Dan Gladden, who played beside Kirby Puckett for five years, remembers the Twins star on the tenth anniversary of Puckett’s death. Here’s Gladden on game six of the 1991 World Series.
Legend has it that, during Leibrandt’s warmup, Puckett was screaming through the din at fellow Chicagoan and bullpen coach Rick Stelmaszek: “This one’s over, Stelly.”
Gladden smiled at that version and said: “That’s not the way Chili Davis tells it. Chili said that Puck told him, ‘I can bunt on this guy.’ And Chili said, ‘Bunt? Hit it out.’?”
Which he did. Which caused Buck to tell the world, “And, we’ll see you tomorrow night.”
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/1M1iPZx
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