Harmon Killebrew
Harmon Killebrew
Harmon Clayton Killebrew, nicknamed "The Killer" and "Hammerin' Harmon", was an American professional baseball first baseman, third baseman, and left fielder. During his 22-year career in Major League Baseball, primarily with the Minnesota Twins, Killebrew was a prolific power hitter who, at the time of his retirement, was second only to Babe Ruth in American Leaguehome runs and was the AL career leader in home runs by a right-handed batter. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth29 June 1936
CityPayette, ID
CountryUnited States of America
I found out early in life that I could hit a baseball farther than most players, and that's what I tried to do.
I'm not a quitter. All my career, I went through a lot of physical adversity, injuries. It's in my nature to be a battler.
Believe it or not, we had fun playing the game, too. And I don't see that so much anymore. It's great to see these guys again.
Tony had that problem with throwing his bat,
We (who) played the game don't like hearing that that was done. It's difficult not having been involved with that stuff (to know) what it does, but nobody ever hit that many home runs before.
That's a very good question. Major League Baseball has to make it clear what it wants to do. They're the ones on the spot.
I don't think we've been together for a long time. I can't remember the last time, ... Right up until that final out of the seventh game, we still had a chance to win. It was a great World Series.
I don't want anybody cheating to get there, that's for sure. It's a shame, any cloud that hangs over baseball, and this is certainly a big, big cloud. It needs to get cleaned up.
He might not have looked good in a baseball uniform, but he made that uniform look good on him.
He was in a very happy, positive mood at the time of his passing. He was in love and excited about getting married.
Kirby was in the process of completely changing his life.
The problems he had were in the outfield. When you first saw him out there, 'How is he ever going to be able to play?' But Tony stayed with it, and became a good outfielder.
It's a mess whichever way you look at it. There would normally be big hoopla, I'm sure. The commissioner would make a big deal out of it. I just hate to see this cloud over the game.
There's a little sadness to it, too because some of the guys that were lost over the years, that aren't here with us.