Why did Kirby Puckett of Minnesota retire after 11 years when he had such good numbers? Did he get injured?
358507
The beaning had nothing to do with the glaucoma please people quit saying this Dennis Martinez a real class act threw a curve ball that did not break Puck thought it would break and did not duck it was a game in late Sept of 1995. So he stayed out the rest of the season and in 1996 like he says he was ripping the cover off the ball that year Paul Molitor and Chuck Knoblauch would have hit in front of Puck they both had awesome years Molitor had 220+ hits and Knoblauch had 330+ ba with lots of doubles so the Twins would have had a hell of a great offensive year but Puck woke up and could not see out of his right eye he had glaucoma probably inherited, so he had to retire. But PLEASE NO ONE MENTION DENNIS MARTINEZ AS THE CULPRIT. The day after the beaning Puck got a hold of him and said Martinez was doing his job by pitching him inside and held no ill will and every time some one tried to blame Martinez Puck shot them down.
299972
I think he used steroids back from 1998 through 2002.  I think just to be fair, they should wipe out his records from those years.  And Sammy Sosa may never play baseball again, from what i heard was he retired.
1175103
Don't be so silly. But I wonder what happened to him. He looked like an above average player a couple of years ago. There's nothing left.
466149
I wish I knew! Atlanta (where I hale from) called him the ageless wonder. I would love to know the answer. You could contact him. I don't know who he plays for now, but if you go to his teams web site, they have a way you can contact the players. You might want to try that.
363662
i think he should just retire. he was a really good QB but hes old now
945114
As a big fan of the Packers, and of the career of Brett Favre, I agree.  Retirement should have come, if for no other reason than to make way for the new generation of Packer quarterbacks to build a team up around them.
1078993
Ken Griffey, Jr. is still the man.  Unlike some of these guys (his age and younger) his body is just simply breaking down naturally, which will eventually happen to all of us as we get older.  Just for the record, he gets injured making plays to help his team!  He is a great baseball player and deserves our respect and his paycheck!
665363
I say that the new Twins stadium should be named after Kirby Puckett because he was a successful baseball player and a contributor to the Minnesota Twins baseball team. Puckett helped the Twins win the World Series in 1987 and 1991 and he has to be the most influential Minnesota Twins ballplayer that has ever played the game.
1119473
The real question should of been, "Why would Minnesota trade a draft pick and their number one prospect for an older veteran who may have passed his best years already?"  I feel the Kings got a better deal than the Wild, and I'm a Wild fan.
834908
You guys do not know what you are talking about mike is one of the best offensive cathchers the game has seen and he is a huge new york faveorite. And for you guys that said the dodgers should retire his # - Your Crazy- He was on the mets way longer he was much better on the mets and he Is one of the most loved Mets of all time behind Casey, Tom Seaver, and Gil Hodges. The mets should retire his #. \n   And i am saying this as a Huge Met Fan and all of the other big met fans i know and just plain old baseball  Fans Agree with me all teams from (Mets Biggest Rivals- the braves to the Royals- a team with no relation to the Mets what so ever.\n   And another thing there is no way he wont go into the hall of fame as anything but a met because he will ALWAYS be known as a met and for bringing that team back to life in 1998 after a huge decade of failure.
988994
I, too, was very surprised that Murphy did not make the Hall of Fame. It's unusual for a two time MVP to have that long a career and not make it.  I figured he'd go in easily once he was eligible.\n\nA couple of things might have hurt his chances... first, he didn't have a lot of post-season exposure, having made the playoffs only once, in 1982.  \n\nThe other thing that hurt him, I'm guessing, is that his career went downhill pretty quickly, and he was unable to do what a lot of people (myself included) THOUGHT he would do, in terms of career numbers.\n\nHe played in what was probably the best 'hitters' park in baseball, so I'm sure some HOF voters probably discounted his career numbers because of that.\n\nOf the ten most similar players, Duke Snider (#2) is the only one who is in the HOF, although Ron Santo (#4) and Gil Hodges (#5) should probably be in the HOF as well,  Joe Carter is the most similar. But Snider himself has only one HOF in HIS top ten comps, that being Johnny Mize).\n\n2,111 hits is not, in itself, a HOF number. Murphy  ranked 183rd after the 2004 season...since then, he might have dropped a spot or two)\n\nSnider played in six World Series (winning two) and hit 11 World Series Home Runs, so that might give him an edge over Murphy in terms of his HOF chances.\n\nIt's true that many players with lesser numbers are in the HOF, but if a selection is later shown to be a mistake (as many have), I don't think we can really use that to say that everyone who's better than 'this guy X' has to be inducted.\n\nIn the end, to me, it's not Murphy's 'fault' that he didn't do what a lot of us thought he would do in terms of career numbers... he played as well as he could, and played hard every day, from his first major league game right up to his last.  And whle it doesn't seem right, I think that if he had reached 400 HRs instead of 398, that actually might have put him over...\n\nHe still might eventually make it, especially when voters start re-evaluating some pre-steroids players in light of the common use of steroids over the last 10-15 years...\n\nLet's hope that he eventually makes it, because I think he does deserve the honor... he certainly would not be lowering any standards if he were to be selected, that's for sure.
227024
Wayne Gretzky!! He was so amazing... when I was young I used to watch him play with the Oilers and I had to find ways to watch the games cause my mother wanted me to go to bed. The stats talk for themselves. Best goalscorer, more assists than everybody has point... hold or share 61 record at the time he took his retirement on April 18 1999. It goes so fast... It will be the sixth anniversary of his birthday that day.
149625
I didnt hear of him passing. I just thought he retired because of a blown knee.
650159
At 38, he's approaching it, if not there yet. Too bad he suffered all those injuries in his career. He could have been a great ballplayer. With 538 HRs, he'll most likely get voted into the Hall of Fame. Not on the first ballot, however. Chances are, he might last for another five years, if he agrees to be traded to the AL to DH.
531703
Yea thats pretty sad, but I think it'll be the same for as it was for kerby puckett. for he did on the field will compensate for what did off the field. As for Prince i had as the NL ROY and I think he's on great pace to be so.
1093884
I remember him. He used to play on the same team with Dale Murphy. He was a very good power hitter and a decent 3rd baseman.
319215
INSANE QUESTION:  Theodore was a flash in the pan.  He's done.  Huet is better than Theodore, that's why he's gone.  Patrick Roy is one of the best if not the best goaltenders of all time!