# Kirby Puckett is in the hospital

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirby-puckett-is-in-the-hospital/347196>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 5, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirby-puckett-is-in-the-hospital/347196 "2006-03-05T23:55:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Walter\_Windchill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Walter\_Windchill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walter_Windchill)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirby-puckett-is-in-the-hospital/347196/1 "2006-03-05T23:55:03Z")

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Many years ago, as a teenager, when I was visiting my redneck cousins in Johnson “City” Tennessee, we saw a minor league team play in Elizabethton. One young outfielder stuck in my memory for the exuberance he showed on the field, and his excellence on both offense and defense. I was not at all surprised to see him lead two teams to the world series a few years later and win both of them. He just had that magic about him that only a few athletes have.

So I feel a little misty to learn that he’s now in the hospital. I know he had some bad press recently, but I think he’s a good man. I hope he pulls through.

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**Author:** ![Walter\_Windchill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Walter\_Windchill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walter_Windchill)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirby-puckett-is-in-the-hospital/347196/2 "2006-03-05T23:56:35Z")

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[Here is the story](http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060305&content_id=1335290&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb) that prompted this thread.

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**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirby-puckett-is-in-the-hospital/347196/3 "2006-03-06T02:36:12Z")

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I just heard about it.

There was a time when every little kid in Minnesota could recognize one Twins player: Kirby. He looked more like one of their stuffed toys than a ball player. And he could play some ball. I still remember his 6 for 6 day against Milwaukee.

Yeah, he’s had some pretty bad press lately. I still wish him luck.