Harmon Killebrew passes away at age 74

[lylsmorr]

Passed this morning.

 

[orangeblooded2]

I can remember watching him in the World Series in grammar school in the Library while skipping class to see the game.

 

[Ravenheart]

He was a good one back in the day.

Rest in Peace, Harmon.
Prayers and sympathies to his family and the Twins organization.
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[Slydell]

Man, I loved watching the Killer. Grew up in that era.

 

[NewToVolCountry]

Who were some of your other favorite players?

 

[Slydell]

Who were some of your other favorite players?

Mantle, Mays, Banks, Maris, Mathews, Musial, Killebrew, Spahn, the list could go on forever. Growing up as a kid in the 50's/60's and legendary baseball players.

 

[GAVol]

Never knew this before . . . Supposedly Killebrew was the inspiration for the MLB logo.

 

[volfanbill]

Never knew this before . . . Supposedly Killebrew was the inspiration for the MLB logo.

that story was been proven and disproven more times than I can recall.

 

[Rockytopman]

MLB logo doesn?t depict Killebrew | Duluth News Tribune | Duluth, Minnesota

says it was a misunderstanding...

 

[Rockytopman]

That logo and the accompanying music that was played for the MLB game of the week is something that I fondly remember from my childhood. We didn't have cable, so baseball on TV was definitely not an everyday occurence like today...

 

[Slydell]

Weird headline. From that same article that says it doesn't depict Harmon.

He acknowledged that he’s not 100 percent certain the logo wasn’t at least indirectly inspired by a Killebrew photo or some subconscious image imbedded in the designer’s mind.
“I had a bunch of photographs. I can’t swear that it wasn’t Harmon,” Dior said.