3/6/2006 8:18:00 PM

Thats terrible. He helped the Twins to their only real success before the salaries started to rise.

There I can say something nice.



[Edited on March 6, 2006 at 8:32 PM. Reason : too harsh]

3/6/2006 8:26:43 PM

sarcasm much?

3/6/2006 8:27:49 PM

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2357158

3/6/2006 8:29:04 PM

Haha yeah a lil bit. He beat his wife did he not?

3/6/2006 8:31:04 PM

at being good at baseball

lolololololol

[Edited on March 6, 2006 at 8:34 PM. Reason : lolololololololololololol]

3/6/2006 8:32:36 PM

RIP

3/6/2006 9:08:09 PM

Man, I hate that... I loved Kirby Puckett. I've got his rookie card!

3/6/2006 9:26:54 PM

as a braves fan, i never liked him

as a baseball fan and a human, its sad to see him go

[Edited on March 6, 2006 at 9:28 PM. Reason : a]

3/6/2006 9:28:21 PM

i remember sobbing during game 7 of the '87 Series after the Twins won

hated everybody on that team BUT Kirby

he did it for all the little guys

3/6/2006 10:40:00 PM

3/6/2006 10:41:36 PM

.....and when Chris Berman used to do his SportsCenter highlights and did the "whooop whoooooop whoooooooop/3 Stooges noise" when Kirby rounded the bases

3/6/2006 10:47:05 PM

3/6/2006 11:04:42 PM

sucks i grew up watching him

3/6/2006 11:12:19 PM

i love the man, and not just because he was prescribed medical marijuana

3/6/2006 11:16:56 PM

R.I.P. Kirby

3/6/2006 11:17:16 PM

RIP Kirby.

It makes me even sadder to see people already trying to cash in on your death on ebay

3/6/2006 11:28:17 PM

RIP to one of the guys id probably pick for my childhood favorites all-star team

3/6/2006 11:46:15 PM

kirby puck_it

3/7/2006 3:57:50 AM

rip kirby

i lived in minnesota at the peak of his career. my dad rode on a plane with him and got his autograph for me. he said that kirby was extremely nice, and wasnt bothered/annoyed at all.

i wish more athletes could be like him.

3/7/2006 7:47:40 AM

I remember crying after the 91 series too when the Twins won... Farewell to a great ball player from a Braves fan.

3/7/2006 8:23:09 AM

Farewell to my favorite baseball player ever! You left too soon!




[Edited on March 7, 2006 at 9:01 AM. Reason : ]

3/7/2006 8:59:03 AM

As a Braves fan, I was never a Puckett supporter, but he did make the most of his ability and was an all around great baseball player/person. Hate to see a guy like him pass away so soon...

3/7/2006 9:26:59 AM

In game 6 of the 91 series, I remember Puckett predicting a win against Atlanta. The Twins were down 3 games to 2. Pucket makes a catch off the wall and then homers to win the game. They went on to win the series in 7. I forgot who the pitcher was for the Twins that night, but didn't he go all 10 innings against Smoltz? 1 - 0 I believe the final was. I still cry. If it weren't for Kirby, the Braves would have 2 rings in the 14 straight division titles.

RIP Kirby. He had some ungodly amount of hits in his 10+ seasons. Wonder what could've happened.

3/7/2006 9:43:44 AM

^ Jack Morris was the pitcher in Game 7. If it wasn't for Lonnie Smith not knowing how to run the damn bases, then Game 7 would have never gone to extras. But that is a moot point and Kirby's finest hour was definitely Game 6.

3/7/2006 10:14:33 AM

Yep, or Kent Hrbek pulling Ron Gant off of first and tagging him out. Lonnie Smith's error was erased by Sid Bream's baserunnign skills in Game 7 of the NLCS the year after I still smile at that one.

But yes, Game 6 was all Kirby. That was an amazing individual performance.

3/7/2006 10:16:22 AM

Kirby was a great player, and a classy one at that. They dont make 'em like that much anymore.

3/7/2006 10:17:03 AM

Yeah he really was. He was one of the few that I could see playing baseball if the pay were $20,000 a year.

3/7/2006 10:20:34 AM

^I miss that about sports..... Playing for the love of the game.

3/7/2006 10:36:23 AM

a bone will be smoked in his honor today
rest in peace my man

3/7/2006 10:43:54 AM