03/07: Kirby Puckett dies
One of the gentlemen of the game passed away yesterday at the age of 45. We at YanksBlog.com would like to pay our respects to him and his family.
He led the Twins to two World Series Championships in '87 and '91. He had to leave the game much too early in '95 because of Glaucoma in his right eye that he lost sight in a few years later. He nicknamed Don Mattingly, "Donnie Baseball", and for that we thank him.
I think we as Yankee fans will continue to look at Kirby's numbers as a measuring tool for Donnie's numbers as to getting him in the hall. They are really close, and besides the two rings he won with the Twins, there is not much difference between the two.
A tribute can be found on mlb.com
here.
RIP Kirby.
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