Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew dies at 74

bostonherald.com ^ | 05/17/2011 | AP

[massmike]

Harmon Killebrew, the Minnesota Twins slugger known for his tape-measure home runs, has died at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz., after battling esophageal cancer. He was 74.

[massmike]

This Sept. 12, 1964, file photo shows Minnesota Twins’ Harmon Killebrew posing with 9-year-old Johnny Guiney, at New Yorks Yankee Stadium.

[txrangerette]

Saw him play. Saw Mantle in the same game. No easy feat, since I’m Texan and there were no Texas Rangers back then. Happened to be in Minneapolis and saw the Twins vs. the Yanks. RIP.

[kbennkc]

Payette Idaho's favorite son. A bright star for the world from a tiny town.

[rideharddiefast]

I always had to have number three on my uniform when I played pee wee league.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

RIP Big guy

[Keith in Iowa]

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[seanmerc]

Saw him play against my beloved Angels many times, and saw him hit some devastating home runs. He was also kind to young kids asking for his autograph. Great ballplayer, great man. Thanks for the memories, Killer—we miss you already!

[Finalapproach29er]

My neighbor when he lived in Minnesota. A gentle man in every sense of the word. No pretense.

What a sad day in Minnesota. RIP Harm.

[time4good]

Not sure if anyone else would remember this, but, back in the late '60's, I had a board game of baseball - not sure of the name, where you'd insert the circles of the players on your team and spin. I loved Harmon Killebrew because although his strikeout slots were bigger, his \1/ at the top was one of the biggest - 1 was a HOME RUN. Very fun game.

Anyone else remember that game?

[raygun]

I had that game.

[massmike]

All Star Baseball

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Star_Baseball

http://boardgamegeek.com/image/63254/all-star-baseball

[So Cal Rocket]

Saw him play against my beloved Angels many times, and saw him hit some devastating home runs

Me too! I remember him hitting a home run to left field that I was certain was going to hit the Big A scoreboard. It fell about 10 feet short. I think the Big A was 500 feet from home plate.

[ExCTCitizen]

Harmon today was drafted to play for GOD’s team. RIP Harmon!!

[boop]

Supposedly he was the basis for the profile on the MLB logo.

[raygun]

That's right. Now I remember; it reminded me of the All Star Game the way one could make teams. We loved playing best player-of-all-time teams against the contemporary-teams of the day.

[grey_whiskers]

RIP, Harmon.