Gary Gaetti
Gary Gaetti
Gary Joseph Gaetti, nicknamed "G-Man", "Rat", or "Zorn", is an American former third baseman in Major League Baseball for the Minnesota Twins, California Angels, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubsand Boston Red Sox...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth19 August 1958
CityCentralia, IL
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It's a sad day, but you can't help but smile when you think of Kirby Puckett. You really appreciate his baseball ability. But this is a time to reflect on him as a person. I'm in between whether I should cry or laugh.
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It might have been a little different if he'd gone out on his own terms. I know something changed in him. He kept the smile on . . . probably somewhere deep in his heart he was hurting.
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He's got some serious power. I'm talking big power.
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His smile was just infectious, and that's how he played, too. He was one of those guys that it was always good to see him.
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He has a knack of making a really big pitch at the right time. He had the bases loaded, came up and threw a curveball -- it wasn't a great curveball -- and got the guy to hit it to second base hard.
bases came great guy hit knack pitch second threw
He has a knack of making a really big pitch at the right time, ... He had the bases loaded, came up and threw a curveball -- it wasn't a great curveball -- and got the guy to hit it to second base hard.
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He was everybody's everybody. It's easy to say what a great player he was. What I remember most was his infectious smile. He was fun to be around. My kids loved him. Everybody loved him.
dogs guys kids named people special streets
People named their dogs and their kids Kirby. You name streets after guys like that, and they did that, he's just a special guy.
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I don't know if the at-bats are as important as just standing out there in the outfield for the whole game. That's how you get your legs back.
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I'd say he's well on his way to coming back in September and helping us. It all depends on how he feels. I think he can probably step in there right now and hit. That's how it is for Major Leaguers. He seems to be far ahead of where he was before he had his surgery, but I'm only basing that on batting practice.
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In that regard, it's very important for him to take as close to a full speed batting practice as he can. It looks like he's able to do that now, and I've never seen that before from him.
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The beer tastes better when you win
hands fields balls
It's hard to field the ball when you have both hands around your throat.
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You know that the true test comes when things are not going good. He went through that here.