[ConservativeStatement]

R.I.P.

[Larry Lucido]

RIP

[kidd]

Rest in Peace Harmon.

I grew up in Bloomington in the 60s and 70s, a mile from the stadium.

Harmon Killebrew was a big part of the heart of Minnesota.

[Emperor Palpatine]

We're gonna miss that great swing.....

[FreedomGuru]

RIP slugger, thanks for the childhood memories.

[karnage]

As a White Sox fan, I used to watch with a combination of fear and awe as Killebrew strode to the plate. One of my favorite players - even if he was a Twin!

[PilotDave]

First big league game I ever attended I got to see HK hit a solo shot at the old met stadium. I don’t remember another single second of that game, but I can still see the baseball rattling around some empty outfield seats..

[Belteshazzar]

I grew up in south suburban Minneapolis in the sixties. On calm summer nights we could clearly hear the organ at the old Met as it played the seventh inning stretch from our backyard and sometimes even the announcers. And when there was a Twins home run, you could really hear the crowd cheer. So, like many of my friends, I got a job at the stadium when I was 14, and worked at virtually all the home games for four years. Killebrew was the fan favorite. Besides being a great player, he personified “Minnesota nice,” and everyone knew it. RIP Harmon.

[Arrowhead1952]

R I P Harmon.

[Spruce]

On June 3, 1967, Killebrew hit a 520-foot home run, the longest measured home run ever hit at the Twins' Metropolitan Stadium and the longest in Twins history. That event is commemorated at the Mall of America, which includes a plaque marking home plate, and one red-painted seat from the Met which was placed at the location and elevation of the landing spot of the home run.

[ScottinVA]

Very sad to hear... RIP Harmon...You were a class act all the way.

[ScottinVA]

Harmon`s clutch homers in the `60s and `70s sank this Oakland A`s fan`s heart many a time, but what a great guy and sportsman he was. The world is poorer today.

[jazzo]

RIP to a great Ballplayer, any kid growing up in the 60’s knew of “the Killer”. He was from another era and a reminder of why a lot of us oldtimers have had a lifelong love affair with the American Pastime.

Godspeed Harmon

From a Tiger Fan