Kent Hrbek
Kent Hrbek
Kent Alan Hrbek, nicknamed Herbie, is a former American Major League Baseball first baseman. He played his entire 14-year baseball career for the Minnesota Twins. Hrbek batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He hit the first home run in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome on April 3, 1982, in an exhibition game against the Phillies. Fans knew Hrbek as an outstanding defensive player, perennial slugger, and charismatic hometown favorite. Former Twins pitcher Jim Kaat considered Hrbek to be the best defensive...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth21 May 1960
CityMinneapolis, MN
The people of Minnesota are missing an icon. Paul Bunyan was big. Puck's as big as Paul Bunyan around here.
The only person who tells me what to do now is my wife. T.K. (manager Tom Kelly) can't tell me to bunt. The coaches can't tell me what to do. The only person I take orders from is my wife. She told me to cut the lawn today. So I cut the lawn.
When things aren't going well, sometimes it's tough to go to the ballpark. But when you'd walk into the park and Puck was there, you'd have to smile. When he was in a room, he brightened it.
Puck's been a fighter and a game-winner all his life. This sounds like a tough row to hoe now.
It's a tough thing to see a guy go through something like that. That's what really hurt him bad, when he was forced out of the game.. I don't know if he ever recovered from it.