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RIP Kirby Puckett
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 3:12 am
by Rack Fu
Wow! That was unexpected.
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 3:45 am
by rozy
Was it?
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 3:53 pm
by Shoalzie
Twins-Braves in '91 will always be a series that I'll remember fondly. That's probably when baseball was at the pinnacle of its popularity in this country before the NFL took over after the lockout. Puckett was always a player I respected as he and his Twins battled the Tigers on many occasions through the years. I was still young to remember the '87 season when they played in ALCS...that's probably the last year the Tigers were relevant. Sad news indeed about KP and it was a shame his career was cut short like it was. RIP
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:00 pm
by BSmack
rozy wrote:Was it?
I guess nobody ever expects to see someone die of a stroke at 45. But Kirby was making KC Paul look like Kate Moss and taking on Jabba the Hut type proportions. It is tragic, but I guess you could hardly say it was unexpected.
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:08 pm
by Neely8
I wonder if the wife he used to beat and whose head he held a gun to will miss him? Great player.......not so great person......
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:44 pm
by indyfrisco
He's burning in hell...and the world is a better place.
Wife beaters are the lowest form of scum on earth along with pedos. KP is, was and will always be a worthless skidmark.
Fuck him. I only wish his death came sooner.
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:00 pm
by Jobocky
IndyFrisco wrote:He's burning in hell...and the world is a better place.
Wife beaters are the lowest form of scum on earth along with pedos. KP is, was and will always be a worthless skidmark.
Fuck him. I only wish his death came sooner.
Wow. Tell us how you really feel.
There is probably more to this story than a stroke, but we'll never hear it.
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:04 pm
by BSmack
This article sums up just about all the dirt ever dished on Kirby.
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpr ... 754100.htm
He was not a nice guy. Still, he has two children. And for that, his passing is tragic.
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:48 pm
by Jeff in Tucson
Kirby was the LT of baseball: fantastic player, questionable human being. I didn't know him personally so I can't sit here and judge him, but so many negative things were said and written about him by so many different people, including people close to him, it's hard to discount. But the guy was a great player, no denying that. Such a great clutch hitter and he had an absolute GUN from the outfield. Only Raul Mondesi came kinda close to gunning down as many base runners that I saw. How many times did we see him throw it on a rope from the warning track to home plate to hold up a runner at third? Great player, great great player.
RIP Kirby
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 3:07 am
by rozy
BSmack wrote:rozy wrote:Was it?
I guess nobody ever expects to see someone die of a stroke at 45. But Kirby was making KC Paul look like Kate Moss and taking on Jabba the Hut type proportions. It is tragic, but I guess you could hardly say it was unexpected.
Combine what you said here with what IndyStroFanFrisco said and you can see why it wasn't a surprise to me. I just really wasn't surprised in the slightest.