** FILE ** Kirby Puckett answers questions at a news conference in this Jan. 16, 2001 file photo, in Minneapolis after the former Minnesota Twins player was named to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Puckett died Monday, March 6, 2006, a day after the Hall of Fame outfielder had a stroke at his Arizona home, a hospital spokeswoman said. He was 44. (AP Photo/Jim Mone,file)