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Appreciation: Humble Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew dies at 74 Harmon Clayton
Killebrew was baseball's ultimate gentleman.
Killebrew, 74, who died Tuesday from esophageal cancer, had the ego of a batboy. He has the 11th-most home runs in baseball history, but you'd never know he even went deep in Little League.
... read more1985: Harmon tries to hit one across the Mississippi Harmon Killebrew didn't quite know what he was getting into when he was asked to make a publicity appearance as part of baseball's All-Star Game festivities. (In 1985, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire journalism professor Michael Dorsher was the
... read moreKillebrew a giant and gentleman of the game If you're
Harmon Killebrew, you do it with modesty, class and in a humble and honest way. When the Hall of Famer said last week, "I've exhausted all options with respect to controlling this awful disease," my immediate thought was this was vintage
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