Very sad as he nears the end of his life.
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Killebrew enters hospice
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Killebrew enters hospice
by WiscTribeFan » Fri May 13, 2011 1:37 pm
Don't go away mad, just go away.
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Re: Killebrew enters hospice
by swerb » Fri May 13, 2011 1:42 pm
Most home runs of any player in the 1960's. 21 years with the same franchise. Great power hitter. Better name.
Name like Killebrew, you gotta be able to throw back the cold ones.
Name like Killebrew, you gotta be able to throw back the cold ones.
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Re: Killebrew enters hospice
by Bayou Tribe » Fri May 13, 2011 1:46 pm
swerb wrote:Name like Killebrew, you gotta be able to throw back the cold ones.
you should have seen oscar hammerstein knock em down back in the day
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Re: Killebrew enters hospice
by swerb » Fri May 13, 2011 1:49 pm
Bayou Tribe wrote:swerb wrote:Name like Killebrew, you gotta be able to throw back the cold ones.
you should have seen oscar hammerstein knock em down back in the day
Or the in and out traffic of former Chicago Bears tight end Emery Morehead's hotel room on road trips.
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Re: Killebrew enters hospice
by FUDU » Fri May 13, 2011 1:51 pm
IIRC he is the Logo for MLB.
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Re: Killebrew enters hospice
by danwismar » Fri May 13, 2011 3:26 pm
The Twins were always my second favorite team as a kid. They had so many likable players...but big #3 was a personal favorite. Great teams in the 60's and 70's...Tony Oliva (and later, Rod Carew) was a superstar, and guys like Bob Allison, Zoilo Versalles (won an MVP), Earl Battey, Mudcat Grant, Gaylord's brother Jim Perry, and (Parma native) Rich Rollins were just good solid players. Lots of memories of Killebrew killing the Tribe down on the lake.
Just checked this...pretty amazing factoid...Twins had four guys in top ten in AL MVP voting in '65 (and Killebrew wasn't one of them). Versalles and Oliva 1-2, Mudcat 6th and Battey 10th. (Colavito was 5th for the good guys)
IIRC, Versalles once played each of nine positions for an inning in one game.
Edit: Had to check...and my memory was (is) flawed...it was his teammate Cesar Tovar who played all nine positions in one game...in 1968.
Just checked this...pretty amazing factoid...Twins had four guys in top ten in AL MVP voting in '65 (and Killebrew wasn't one of them). Versalles and Oliva 1-2, Mudcat 6th and Battey 10th. (Colavito was 5th for the good guys)
IIRC, Versalles once played each of nine positions for an inning in one game.
Edit: Had to check...and my memory was (is) flawed...it was his teammate Cesar Tovar who played all nine positions in one game...in 1968.
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Re: Killebrew enters hospice
by Bayou Tribe » Fri May 13, 2011 3:28 pm
swerb wrote:Bayou Tribe wrote:swerb wrote:Name like Killebrew, you gotta be able to throw back the cold ones.
you should have seen oscar hammerstein knock em down back in the day
Or the in and out traffic of former Chicago Bears tight end Emery Morehead's hotel room on road trips.
No doubt. I heard he used to vaction in Acapulco with former Pirates outfielder Johnny Dickshot.
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Re: Killebrew enters hospice
by WiscTribeFan » Fri May 13, 2011 5:37 pm
For sullying his thread, I hope Killebrew gets a few free shots at all of you mopes in the afterlife.
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Re: Killebrew enters hospice
by googleeph2 » Fri May 13, 2011 6:25 pm
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Re: Killebrew enters hospice
by OldDawg » Tue May 17, 2011 3:38 pm
RIP big fella.
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I had a chance to see him play as a youngster back at the old stadium.
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