Statue of Hall of Famer Larry Walker unveiled at Coors Field before Colorado Rockies game: "He's immortalized"

The Larry Walker Statue was unveiled prior to the Colorado Rockies game in Denver on Sunday.

"When I came here, my job was to keep moving, hit the ball, run the bases, chase fly balls in the gap, do everything I could to help us win. And now, here I am, frozen in bronze," said the baseball legend outside Coors Field.

The statue of Walker, who is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, is located outside the ballpark on 20th and Blake.

Walker explained during the unveiling where it was -- on Aug. 18, 1999 -- that he made the pose he's seen displaying in the statue.

"It was a game against the Braves," he said. "I led off with a home run against Kevin Millwood. The Braves scored a run, and it was 1-1 until the ninth inning."

"John Rocker, lefty from the Braves, came in, and I think he walked the first two. I went back and spoke with Todd briefly, and I said, 'I'm just going to bunt him over, and you can win the game for us.' As it turned out, that was the pose after a three-run home run off of John Rocker."

What made Sunday even more special for Walker was those who came to support him: family, friends, current and former Rockies, plus a couple of fellow Hall of Famers.

"Todd Helton and his wife Christy are here, and me being the second Canadian ever inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame was a pretty big honor for me, but having the first one inducted here today is amazing: the legendary Ferguson Jenkins," Walker said.

Jenkins spoke with CBS Colorado after the unveiling and was asked if he thinks that when people think of the Colorado Rockies they think of Larry Walker.

"Definitely. Yeah. Well, now they can see it on a daily basis when they come here and come to games. They can read what the notation is on the stone, and they can see the individual -- because he's immortalized," Jenkins said.

Helton, who was teammates with Walker, explained to CBS Colorado why he attended the unveiling.   

"He's the greatest athlete, football or baseball, that I ever played with, and I just wanted to be here for him and show him that we support him, and it's much deserved -- him getting a statue out here," Helton said.

Todd Helton will have his statue unveiled in September, but Sunday was all about Larry Walker.

"Every time I get to come back to Denver and see this statue, I'm going to be reminded once again of how lucky I was to wear a Colorado Rockies uniform," Walker said.