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Article: TWINS; BRAD RADKE RETIRES; Finishing what he started; Righthander Brad Radke said his farewell to baseball, prompting thanks from grateful Twins officials past and present - and from a boy with cancer he helped with his charity foundation.(SPORTS)(Patrick Reusse)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- December 20, 2006
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Byline: Patrick Reusse; Staff Writer
This was the basement room at the Metrodome where Kirby Puckett announced his retirement in the summer of 1996, and Tom Kelly announced his retirement in the fall of 2001, and now the task had fallen to Brad Radke.
The room was jammed with a few Twins legends, most Twins employees and much media. For 12 years, Radke was as quiet as any prominent athlete we've had in these parts, but on Tuesday, he bordered on the loquacious in making the retirement announcement.
Early on, he nodded toward Kelly and said: "T.K., being my first manager, he scared me to death ... in a good way, of course."
When Radke's ...