Originally Posted By DDMAN26 <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AnFoC..Wd9df_CrDAIj1mxQRvLYF?slug=ap-obit-puckett&prov=ap&type=lgns" target="_blank">http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/ne ws;_ylt=AnFoC..Wd9df_CrDAIj1mxQRvLYF?slug=ap-obit-puckett&prov=ap&type=lgns</a> Yesterday he suffered a stroke and never recovered. I saw Puckett and the Twins come into Milwaukee several times a year while growing up. He was never my favorite player, but he always played hard. This might be a double post.
Originally Posted By trailsend He was great. I was rooting against him though in '91 when the Twins beat my Atlanta Braves in the World Series. He will be missed. Glad he made it to the Hall of Fame.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA He was 44 years old. That's only a year older than I am. Good lord, what happened to him?
Originally Posted By Lisann22 What a very sad day in the sports world. He had a lot of problems after baseball JiM. Began drinking and gained a tremendous amount of weight. People had been concerned about him for awhile. What a great ballplayer. His joy for baseball was infectious. ;(
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder I'm torn about him. As a baseball player, he was one of the game's better hitters. As a man and a human being, apparently he had no respect at all for women and thought he should be allowed to hit and assault them at will, just like he did with baseballs. Karma's an interesting thing.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Yeah, I know STPH. He was a mess after baseball. Well, apparently some of this stuff was going on while he was considered Mr. Baseball too. It's still tragic and sad though. He helped a lot of people along the way.
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder Sports Illustrated did quite an expose on him, <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/news/2003/03/11/si_puckett/" target="_blank">http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c om/baseball/news/2003/03/11/si_puckett/</a> while he was cleared of charges accusing him of dragging a woman in a men's room, it was about the only thing he was cleared on.
Originally Posted By Kala Very sad indeed. He was a fav. of ours, it was a sad day when he left baseball, and an even sadder one today. RIP Kirby.
Originally Posted By peeaanuut and as expected, there are tons of listings on e-bay for his baseball cards and such. All overpriced of course. But they wouldnt be listed if there werent buyers. Hey anything to make a buck right?
Originally Posted By trailsend Whoa, I didn't know about all that stuff in STPH's Post #9. Yuck. Not a pretty picture, at all.
Originally Posted By cape cod joe When I teach my kids not to smoke, be obese, do drugs etc I always say or you'll be dead around 50 or so. I don't like to use people who die fortuitously around 50 as an e.g. but last night I didn't mind telling the kids he just ate too much and did "other" bad things. My naive son said "Dad he must have been real bad as he only made it to 44!" I nodded my head as I don't want to go into too many details with that bad stuff.
Originally Posted By HRM Just goes to show you... some of our "heroes" - Sports, Politics, Movies, etc - have parts of their private lives which are very, very human. Admire them for their skills, but look to your family and friends for heroes.
Originally Posted By mele I will never understand the adoration given to people who can hit a ball w/a stick or throw a ball through a net. But that's just me. I go crazy for musicians instead. ;-)
Originally Posted By HRM The best thing that happened for Kirby Puckett this week was the S.I. Barry Bonds Cover article...
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder "The best thing that happened for Kirby Puckett this week was the S.I. Barry Bonds Cover article..." Sadly, you're likely right.
