Dedicated to Kirby Puckett!

[KitchenWitch]

Well, beat the drum and hold the phone - the sun came out today!
We’re born again, there’s new grass on the field.
A-roundin’ third, and headed for home, it’s a brown-eyed handsome man;
Anyone can understand the way I feel.

Chorus:
Oh, put me in, coach - I’m ready to play today;
Put me in, coach - I’m ready to play today;
Look at me, I can be centerfield.

Well, I spent some time in the mudville nine, watchin’ it from the bench;
You know I took some lumps when the mighty casey struck out.
So say hey willie, tell ty cobb and joe dimaggio;
Don’t say it ain’t so, you know the time is now.

Chorus

Yeah! I got it, I got it!

Got a beat-up glove, a homemade bat, and brand-new pair of shoes;
You know I think it’s time to give this game a ride.
Just to hit the ball and touch ’em all - a moment in the sun;
(pop) it’s gone and you can tell that one goodbye!

Chorus
Chorus
Yeah!

[alarcojon]

1. RIP Kirby

too young

[KitchenWitch]

2. Way too young

Only a couple of years older than I am.

[Shine]

3. Bummer when they pass at such a young age.

I'm not much of a sports fan and had never heard of him, truthfully, before a few days ago, but wanted to pop in and express my sympathies.
:hug:


It really hits home (no pun intended) when they're only a couple o' years older than US, eh?

[KitchenWitch]

5. Scares the bejebus out of me.

especially since I do have some minor cardiac issues myself.

[Shine]

11. As my dad always says, "Nobody gets out alive..."

I just hope when I go, I feel at peace and fulfilled.

Do you have your will done yet? Just curious.

[KitchenWitch]

13. No, but it is on my short list!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. I am very moved by this, my dear KitchenWitch......

I feel your sorrow, and your determination to rise above it, too....

If I am SURE of anything, I am sure Kirby Puckett is smiling down on us right now, and especially at this song......

Thank you for posting it.......

I hope your tears pass soonest.......and take your grief with them!

:loveya: :hug: :loveya: :cry:

[KitchenWitch]

10. They will

I hope the Twins are able to pull it together and dedicate this season to him.

[blondeatlast]

6. I suffered a stroke in Nov. and again in Jan and am only 2 years

older than Kirby. Scariest thing I've ever experienced.

I'm so sorry for KP--what a great person.

I feel even more blessed now.

[KitchenWitch]

8. I am glad you are still with us!

Strokes are scary!

I am an almost twenty year survivor of cancer, and I can truly say that every day above ground is a good one.

:hi:

[blondeatlast]

32. So very true. Fortunately, my strokes were very minor.

I was treated at the same place Kirby Puckett was--he had some of the best care possible, that I can tell you.

:hi: backatcha!

[no name no slogan]

7. My hat's off to him

I didn't always agree with him (esp. when it comes to public funds for a stadium), but he was a class act to all his young fans.

I will miss him.

[KitchenWitch]

9. I am a huge Twins fan - this hurts so much.

[bigwillq]

12. RIP Kirby.

:cry:

[SeattleGirl]

14. Thanks KW!

I love that song, and it's so fitting for Kirby.

I was at a Mariner's game when it was announced that Kirby was retiring because of his eye problem. The entire ballpark let out a sad moan; I doubt there was anything there who didn't have respect for Kirby.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

15. KitchenWitch, that is sooo appropriate...

I posted in another thread that this sad news tonight reminded me of the day Walter "Sweetness" Payton died.

They were both far too young, but they were both fantastic atheletes and even better people.

Kirby, RIP, you will be missed...

:cry: :cry:

[KitchenWitch]

16. I miss walter payton as well

They both wore the same number (34)

[Blue_Tires]

17. i don't know why

but i have been terribly saddened by hearing this news....I absolutely HATED the twins (and still do for '87) and Puckett, and I have reacted with cool indifference for the deaths of athletes/celebs i liked a whole lot more than him.....maybe it's grudging respect...maybe it is because he was a person that meant so much to the sport....maybe it's because he is a reminder of that 80s era where i first discovered my love for baseball--an era like all others, is vanishing from view...maybe it is something else entirely.

[KitchenWitch]

18. A question for you

Did you used to be a Cardinals fan?

[Blue_Tires]

20. no

i just pulled for them in the '87 WS....I remember crying when they lost

[no name no slogan]

19. Kirby tributes all over the 10 p.m. news in Minneapolis/St. Paul

What a sad, sad day.

[FunkyLeprechaun]

21. I'm so sad...

I had the good fortune to meet Kirby Puckett and attend a dinner which he hosted for the kids in 1989. I LOVED Kirby and revered him, even when I was 8 years old. He was busy signing autographs and enjoyed taking pictures with the kids.

I will always treasure my signed baseball and Kirby cards (Kent Hrbeck, Allan Anderson, Tom Kelly, and others have signed my baseball). I should find that picture of me with Kirby. The late '80's and the early '90's were lots of Twins swinging by Rochester, MN to do autograph events. I don't hear about them so much anymore.

[KitchenWitch]

24. He was so wonderful with the kids

The Twins still do a "Winter" tour of various cities in the region. I do know that Joe Mauer and I believe Carlos Silva were in Winona in late January.

[WeRQ4U]

22. I saw your post, but I had to do one of my own too.

I actually cried a little when I read Torii Hunter's statement. "I lost more than a teammate and a friend, I lost Kirby."

RIP

[KitchenWitch]

23. I saw your thread and I posted in it

I think this is going to affect Torii the hardest of all the guys on the team.

[liberaltrucker]

25. RIP, Mr Puckett

Sorry I didn't get the meaning of your thread last night.
:spank: Not a big MLB fan.:hug:

[KitchenWitch]

26. It is okay

My life has three seasons, baseball, football and boredom.

:hug:

[mvd]

27. This is sad

I remember the Kiiiirby Puckett! call when he came to the plate. Great player, and R.I.P.

[LSK]

28. RIP Kirby

This death is a real shocker to me. He was wayyyy to young to go.

[enigmatic]

29. A helluva player

I think a part of himself died when he had to retire; I don't think he ever recovered.

R.I.P., Kirby.

[XOKCowboy]

30. RIP Kirby

Helluva man and ballplayer. The good die too young.

[Beausoir]

31. We broke out our Homer Hankies again tonight.

Gone too soon was Puck.

Good times....good times.

Rest In Peace, Kirrrrrrbbbbbeeeeeeee Puckett!

[alarimer]

33. I made the mistake of reading the thread in LBN

In which certain people are busy trashing him. I probably said some things that will be deleted but I do not care. They are being insensitive assholes, in my opinion.

This is a great tribute. So sad.

[mac56]

35. Yeah, lots of "perfect" people over at LBN

:sarcasm:

- bashing the memory of a guy whose good deeds outweighed the accusations made against him.

[SaveElmer]

34. Excellent...

One of my favorite songs...and definitely appropriate!!!

I've been listening to sports radio out here in DC all morning...even Mike and Mike in the morning who I normally can't tolerate very long did alot of great interviews with other players and stuff about Puck!!!

[KitchenWitch]

36. Is that the Mike Golic thing with that other Mike guy?

They air that on ESPN2 in the morning.

[SaveElmer]

37. Yep that's them...

They simulcast their radio show. Here in the DC suburbs they get preempted on the radio by Tony Kornheiser.

Usually they are a bit too annoying for my taste, but they did a good job with the Puckett story this morning!!!