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So the Phils trade Helms to Marlins for Yankee/RedSox cash?

there was a Wes Helms era in Philly?

I just realized that Wes looks so much like Kurt Russell. Plays like him too. Then again I don't know how well he can play ball. I'd bet he isn't too good.

Helms era? Whoa.

kurt russell was a minor league prospect for someone i dont remember who , but he screwed up his arm and went to acting , helms is probably as good lol

Wow. I never knew that, seeing as Kurt never played a baseball player before. Or maybe he did...did he?

The legendary Wes Helms era in Philly lasted as long as the Peanuts Lowrey era in Philly. Let this be written in the annals of history.

Russell also had a baseball career (his father also having been a baseball player). In the early 1970s, Russell played second base for the California Angels (now the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim) Double-A minor league affiliate the El Paso Sun Kings. During a play, he was hit in the shoulder by a player running to second base; the collision tore the rotator cuff in Russell's right/throwing shoulder. Before his injury he was leading the Texas League in hitting with a .563 batting average but the injury forced his retirement from baseball in 1973 and led to his return to acting.

This was on Wikipedia.

Up to you whether to trust the information or not.

If it's true, then we now know who's the better player...lol

I'd be happy even if it was for Dave Cash.

i was too lazy to look it up ,lol, i knew he played in the minors for someone just couldnt remember whom... thanks lady

Helms just went from worst to first. And I'm a Phillies fan....this is going to be a long season.

This is a very sad day in Philadelphia! Only cause Myers sucks and they LOST!!!!!

$2.9 Million Contract??? How is that a high contract? The Brewer's sausages are more high profile than this guy was. Who wrote this?

Is that really Kurt Russel?

finally hes gone,, he did nothin in philly

bout time

"trads"? I don't know this word.

Spell Check!

But I'll bet Wes Helms didn't marry someone like Goldie Hawn. And, yes, Kurt Russell WAS a ball player, a minor leaguer. He didn't go into acting after baseball, he was in acting as a kid B4 he tried his hand at baseball. I think he was a Reds farmhand.