Puckett suffers stroke...

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Hall of Fame OF Puckett suffers stroke

March 5, 2006
FT. MYERS, Florida (Ticker) - Hall of Fame outfielder Kirby Puckett has suffered a stroke and is undergoing surgery, the Minnesota Twins announced Sunday.

The Twins said Puckett, a longtime star center fielder for the team, suffered the stroke Sunday morning at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was transported to Scottsdale Memorial Hospital, then airlifted to Scottsdale Osborne Hospital, where he is undergoing neo surgery.

Perhaps the most popular player in franchise history, Puckett played his entire career with the Twins (1984-95) and led them to two World Series titles




Despite having his career cut short by irreversible retina damage to his right eye, Puckett was inducted to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 2001.

Fun-loving as a player, the 5-6, 190-pound Puckett was a lifetime .318 hitter with 207 home runs and 1,085 RBI. He retired as the Twins' all-time leader in hits (2,304), doubles (414), total bases (3,453), at-bats (7,244) and runs (1,071).

Puckett, 46, was selected to 10 consecutive All-Star Games from 1986-95 and won six Gold Gloves and five Silver Slugger Awards.

Puckett announced his retirement in July 1996 due to the eye injury and had his number 34 formally retired by the team in May 1997.

Also one of baseball's great community leaders, Puckett won the Roberto Clemente Man of the Year award in 1996

 

[Agent 0659]

Saw that on the news. Always liked him back when I watched Baseball. 44, awfully young :scared

 

[SixFive]

he never was tested for 'roids back in the day, was he?

 

[beantownjim]

ROIDS THE F-CKING GUY WAS NEVER IN GOOD SHAPE EVEN WHEN HE WAS PLAYING HE WAS A FAT BASTARD.KIRBY PUCKET WASNT ON ROIDS BUT HE WAS ALSO NOT DESERVING OF THE HALL OF FAME HE DIDNT HAVE THE NUMBERS THEY LET HIM IN BECAUSE HE WAS GOING BLIND.THIS F-CKING GUY NEVER HAD 400 HOME RUNS WICH YOU NEEDED BACK WHEN HE PLAYED I DONT THINK HE HAD 3,000 HITS SO WHAT THE F-CK DID KIRBY DO TO GET INTO THE HALL OF FAME WHO HAS HIS NUMBERS.THIS GUY WOULDNT EVEN BE MENTIONED IN TODAYS GAME WHERE YOUR GOING TO NEED AT LEAST 500 HOMERUNS TO GET INAND EVEN THEN YOUR NOT A LOCK. :shrug:

 

[Englishman]

Wasn't he convicted of sexual assault recently??

Not totally sure about that.

 

[beantownjim]

YEH YOU ARE RIGHT I FORGOT ABOUT THAT HE FONDLED A WOMEN IN A BATHROOM AT A BAR I BELIEVE IT WAS.HALL OF FAMER MY ARSE THIS GUY JUST DOESNT BELONG IN THE HALL. :nono:

 

[BahamaMama]

Englishman, these are my memories of Kirby (since i was never a twins fan)

http://www.upi.com/inc/view.php?StoryID=20021018-022625-4044r


still a shame when anyone of his young age suffers a stroke

 

[beantownjim]

JUST AS I THOUGHT HIS NUMBERS SUCK A-ROD PUT UP HIS NUMBERS IN 3 SEASONS.

PUCKET LIFTIME STATS

318 BATTING AVERAGE
207 HOMERUNS
1,085 RBI'S

WHO THE F-CK DID HE KNOW TO GET INTO THE HALL OF FAME THIS IS AN INSULT.NOW THERE IS TALKS OF NOT ALLOWING SOME GUYS IN LIKE PALMERO,CANSECO,SOSA WHO HAVE ALL HIT OVER 500 HOMERUNS ROIDS OR NOT THERE NUMBER ARE MUCH BETTER THAN KIRBY PUCKETS SH-T NUMBERS.THEY SHOULD KICK THIS FAT BASTARD OUT OF THE HALL ESPECIALLY SINCE HIS OFF THE FIELS ANTICS.

WHY IS THIS BUM IN THE HALL OF FAME COULD SOMEBODY PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS :shrug:

 

[Penguinfan]

Compasionate as always there Jim.

 

[Dice34]

If Kirby was a gay irish man, with liver failure, you'd be singing a different tune :violin:

 

[beantownjim]

HEY WHAT SRE YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT I JUST DONT THINK HIS NUMBERS WERE GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE HALL OF FAME I NEVER SAIS ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT RACE.

I HOPE KIRBY DOESNT PASS AWAY BUT THAT DOESNT CHANGE MY MIND HE IS NOT A HALL OF FAMER :nono:

 

[Hokie Fan]

Beantown was right here
Kirby Pucket should only be in the hall with a ticket
I mean really..
Plus I do believe he was on the juice also he did fondle/moleste a woman aggressively, If you smack around a woman you get hit back by karma..

 

[Englishman]

Dead now.

 

[betz]

obviously i'm biased living in MN my whole life so take it for what its worth and everybody has different HOF criteria but he had 2300 hits when his career ended at 35 and had never missed much time to injury in his career other than when denny martinez beaned him in the face, he would have cruised past 3000 hits. career .318 batting average and 10 straight all star games. i think that's why he made the HOF.

for the record he was aquitted of the charges from the sexual assault case but there were also charges of spousal abuse and an affair that resulted in his divorce as was documented in SI a few years back.

definitely a tarnished reputation but hall of fame deserved in my opinion.

 

[allholyone]

obviously i'm biased living in MN my whole life so take it for what its worth and everybody has different HOF criteria but he had 2300 hits when his career ended at 35 and had never missed much time to injury in his career other than when denny martinez beaned him in the face, he would have cruised past 3000 hits. career .318 batting average and 10 straight all star games. i think that's why he made the HOF.

for the record he was aquitted of the charges from the sexual assault case but there were also charges of spousal abuse and an affair that resulted in his divorce as was documented in SI a few years back.

definitely a tarnished reputation but hall of fame deserved in my opinion.

also was a 6 TIME GOLD GLOVE WINNER. NOT BAD

 

[Jinxbreaker]

I know this isn't the time and place, but if he's in then Jim Rice should be in. His eye sight started going @ the same age and was a more dominate player over a ten year run.