KFAN radio reporting Kirby Puckett has been given his last rights

Wrigley · Mar 6, 2006

KFAN is the sports radio station in Minnesota, Rosie is Mark Rosen a sports reporter for wcco channel 4 in Minnesota.

http://rubechat.kfan.com/forums/107308/ShowPost.aspx

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Journeyman · Mar 6, 2006

Thanks for the update Wrigley, this just sounded bad from the get go....very sad story!

scarab · Mar 6, 2006

very sad...he is my favorite baseball player ever..........

FatTony · Mar 6, 2006

That's so sad. Can't believe it.

TTinCO · Mar 6, 2006

44 yrs old is way too young to go-man, that's scary

Journeyman · Mar 6, 2006

Puckett back in the day

Journeyman · Mar 6, 2006

ESPN not reporting anything as of yet, they just said he remains in critical condition.

Wrigley · Mar 6, 2006

Audio tribute to Kirby Puckett

http://www.kfan.com/pages/pucketttribute/

The Jack Buck call "And we will see ya tommorow night" is a classic Kirbys game 6 home run to force a seventh game

trytrytry · Mar 6, 2006

my co worker was saying he was sitting 8 rows behind this photo and saw Kirby disappear as he ran towards the wall and then a glove appeared to steal that HR. still has hit ticket stub...WOW.

I will really miss Kirby if indeed this is the end.

Kirby was popular with the gals as well and I know many a women who only like the Twins now from watching Kirby play.

Journeyman said:

Wrigley · Mar 6, 2006

Here is the newcast from Mark Rosen earlier today in Minnesota,

http://wcco.com/topstories/local_story_064130331.html

Journeyman · Mar 6, 2006

I will always remember him coming up in 1982 when the Twins were just starting to resemble a team of the future, with Hrbek, Gaetti, Viola, Brunansky and the way the announcer would say Kirbyyyyy ....He sure did give the Orioles trouble.

maxdemo · Mar 6, 2006

God Bless his soul and his family...this is a tough time for them...say a prayer

2PLAYSMAX · Mar 6, 2006

Dam It.

I guess he was needed else where. Seems he should have gotten more love than he did after he retired.

Even with his incident, which may or may not have happened. Look how many players get caught with guns, drugs, rape! and still get love from the public.

Kirb is in a better place already.

Pour some out for the man :103631605

Much Love

Insiders · Mar 6, 2006

2PLAYSMAX said:
Dam It.

I guess he was needed else where. Seems he should have gotten more love than he did after he retired.

Even with his incident, which may or may not have happened. Look how many players get caught with guns, drugs, rape! and still get love from the public.

Kirb is in a better place already.

Pour some out for the man Much Love

Well said ! I Loved that guy!

RobFunk · Mar 6, 2006

Didnt Kirby occasionaly help out with ESPN color commentary or am I thinking of someone else?

ButI'mTedBell · Mar 6, 2006

Damn. Here's hoding out a shred of hope.

Hell of a player. That world series against the Cards was the one of the most memorable in my lifetime. Hell of a series. Was pulling for the Cards going in, but Kirby won me over. I had to pull for him.

Damn.

Wrigley · Mar 6, 2006

Latest update from WCCO News

Mar 6, 2006 6:27 pm US/Central
Sources: Puckett To Be Taken Off Life Support

(WCCO) Minneapolis Kirby Puckett was expected to be taken off life support sometime Monday evening, multiple sources have told WCCO-TV's Mark Rosen.

Puckett has been in critical condition after suffering a stroke and undergoing surgery because of it.

The 44-year-old Puckett, who led the Twins to two World Series championships before his career was cut short by glaucoma, was stricken Sunday at his Arizona home.

He was in intensive care at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, hospital spokeswoman Kimberly Lodge said. Puckett was moved to the hospital after surgery at Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn.

Fishhead · Mar 6, 2006

Geezus, sad night.

Journeyman · Mar 6, 2006

Sometimes this stuff is just uncomprehendable, you see a guy on top of the world not too long ago, then he contracts a rare debillitating eye disease, retires prematurely, then this, has a stroke and is near death?

Insiders · Mar 6, 2006

R. I. P.

KFAN radio reporting Kirby Puckett has been given his last rights

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