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Title: R.I.P Kirby Puckett Post by: raptorsfan29 on March 06, 2006, 08:53:20 pm Kirby Puckett, 44, dies day after suffering strokeAssociated Press
MINNEAPOLIS -- Kirby Puckett died Monday, a day after the Hall of Fame outfielder had a stroke at his Arizona home, a hospital spokeswoman said. He was 44. Puckett died at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Kimberly Lodge said. He had been in intensive care since having surgery at another hospital following his stroke Sunday morning. Puckett carried the Twins to World Series titles in 1987 and 1991 before his career was cut short by glaucoma. His family, friends and former teammates gathered at the hospital throughout Monday. The hospital said Puckett was given last rites and died in the afternoon. "On behalf of Major League Baseball, I am terribly saddened by the sudden passing of Kirby Puckett," baseball commissioner Bud Selig said. "He was a Hall of Famer in every sense of the term. "He played his entire career with the Twins and was an icon in Minnesota. But he was revered throughout the country and will be remembered wherever the game is played. Kirby was taken from us much too soon -- and too quickly," he said. The buoyant, barrel-shaped Puckett broke into the majors in 1984 and had a career batting average of .318. Glaucoma forced the six-time Gold Glove center fielder and 10-time All-Star to retire when he went blind in his right eye. "This is a sad day for the Minnesota Twins, Major League Baseball and baseball fans everywhere," Twins owner Carl Pohlad said. Title: Re: R.I.P Kirby Puckett Post by: YoFuggedaboutit on March 06, 2006, 08:57:58 pm He will be greatly missed.
Title: Re: R.I.P Kirby Puckett Post by: DolFan619 on March 06, 2006, 11:04:43 pm    He will be missed. No question, no doubt, period, point, blank! He was only 44, such an amazing life to be cut so short like this only makes you wonder.
Title: Re: R.I.P Kirby Puckett Post by: Brian Fein on March 06, 2006, 11:19:59 pm RIP Kirby
The first MLB player I ever respected as a kid. Puckett was truly a class act. "Only the good die young" ~Billy Joel Title: Re: R.I.P Kirby Puckett Post by: Philly Fin Fan on March 06, 2006, 11:26:49 pm RIP Kirby.
Title: Re: R.I.P Kirby Puckett Post by: SCFinFan on March 06, 2006, 11:29:09 pm We'll miss ya, Puck
Title: Re: R.I.P Kirby Puckett Post by: AZ Fins Fan 55 on March 07, 2006, 06:02:05 pm Truly a sad day in professional sports. I loved watching Puck play!!!!! Here to hoping that he "touches them all" in that big ball field in the sky!!!!!
R.I.P. Puck....you will be missed!!!!! :'( Title: Re: R.I.P Kirby Puckett Post by: Dave Gray on March 08, 2006, 10:41:56 am (http://www.killsometime.com/mugshots/Files-1952196/kirbypuckett.jpg)
Title: Re: R.I.P Kirby Puckett Post by: Denver_Bronco on March 08, 2006, 10:48:55 am (http://www.killsometime.com/mugshots/Files-1952196/kirbypuckett.jpg) I got my eye on you |