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From the scorebox to first base: Rockies scorer Jillian Geib reflects on Todd Helton’s Hall of Fame trajectory

Jillian Geib, official scorer for the Colorado Rockies, on June 2, 2021.
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Jillian Geib
Jillian Geib, official scorer for the Colorado Rockies, on June 2, 2021.

When the Colorado Rockies’ official scorer Jillian Geib talks America’s favorite pastime, even baseball neophytes catch the excitement.

The game is pretty central to her life.

“I have watched thousands and thousands of baseball games in my lifetime, so that in itself was training — just watching games and seeing all sorts of situations that could occur because I still feel like every time I watch a game I learn something new,” she said.

Many of those thousands of games Geib has watched have included Todd Helton. The first baseman spent 17 seasons with the Rockies and was recently elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

In The NoCo’s Erin O’Toole sat down with Geib to talk about Helton’s storied career — and her own. Geib is the first woman to score for the Rockies, and among only a handful of women to ever have this role in the league.

KUNC's In The NoCo is a daily slice of stories, news, people and issues. It's a window to the communities along the Colorado Rocky Mountains. The show brings context and insight to the stories of the day, often elevating unheard voices in the process. And because life in Northern Colorado is a balance of work and play, we celebrate the lighter side of things here, too.
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