RIP Kirby Puckett

NeoGoomba · Post by **NeoGoomba** » 2006-03-07 03:55pm

Even as a Mets fan, I always loved Puckett. I saw out of the corner of my eye at the gym earlier that he had a stroke or heart attack or something major and he was in critical condition.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/b ... index.html

Not too many likeable people left in the world of baseball

theski · Post by **theski** » 2006-03-07 03:57pm

Being from MN.. I love him for his baseball.. but disliked him off the field..

RIP Kirby..

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2006-03-07 05:26pm

What a tragedy. I remember Puckett playing with the championship Twins team in that very hard-fought 1991 World Series which went all seven games. Simply spectacular. He had to leave the game a few years later when he developed cataracts in his eyes.

I knew he had the stroke but I didn't know he was in such serious condition. A loss.