but I am a mom. I am very busy. (Aren't we all?) Harmon Killebrew died. One of the Minnesota Twins greats.
His full name was Harmon Clayton Killebrew. I have done a little poking around to see if that is who Clayton Kershaw is named after. I can't find anything to confirm that.
Some facts about the man:
In 1965 he helped the Twins go to the World Series (and then they lost to the Dodgers). He hit his only World Series home run and it was off of Don Drysdale.
Not only did he hit the most home runs of any baseball player of the 1960s, he was named to 11 All-Star teams.
For the franchise's first year in Minnesota, he was named the team captain.
In June of 1967 he hit the longest home run ever at Met Stadium and that shot landed in the 2nd deck of the bleachers.
One of the greats that will be missed. I am glad I got to tour Cooperstown where I learned about so many of these guys.
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