Comments on: Harmon Killebrew: 1936-2011

By: Jon L.

Jon L. — Wed, 18 May 2011 21:10:32 +0000

Why can’t there be more people like him in the world?

By: al

al — Wed, 18 May 2011 16:00:28 +0000

I met him at the Eliott Lounge in the mid 60′s in Boston. The teammates on hand, Jim Roland, Lee Stange, Bill Daily, clearly had great respect for him, as do I.He hit 15 balls 100 or more feet over the “monster” in bp drawing a standing ovation, then,with 2 on in the first, he lined one down the line barely fair,out in 3 seconds to total stunned silence.

By: marietta mouthpiece

marietta mouthpiece — Wed, 18 May 2011 12:02:22 +0000

I could go on for paragraphs on Harmon, with what he meant to us small town kids growing up in west central Minnesota, waiting with bated breath at each and every of his at-bats to be described by Herb, Halsey or Merle. I could go on about his life after baseball, in which he solidified his place as the most respected, by far, Minnesota professional athlete in history. I could go on about how he agreed to call my aging mother two years ago and say hello when I met him, and he treated her on that phone call as if the two of them had known each other for decades.

I guess what I am trying to say is that what I think of the most is simply this: While it is true that Harmon was a great man, it is also true that he was a good man. The world is a much poorer place now that he is no longer with us.

By: Neil T.

Neil T. — Wed, 18 May 2011 11:04:28 +0000

Arguably the greatest player in Twins history? Arguably? Really?

By: JR Cigar

JR Cigar — Wed, 18 May 2011 04:08:46 +0000

RIP Harmon…what a wonderful man.

By: brian

brian — Wed, 18 May 2011 03:40:18 +0000

Looking forward to Harmon’s posting.
No suspense or controversy there.
RIP

By: neil

neil — Wed, 18 May 2011 02:54:43 +0000

so classy of the mariners to honor him the way they did! Could have just done the little moment of silence but no,they did a video tribute and had Bert come to the stadium to honor him. Classy, classy

By: CommisserBart

CommisserBart — Wed, 18 May 2011 00:17:46 +0000

A truly great man has left us….but, uniwuely, will always be with us.

By: scot

scot — Tue, 17 May 2011 22:56:21 +0000

RIP Harmon.

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 17 May 2011 22:23:26 +0000

I missed the Killebrew era entirely but I loved the highlights and he was a great player. The conversation about the number 1 twin of all time necessarily brings me to Kirby Puckett because of the era in which I grew up watching baseball. It would be interesting to see the statistical comparison of those two since they seemed like very different players. The great thing about Killebrew and what probably makes him number 1 is that after baseball, he continued to do great things. Kirby, well, not so much. I guess it depends on what Gleeman means when he says number 1. If it is just stats, it might be a little closer. If you factor in stewardship, it’s not much of a contest: Killebrew all the way.