Today Hall of Fame baseball player Harmon Killebrew, who over his twenty-two year career swatted 573 home runs, good enough for eleventh all- time, passed at seventy-four from esophageal cancer. Last week the thirteen time all-star saddened the baseball world when he announced that he was going into hospice care to ride out the rest of his life peacefully.
Killebrew, who was nicknamed "killer" was the centerpiece of the Washington Senators/ Minnesota Twins Franchise for twenty-one of his twenty-two years and players in the organization felt strongly about the loss of him today. Twins president Dave St. Peter said "No individual has ever meant more to the Minnesota Twins organization and millions of fans across Twins territory than Harmon Killebrew," and that Killebrew's legacy will be the class, dignity and humility he demonstrated each and every day as a Hall of Fame-quality husband, father, friend, teammate and man." Minnesota Catcher and perennial all- star Joe Mauer also mourned the loss saying "He has treated me like one of his own. It's hard to put into words what Harmon has meant to me. He first welcomed me into the Twins family as an 18-year-old kid and has continued to influence my life in many ways. He is someone I will never forget and will always treasure the time we spent together."
The impact he has made on baseball and on others will exist forever, and we join in offering condolences to his family and to the Minnesota Twins Organization for their loss.
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