WTF????????? One of the most clutch players I have ever seen. His homer to win Game 6 the World Series against Atlanta will live on forever. RIP Kirby. Thank you for the memories.
***...I turn 44 thursday... At the peak of his career, he was the game's best: after the 1989 season Puckett became the first player in baseball history to sign a contract for $3 million per year. But it was his longtime loyalty to the small-market Minnesota franchise that inspired fierce devotion from Twins fans. In 1992 he passed up more lucrative offers to re-sign with the Twins, and in 1995 he turned down the opportunity to become a free agent altogether. His enthusiasm and humility — he drove to the ballpark every day in an old pickup truck — made him one of the most universally respected players of his generation. http://www.baseball-statistics.com/HOF/Puckett.html he was fun to watch! Rest in Peace Mr. P!
Live each day like it is your last day on earth. Don't go to the grave wishing you would have done that or said this. RIP Kirby
He was definately one of the greats, unfortunately he gained A LOT of weight the last few years. Here's a link to a recent picture of him. I couldnt believe it was him. http://woolis.com/images/Fanfest2005/05fanfest001Puckett&Lantz.jpg
Oh man! That picture of him breaks my heart. He looks worse than Tony Gwynn. He probably just ate himself to death over the last few years. Literally makes me sick to my stomach. He was pure rockhard muscle when he played.
RIP Kirby. Growing up in north Minnesota, Kirby Puckett was my childhood hero. The guy played every inning like it was the World Series. Sliding hard, leaping over the center-field wall, and just all out hustling. I remember after the Twins won the '87 World Series, Kirby, along with Dan Gladden, visited my elementary school in Thief River Falls. Everybody loved the guy.
I don't want to kick the guy. It really freaked me out when I heard this and he was one of my favorite players ever, but he wasn't exactly the person his public image projected when he was playing. RIP
RIP Kirby I still have one of the homer hankies from the 1987 world seires framed in my room at home in houston. He was a great hitter.
How much is the stroke related to his glaucoma? Vandross had a stroke and died, he was diabetic and that's a risk factor for glaucoma.
