Post by NJTank on Mar 28, 2016 6:15:38 GMT -5
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1996: Kirby Puckett of the Minnesota Twins wakes up with blurred vision during Spring Training in Fort Meyers, Florida. Puckett coming off an All-Star season where he hit .314 with 23 homers was having strong spring. He would never play again. The blurred vision would be diagnosed as glaucoma that would force Kirby Puckett to retire at the age of 35 and start a downward spiral in his life that would end ten years later.