March 7,2006 <br /> <br /> <br /> Somebody made a study of it, <br /> and I know it wasn't me, ... <br /> almost every dog in Minnesota, <br /> is named 'Kirby'! <br /> <br /> I doubt that dogs in Baltimore <br /> are named 'Cal' or ' Brooks', <br /> although 'Jordan' is a popular name, <br /> for a puppy in Chicago - - - <br /> Pippen works also - - - <br /> You would be hard pressed to find a <br /> ' Rodman ' puppy! <br /> <br /> Kirby Puckett - died just yesterday! <br /> <br /> It is hard enough when life is rough, <br /> - - - Half - Glass full, <br /> - - - when everybody knows, that's not even close, <br /> - - - and Kirby made it seem that way! <br /> <br /> I guess that Kirby always owned that smile... <br /> (Not to mention Minnesota!) <br /> - - - and that attitude forever more! <br /> <br /> ... At 45, to die of a stroke - - - <br /> and we knew that he was going a little blind, <br /> <br /> - - - Not many were as good as you were, <br /> - - - Kirby!<br /><br />Barry Van Allen<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/kirby/
