Kirby Puckett

darkhorse · 03-11-2003, 07:33 PM

Baseball fans across the country were shocked last year when Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett, one of the game’s most beloved figures, was charged with sexually assaulting a woman at a suburban Minneapolis restaurant.

But that incident was merely the latest in a pattern of alleged sexual indiscretions and violent acts by the former Minnesota Twins icon, according to the cover story by Frank Deford, with special reporting by George Dohrmann, in this week’s Sports Illustrated.

Puckett has pleaded innocent in the restaurant incident, and is scheduled to go on trial March 24 for false imprisonment and criminal sexual assault.

Laura Nygren, whom SI describes as Puckett's "mistress of many years," told the magazine that Puckett resumed an affair with her just seven weeks after he was married in 1986 -- then cheated on Nygren with numerous other women.

After the onset of glaucoma in his right eye forced him to retire in 1996, Puckett began committing lewd acts in public, such as urinating in mall parking lots, Nygren told SI. Her relationship with the ex-ballplayer ended last March after he allegedly threatened her and she obtained a temporary order of protection.

Shortly before Puckett was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in January 2001, a female employee of the Twins threatened to file a sexual harassment suit against the team because of Puckett’s and other men’s behavior. The Twins allegedly made a financial settlement with her, according to SI. The Twins declined to comment to the magazine about this allegation.

Puckett’s ex-wife, Tonya, divorced him in December, barely a year after she told police that he threatened to kill her during a telephone conversation. Over the years, she told SI, Puckett had also tried to strangle her with an electrical cord, locked her in the basement and used a power saw to cut through a door after she had locked herself in a room. Once, she said, he even put a cocked gun to her head while she was holding their young daughter.

Puckett’s upcoming trial stems from charges that he pulled a woman into the men’s room of a restaurant in Eden Prairie, Minn., on Sept. 5, 2002, and fondled her. The woman told police that Puckett released her only when her girlfriend opened the door to the men’s room and screamed.

Puckett, who retired with a .318 career average, 207 home runs, 1,085 RBIs and 134 stolen bases in 12 seasons, helped Minnesota win the World Series in 1987 and 1991. But the 5-foot-8, 230-pound center fielder was revered in the Twin Cities -- and throughout baseball -- as much for his “good guy” nature as for his play.

He and his ex-wife were involved in numerous community projects and during his career he won the Branch Rickey and the Roberto Clemente Man of the Year awards for community service. He’s also a member of the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame.

But that image also was a sham, according to Nygren. One day after he had retired, she told SI, they were together when Puckett said he had to leave to visit a sick child who was waiting to meet him.

“That’s great, you get to make that kid’s day,” Nygren told him. “That must make you feel good.” But she said Puckett just snapped back at her.

“I don’t give a s---,” he said. “It’s just another kid who’s sick.”

Puckett declined to be interviewed for the SI story.

SoxWin · 03-11-2003, 07:49 PM

Other, explain

Rich

holyroller · 03-11-2003, 07:53 PM

Kirby Puckett!

jor31 · 03-11-2003, 08:08 PM

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Originally posted by SoxWin
Other, explain

Rich

My boy Rich said it best!

Jordan

KC · 03-11-2003, 08:25 PM

What is "other, explain"?

darkhorse · 03-12-2003, 12:04 AM

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Originally posted by KC
What is "other, explain"?

It's the new troll alert on the OOTP board. Kirby Puckett is the troll alert on another board that no one of good conscience should frequent.

LivnLegend · 03-12-2003, 12:58 AM

Both are very overused and lamer than Rob in Phoenix's stories of his Canseco-like son's exploits.

darkhorse · 03-12-2003, 01:07 AM

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Originally posted by LivnLegend
Both are very overused and lamer than Rob in Phoenix's stories of his Canseco-like son's exploits.

Indeed. Our resident Cobain freak uses other, explain in half his posts now.

LivnLegend · 03-12-2003, 01:09 AM

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Originally posted by darkhorse
Indeed. Our resident Cobain freak uses other, explain in half his posts now.

I guess another explanation is "other, explain" is what people who have nothing intelligent to add to the conversation resort to adding just so they can say "I was there."

holyroller · 03-12-2003, 01:19 AM

other, explain

LivnLegend · 03-12-2003, 01:33 AM

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Originally posted by holyroller
other, explain

I love playing Willis to your Arnold. Anytime you need a straight man to set you up for the punch line, let me know HR.

holyroller · 03-12-2003, 01:35 AM

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Originally posted by LivnLegend
I love playing Willis to your Arnold. Anytime you need a straight man to set you up for the punch line, let me know HR.

Thank you thank you. Few appreciate my massive wit.

The Professor · 03-12-2003, 01:42 PM

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Few appreciate my massive wit.

That is because you are an idiot...and not just an imaginary idiot, but a real idiot

JML · 03-12-2003, 01:46 PM

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Originally posted by The Professor
That is because you are an idiot...and not just an imaginary idiot, but a real idiot

Dear The Professor,

I call libel on you!!! Once I figure out how to work the copy machine at the office, I'm totally gonna send you a legal document thingie!

Love,

JML- an "actual" attorney.

Gastric ReFlux · 03-12-2003, 01:50 PM

Didn't Kirby Puckett have an incident involving a copying machine?

Diff'rent Strokes · 03-12-2003, 02:01 PM

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Originally posted by LivnLegend
I love playing Willis to your Arnold. Anytime you need a straight man to set you up for the punch line, let me know HR.

What you talkin' bout, LivnLegend?

twins15 · 03-12-2003, 04:16 PM

Read.

Skipaway · 03-06-2006, 11:18 AM

Let's put all Kirby Puckett trash talking in this thread, just not to piss off some other people.

drprestwood · 03-06-2006, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Skipaway

Let's put all Kirby Puckett trash talking in this thread, just not to piss off some other people.

Wow, thanks for bumping this. That really helps the situation.

Sublimity · 03-06-2006, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by drprestwood

Wow, thanks for bumping this. That really helps the situation.

Actually, it should. People apparently have disparaging comments to make about Puckett regarding the incident mentioned in this thread. People got upset about thoset things being mentioned in the stroke thread(s). So here's the place for it. Skip's only problem is that this is a little late. If people had just posted negative comments in another thread (as was suggested) hopefully it wouldn't have been a big deal.

Of course, it probably still would have been.

03-11-2003, 07:33 PM	#1
darkhorse Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: fort worth, tx Posts: 10,850	Kirby Puckett Baseball fans across the country were shocked last year when Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett, one of the game’s most beloved figures, was charged with sexually assaulting a woman at a suburban Minneapolis restaurant. But that incident was merely the latest in a pattern of alleged sexual indiscretions and violent acts by the former Minnesota Twins icon, according to the cover story by Frank Deford, with special reporting by George Dohrmann, in this week’s Sports Illustrated. Puckett has pleaded innocent in the restaurant incident, and is scheduled to go on trial March 24 for false imprisonment and criminal sexual assault. Laura Nygren, whom SI describes as Puckett's "mistress of many years," told the magazine that Puckett resumed an affair with her just seven weeks after he was married in 1986 -- then cheated on Nygren with numerous other women. After the onset of glaucoma in his right eye forced him to retire in 1996, Puckett began committing lewd acts in public, such as urinating in mall parking lots, Nygren told SI. Her relationship with the ex-ballplayer ended last March after he allegedly threatened her and she obtained a temporary order of protection. Shortly before Puckett was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in January 2001, a female employee of the Twins threatened to file a sexual harassment suit against the team because of Puckett’s and other men’s behavior. The Twins allegedly made a financial settlement with her, according to SI. The Twins declined to comment to the magazine about this allegation. Puckett’s ex-wife, Tonya, divorced him in December, barely a year after she told police that he threatened to kill her during a telephone conversation. Over the years, she told SI, Puckett had also tried to strangle her with an electrical cord, locked her in the basement and used a power saw to cut through a door after she had locked herself in a room. Once, she said, he even put a cocked gun to her head while she was holding their young daughter. Puckett’s upcoming trial stems from charges that he pulled a woman into the men’s room of a restaurant in Eden Prairie, Minn., on Sept. 5, 2002, and fondled her. The woman told police that Puckett released her only when her girlfriend opened the door to the men’s room and screamed. Puckett, who retired with a .318 career average, 207 home runs, 1,085 RBIs and 134 stolen bases in 12 seasons, helped Minnesota win the World Series in 1987 and 1991. But the 5-foot-8, 230-pound center fielder was revered in the Twin Cities -- and throughout baseball -- as much for his “good guy” nature as for his play. He and his ex-wife were involved in numerous community projects and during his career he won the Branch Rickey and the Roberto Clemente Man of the Year awards for community service. He’s also a member of the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame. But that image also was a sham, according to Nygren. One day after he had retired, she told SI, they were together when Puckett said he had to leave to visit a sick child who was waiting to meet him. “That’s great, you get to make that kid’s day,” Nygren told him. “That must make you feel good.” But she said Puckett just snapped back at her. “I don’t give a s---,” he said. “It’s just another kid who’s sick.” Puckett declined to be interviewed for the SI story. __________________ "The Human Torch was denied a bank loan."

03-11-2003, 07:49 PM	#2
SoxWin Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Blissful ignorance Posts: 3,315	Other, explain Rich __________________ It's called partying. When you do a lot of it, you're bound to be places where the police show up. I smoke a lot of pot and drink a lot of beer. I also graduated Suma Cum Laude. ****ing sue me. - Luis Rivera

03-11-2003, 07:53 PM	#3
holyroller Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: OTBL Forums Posts: 3,532	Kirby Puckett! __________________ Back to work, but not drawing a paycheck. TonyJ et. al.'s alias “I confused it with the chicken’s neck,” Mocanu, who was admitted to the emergency hospital in Galati, was quoted as saying. “I cut it ... and the dog rushed and ate it.”

03-11-2003, 08:25 PM	#5
KC Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: On my ass, you wanker. Now, sod off. Posts: 400	What is "other, explain"? __________________ KC Ted Williams: "When you foul a pitch off, does it ever smell like scorched wood?" Mark McGwire: "All the time."

03-12-2003, 12:58 AM	#7
LivnLegend Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: 100% pure adrenaline! Posts: 5,624	Both are very overused and lamer than Rob in Phoenix's stories of his Canseco-like son's exploits. __________________ Excess ain't rebellion. You're drinking what they're selling.

03-12-2003, 01:19 AM	#10
holyroller Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: OTBL Forums Posts: 3,532	other, explain __________________ Back to work, but not drawing a paycheck. TonyJ et. al.'s alias “I confused it with the chicken’s neck,” Mocanu, who was admitted to the emergency hospital in Galati, was quoted as saying. “I cut it ... and the dog rushed and ate it.”

03-12-2003, 01:50 PM	#15
Gastric ReFlux Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Member #3409 Posts: 8,350	Didn't Kirby Puckett have an incident involving a copying machine?

03-12-2003, 04:16 PM	#17
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03-06-2006, 11:18 AM	#18
Skipaway Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Where you live Posts: 11,017	Let's put all Kirby Puckett trash talking in this thread, just not to piss off some other people. __________________ Jonathan Haidt: Moral reasoning is really just a servant masquerading as a high priest.