mtkversion
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Originally Posted by kissell123 radrd, how can you say he is a jerk? All Ive heard about him is good things. He donated a lot of money. His wife on the other hand...kinda bitchy. I met her once at my brothers preschool years ago. |
Originally Posted by radrd He was a jerk and he pretty much killed himself. Good riddance. |
Originally Posted by Sleestack When someone starts a thread to pay respect to someone who just died, unless you've got something more incrimnating than an SI article based on limited sources, why don't you keep it to yourself? |
Originally Posted by radrd Because I don't have to. It's much more entertaining read your response than to simply not say anything at all. Plus, I genuinely feel that too much is being made of Kirby Puckett. Great baseball player? Yes! Does that make him a national hero? No. And the way he died makes me say good riddance. I'm glad he just kicked the bucket, instead of us having to watch him continue to spiral downward for the next ten years or so. |
Originally Posted by utep10 He was a great hitter. It's too bad he wasn't able to really acclimate himself to life after baseball. |
Originally Posted by Jahn the way he had to leave the game - getting hit in the jaw by a pitch and then having glaucoma rob his sight - is a hard pill to swallow, especially if you think you still have game. i mean look at the Rocket, he had tons of perfect endings to go out on, yet keeps coming back because his body is still telling him he's got game left. if Jordan left for baseball for the first time, then got a career-ending injury down in the minors, he probably would have gone off the deep end and ate or gambled his life away too. it's hard to not be able to walk away on your own terms. |