Goodbye Kirby

March 6th, 2006 | Filed under Family, Life

I was just finishing up that last post and was going through my rss feeds one last time before I went to bed like I do any other night. As I was reading through the list I was stopped dead in my tracks as I read this headline on Kottke’s remaindered links.

Kirby Puckett dies at age 45

I can hear many of you saying right now, well, who is Kirby Puckett? Kirby is a guy who was able to bring together a Dad and his two sons on a Sunday afternoon to watch a baseball game. For me, he is one of the greatest things that I associate with my father and to see him retire at such a young age, and then to pass away so suddenly…it really makes me sad.

So, goodbye Kirby. Thanks for giving my family not only a source of entertainment as you and the Twins (our favorite team) battled to win the ’91 world series, but for giving a young kid and his father a way to bond. Thank you.

Read the rest of his story here.