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Unfortunately personal problems in recent years diminished the fabulous player and personality that he was.

RIP, Puck.

1 posted on 03/06/2006 5:11:04 PM PST by daler
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RIP, Kirby. He's playing at the great Field of Dreams now.


164 posted on 03/06/2006 7:31:24 PM PST by toothfairy86
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RIP Kirby. You will live on in our memories of your great accomplishments on the field.

My condolences to the Puckett family, Friends, Minnesota Twins and MLB.

181 posted on 03/06/2006 8:13:46 PM PST by commish (Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
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God bless you Kirby, and " May flights of angles sing thee to thy rest."


184 posted on 03/06/2006 8:18:25 PM PST by Empireoftheatom48 (God bless our troops!! Our President and those who fight against the awful commie, liberal left!!)
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Kirby died too young. This reminds me of Tony Conigliaro, who also had eye problems after getting hit in the face by Jack Hamilton in 1967. Tony C died in 1990 at the age of 45 after lingering in a coma for 8 years after suffering a heart attack.

Tony C was my favorite Red Sox player when I was a kid.

189 posted on 03/06/2006 8:26:26 PM PST by dancusa (Appeasement, high taxes and regulation collects in the diapers of bed wetting liberals.)
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Rest in peace, Kirby. Minnesota, and all of baseball, mourns.


190 posted on 03/06/2006 8:27:04 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg ("David Gregory: the George Clooney of the press corps." - Mark Steyn)
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If we had to lose, I'm proud it was to Kirby Puckett!

A Braves fan.

193 posted on 03/06/2006 8:33:16 PM PST by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken.)
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Unfortunately personal problems in recent years diminished the fabulous player and personality that he was.

Bullspit it has. If Puckett had personal problems, I ain't heard of them.

The guy was truly a class act.

196 posted on 03/06/2006 8:40:35 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (We're Americans, we can do anything)
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We have a scout in the county I live in, that found Kirby and made a recommendation to the Twins. This scout is around 90 years old and has 2 World Series rings thanks to his ability to pick out future big leaguers, thanks to the Twins congealing as champions, and thanks to Kirby's talent. He also scouted Bill Madlock and made a recommendation to the front office 'in the bigs' to pick him up. The scout's name is 'Brownie,' if anybody is curious.

As a right hander, Kirby had a career batting average of .318. The last right hander with as good an average was this fella named Joe Dimaggio.


197 posted on 03/06/2006 8:44:28 PM PST by freepersup (find the enemy... destroy the enemy... remain vigilant)
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What a shame. So young.


201 posted on 03/06/2006 8:54:09 PM PST by nitejohnboy (listen up folks: If we lose House, job # 2 is REPARATIONS. You know what job #1 is.)
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RIP, Kirby


203 posted on 03/06/2006 9:01:50 PM PST by JRios1968 (A DUmmie troll's motto: "Non cogito, ergo zot")
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From a Mariner fan, you'll hit third in my version of heaven, #34.

May God be with his family.


204 posted on 03/06/2006 9:05:47 PM PST by IslandJeff
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RIP Kirby, he was a great ballplayer.


213 posted on 03/06/2006 10:05:56 PM PST by jazzo (RIP Harry Browne)
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an observation:

...isn't it funny how stories or comments that start out with "I read, or I heard......"
are always deminshed by one that starts out with " I remember....."

may he rest in peace


216 posted on 03/06/2006 11:04:59 PM PST by Doogle (USAF...8thAF...4077th TFW...408th MMS...Ubon Thailand..."69"..Night Line Delivery,AMMO)
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"Kirby Puckett's going to be all right. Don't worry about me. I'll show up, and I'll have a smile on my face. The only thing I won't have is this uniform on. But you guys can have the memories of what I did when I did have it on."



218 posted on 03/06/2006 11:31:57 PM PST by Spruce (Keep your mitts off my wallet)
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To: daler; 4woodenboats; 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub; abletruth; Accountable One; Aeronaut; AKA Elena; ...
RIP Prayer ping.


Rest in Peace
Kirby Puckett

My prayers go up for all who now mourn the passing of this baseball great who touched so many lives.  

Blessings,
trussell


If you want on/off my prayer ping list, please let me know. All requests happily honored.

230 posted on 03/07/2006 8:37:10 PM PST by trussell (Work for God...the retirement benefits are great!)
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Prayers for the soul of Kirby Puckett. Prayers also for his family, and all who mourn his passing.


237 posted on 03/08/2006 4:00:55 PM PST by GreenHornet
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