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After the game: The Kirby Puckett we never knew

  • by: Richard Meryhew
  • Updated: October 29, 2006 - 7:19 AM

As a player, he had it all: Adulation of an entire state, respect and friendship of teammates, two World Series rings. But after he lost sight in one eye, the man they called Puck lost his compass and began his slide.

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