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See larger FILE - This April 2, 2010, file photo shows former Minnesota Twins player and Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew in Minneapolis. Killebrew, the Twins slugger known for his tape-measure home runs, died Tuesday, May 16, 2011, at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 74. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, file)

FILE - This April 2, 2010, file photo shows former Minnesota Twins player and Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew in Minneapolis. Killebrew, the Twins slugger known for his tape-measure home runs, died Tuesday, May 16, 2011, at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 74. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, file)

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  • FILE - This April 2, 2010, file photo shows former Minnesota Twins player and Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew in Minneapolis. Killebrew, the Twins slugger known for his tape-measure home runs, died Tuesday, May 16, 2011, at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 74. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, file)
  • FILE - This April 3, 2010, file photo shows former Minnesota Twins baseball player Harmon Killebrew posing with a statue of him unveiled near Target Field in Minneapolis. Killebrew, the Twins slugger known for his tape-measure home runs, died Tuesday, May 16, 2011, at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 74. (AP Photo/Andy King, File)
  • FILE - This May 31, 2003, file photo shows Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett, right, enjoying a laugh with fellow Hall of Fame star Harmon Killebrew, left, during ceremonies honoring Twins announcer Bob Casey, in Minneapolis. Killebrew says he will no longer fight esophageal cancer and is settling in for the final days of his life. The Minnesota Twins released a statement on Friday, May 13, 2011, from Killebrew, saying he has 'exhausted all options' for treatment and the cancer is incurable.(AP Photo/Jim Mone)
  • FILE - This Sept. 12, 1964, file photo shows Minnesota Twins' Harmon Killebrew posing with 9-year-old Johnny Guiney, at New Yorks Yankee Stadium. Killebrew had visited Guiney in May after he was hospitalized with critical burns suffered when his altar boy robes caught fire. Johnny asked his idol to hit a homer, and the leading home run hitter in the major leagues responded with a first inning, two-run blast. Killebrew says he will no longer fight esophageal cancer and is settling in for the final days of his life. The Minnesota Twins released a statement on Friday, May 13, 2011, from Killebrew, saying he has 'exhausted all options' for treatment and the cancer is incurable. (AP Photo/Harry Harris, File)
  • FILE - This is a March 19, 2011, file photo showing Minnesota Twins Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew watching from the dugout prior to a spring training baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, in Fort Myers, Fla. Killebrew says he will no longer fight esophageal cancer and is settling in for the final days of his life. TheTwins released a statement on Friday, May 13, 2011, from Killebrew, saying he has 'exhausted all options' for treatment and the cancer is incurable.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
  • FILE - Thie is 1963 file photo showing Minnesota Twins' Harmon Killebrew. Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew says he will no longer fight esophageal cancer and is settling in for the final days of his life. The Minnesota Twins released a statement on Friday, May 13, 2011, from Killebrew, saying he has 'exhausted all options' for treatment and the cancer is incurable.
  • FILE - This May 22, 1962, file photo shows Minnesota Twins' outfielder Harmon Killebrew hitting a double in the third inning against the Washington Senators, in Washington. Killebrew announced Friday, May 13, 2011, that he no longer plans to fight his esophageal cancer and has settled in for the final days of his life, saddening friends and fans of the 74-year-old Hall of Fame slugger. (AP Photo/Bob Schutz, File)
  • FILE - This Oct. 1, 1969, file photo shows Minnesota Twins' Harmon Killebrew hitting his his 49th home run of the season, in the first inning against the Chicago White Sox, in Minneapolis. Killebrew announced Friday, May 13, 2011, that he no longer plans to fight his esophageal cancer and has settled in for the final days of his life, saddening friends and fans of the 74-year-old Hall of Fame slugger. (AP Photo/File)
  • Roses sit on the plaque by the statue of Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame baseball player Harmon Killebrew at Target Field plaza, Friday, May 13, 2011, in Minneapolis. Killebrew, who is suffering from esophageal cancer, released a statement Friday that he has 'exhausted all options' for treatment and the cancer is incurable. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
  • The Number 3 jersey of former Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame baseball player Harmon Killebrew hangs in the Twins' dugout Friday, May 13, 2011 in Minneapolis, before the start of the Toronto Blue Jays baseball game. Killebrew, who is suffering from esophageal cancer, released a statement Friday that he has 'exhausted all options' for treatment and the cancer is incurable. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
  • FILE - This July 13, 1971, file photo shows American League All Stars, from left, Baltimore Orioles' Frank Robinson, Minnesota Twins' Harmon Killebrew and Oakland Athletic's Reggie Jackson, in the clubhouse after defeating the National League 6-4, in Detroit. Killebrew, the Twins slugger known for his tape-measure home runs, died Tuesday, May 16, 2011, at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 74.(AP Photo/File)
  • FILE - This May 13, 2011, file photo shows roses on the plaque by the statue of Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame baseball player Harmon Killebrew on Target Field plaza, in Minneapolis. Killebrew, the Twins slugger known for his tape-measure home runs, died Tuesday, May 16, 2011, at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 74. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
  • FILE - This June 20, 2010, file photo shows Former Minnesota Twins baseball player and Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew, signing autographs before the Hall of Fame Classic baseball game in Cooperstown, N.Y. Killebrew, the Twins slugger known for his tape-measure home runs, died Tuesday, May 16, 2011, at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 74.(AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli, File)
  • FILE - This Sept. 12, 1964, file photo shows Minnesota Twins' Harmon Killebrew posing with 9-year-old Johnny Guiney, at New Yorks Yankee Stadium. Killebrew had visited Guiney in May after he was hospitalized with critical burns suffered when his altar boy robes caught fire. Johnny asked his idol to hit a homer, and the leading home run hitter in the major leagues responded with a first inning, two-run blast. Killebrew, the Twins slugger known for his tape-measure home runs, died Tuesday, May 16, 2011, at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 74. (AP Photo/Harry Harris, File)

Former Minnesota Twins baseball player and Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew, the slugger known for his tape-measure home runs, died Tuesday, May 16, 2011, at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 74.

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