Gary Gaetti
Gary Gaetti
Gary Joseph Gaetti, nicknamed "G-Man", "Rat", or "Zorn", is an American former third baseman in Major League Baseball for the Minnesota Twins, California Angels, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubsand Boston Red Sox...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth19 August 1958
CityCentralia, IL
good guys smile smiles
His smile was just infectious, and that's how he played, too. He was one of those guys that it was always good to see him.
changed deep gone heart kept might smile somewhere
It might have been a little different if he'd gone out on his own terms. I know something changed in him. He kept the smile on . . . probably somewhere deep in his heart he was hurting.
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It's just a weird, sad feeling. Every time I saw him, he was the same guy. He made me smile. He made me laugh. He made me feel good. I was always glad to see him.
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It's a sad day, but you can't help but smile when you think of Kirby Puckett. You really appreciate his baseball ability. But this is a time to reflect on him as a person. I'm in between whether I should cry or laugh.
dogs guys kids named people special streets
People named their dogs and their kids Kirby. You name streets after guys like that, and they did that, he's just a special guy.
extremely indoor moments series similar
That was the first World Series in an indoor stadium, so it was kind of a novelty. It was extremely loud. We've had very, very similar moments here where you can actually feel it on your body.
crushed feeling knows nobody town
I think everybody's feeling better today. But there's still a feeling of your town is getting crushed and nobody knows what's going on.
power serious talking
He's got some serious power. I'm talking big power.
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He was everybody's everybody. It's easy to say what a great player he was. What I remember most was his infectious smile. He was fun to be around. My kids loved him. Everybody loved him.
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He has a knack of making a really big pitch at the right time. He had the bases loaded, came up and threw a curveball -- it wasn't a great curveball -- and got the guy to hit it to second base hard.
bases came great guy hit knack pitch second threw
He has a knack of making a really big pitch at the right time, ... He had the bases loaded, came up and threw a curveball -- it wasn't a great curveball -- and got the guy to hit it to second base hard.
fathom knowing orleans parts scope
I can't fathom the destruction. It's the scope of the loss. It's knowing how long it's going to take to get things back to normal. There are parts of New Orleans that will never be the same.
help infectious
I can't help think about the guy's smile. He had an infectious personality. That's what I'll remember.
causing either head moving seeing wrong
Either you're not seeing it out of the pitcher's hand, or you're moving your head when you're swinging. You're doing something mechanically wrong that's causing you to do that.