaron Cook
59 wins
52
June 22, 2009
7IP, 3H, 1R
Chris Iannetta
50 homeruns
24
x
x
Garrett Atkins
100 homeruns
89
x
x
Garrett Atkins
500 RBI
431
x
x
Troy Tulowitzki
50 homeruns
33
July 21, 2009
Solo Shot second inning
Troy Tulowitzki
200 RBI
151
July 30, 2009
7th inning triple to drive in Helton
Brad Hawpe
100 homeruns
88
June 27, 2009
Two Run Shot
Brad Hawpe
400 RBI
341
July 12, 2009
Base hit Walk-off
Todd Helton
2000 Hits
1957
May 19, 2009
single 0-2 count
Todd Helton
500 doubles
471
July 22, 2009
3rd, off scoreboard
Todd Helton
1200 RBI
1116
September 29, 2009
6th Inning double
Todd Helton
1200 R
1166
August 9, 2009
Scores on GIDP in First inning

If I missed any of the large ones please let me know. Thanks for a great season and I hope we can have more individual accomplishments next year (to go along with more great team accomplishments).

This Saturday is photo day for the Rockies. I have every intention of attending the game and having a good time, but I have never been to photo day before. There are two things I would like to know about in regards to this game.

1.  What time do I need to be at the game to get pictures/autographs from the players? Since it is a Saturday game it starts at 6:10 and I generally  show up as the Rockpile and E gates open 2 hours before game time. Do I need to go earlier than this and do the gates open eariler?

2.  After reading the comments here for the last week it has come to my attention that there will be many-a-Rowbot at the game. I propose that we try and get together inside the ballpark before the game starts (I never leave my seat during the game and I assume many of you are the same way). The question then becomes when and where do we meet. Please post in the comments section a preferred location and time, so it will be easier to chat for a little bit before we rush to enjoy the game.

Thanks for the info, and I hope to see you there.

JFK

GO ROCKIES!!!!

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