Harmon Killebrew passes away
posted at 5/17/2011 11:48 AM EDT
- mrmojo1120
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My condolences to Harmon's freinds and family.From ESPN.com:
Minnesota Twins great Harmon Killebrew died Tuesday at his Scottsdale, Ariz., home, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and the team jointly announced. Killebrew, who had esophageal cancer, was 74.
Killebrew announced recently that the cancer had been deemed incurable by his doctors and he was entering hospice care.
"With the continued love and support of my wife, Nita, I have exhausted all options," Killebrew said in a statement Friday. He added: "I have spent the past decade of my life promoting hospice care and educating people on its benefits. I am very comfortable taking this next step and experiencing the compassionate care that hospice provides."
Killebrew is 11th on baseball's all-time home run list with 573.
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Re: Harmon Killebrew passes away
posted at 5/17/2011 11:54 AM EDT
Harmon Killebrew dies at 74
ESPN.com news services
Minnesota Twins great Harmon Killebrew died Tuesday at his Scottsdale, Ariz., home, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and the team jointly announced. Killebrew, who had esophageal cancer, was 74.
Killebrew announced recently that the cancer had been deemed incurable by his doctors and he was entering hospice care.
"With the continued love and support of my wife, Nita, I have exhausted all options," Killebrew said in a statement Friday. He added: "I have spent the past decade of my life promoting hospice care and educating people on its benefits. I am very comfortable taking this next step and experiencing the compassionate care that hospice provides."
Killebrew is 11th on baseball's all-time home run list with 573.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
Damn that sucks....classy guy all the way and the face of that franchise for quite some time. RIP Harmon.
Re: Harmon Killebrew passes away
posted at 5/17/2011 11:58 AM EDT
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Harmon Killebrew passes away:
My condolences to Harmon's freinds and family.From ESPN.com: Minnesota Twins great Harmon Killebrew died Tuesday at his Scottsdale, Ariz., home, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and the team jointly announced. Killebrew, who had esophageal cancer, was 74. Killebrew announced recently that the cancer had been deemed incurable by his doctors and he was entering hospice care. "With the continued love and support of my wife, Nita, I have exhausted all options," Killebrew said in a statement Friday. He added: "I have spent the past decade of my life promoting hospice care and educating people on its benefits. I am very comfortable taking this next step and experiencing the compassionate care that hospice provides." Killebrew is 11th on baseball's all-time home run list with 573.
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Thanks for the memories, Harmon.
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Re: Harmon Killebrew passes away
posted at 5/17/2011 11:58 AM EDT
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He was my favorite Minnesota Twin of all time, just ahead of Rod Carew.
He'll forever be linked with Yaz.
Re: Harmon Killebrew passes away
posted at 5/17/2011 12:00 PM EDT
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RIP HK
Re: Harmon Killebrew passes away
posted at 5/17/2011 12:02 PM EDT
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sad news...condolences to his family and the Twins..thanks for the post Mojo...R.I.P Killer....
Re: Harmon Killebrew passes away
posted at 5/17/2011 12:04 PM EDT
- summerof67
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Rest in peace, good and gentle servant.
Re: Harmon Killebrew passes away
posted at 5/17/2011 12:19 PM EDT
- jimdavis
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Harmon was great. This is a sad day. Players now should use his example and STOP DIPPING AND CHEWING. The Sox and Yanks have a ton of guys who will pay the price down the road. Players think it can never happen to them. They are wrong.
Re: Harmon Killebrew passes away
posted at 5/17/2011 1:31 PM EDT
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HK was a monster at the plate. His homers over The Wall at Fenway made others' look like pop ups.
Re: Harmon Killebrew passes away
posted at 5/17/2011 2:00 PM EDT
- markes8336
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Harmon Killebrew remains one the biggest sports icons of my life.
Summer of '67...best summer of my life. Season tickets...watched Killebrew and Yaz go down to the wire for the HR lead. Each hit their 44th in the next-to-last game. Neither gets a HR in the last game of the year, as Yaz gets the last Triple Crown in MLB (to date).
Last gae of the season - Yaz goes 4-4 w 2 RBI's and the Sox finish 1 game ahead of Killebrew's Twins and the Detroit Tigers for the AL pennant - though the Sox had to wait for the Angels to beat the Tigers on the West Coast, avoiding a one game Sox/Tigers playoff game.
What summer for a 14 year old Sox fanatic!
Re: Harmon Killebrew passes away
posted at 5/17/2011 2:33 PM EDT
Anybody who is a fan of the game and saw Harmon play should appreciate how great a player he was and a what a great contribution he made to the game both as a player and as a gentleman. Rest in peace, Harmon.
Re: Harmon Killebrew passes away
posted at 5/17/2011 2:34 PM EDT
- jete02fan
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little known, though far, far less flamboyantly, Killer was the Godfather of pimpin' after hitting a bomb....
