I'm looking for a link.. desperately was hoping I read that wrong... My prayers are with his family.. crap I don't even care about the game tomorrow anymore... these players already lost Kile and now Ken...
I have an autograph of him sitting in my room... and I even have that triple play cereal with him, bags, and biggio... I know recently Ken has had his troubles.. but this is a sad day... I believe he had several kids? Trying to remember back to when he played here.. Only met him once and feel like I knew him.. prayers to his family and all of the astros that knew him..
damn, quite a dark day for houston sports on and off the field. sad news for everyone in the astros organization as well as the fans RIP Caminiti.
Man ... Just saw this on the news here in San Diego ... Unbelievable As bad a day as we've had as Houston sports fans, this really puts all that into perspective. I'll always remember Ken as one of my favorite players of all time ... I wish he could have had a better life and made few better choices ... He was definitely one of the good guys RIP +++
From the AP at work....... --------------------------- v60010tx-b u s AP-TX--Obit-Caminiti(Top 10-11 0153 ^AP-TX--Obit-Caminiti (Tops) URGENT< ^ ^Ken Caminiti, 1996 NL MVP, dies at age 41< ^ NEW YORK (AP) _ Former Houston Astros slugger Ken Caminiti died today at age 41. The 1996 National League M-V-P admitted during his major league career that he had used steroids. He was 41. Caminiti's agent and lawyer says the player died of a heart attack in the Bronx. A medical examiner's office spokeswoman said an autopsy would be performed tomorrow. Last Tuesday, Caminiti admitted in a Houston court that he violated his probation by testing positive for cocaine last month. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail. San Diego Padres general manager Kevin Towers says Caminiti was --quote-- ``one of my favorite all-time players.'' The three-time All-Star third baseman's big league career ended in 2001, five seasons after he led the Padres to a division title and was a unanimous pick for M-V-P. ----------------------------------- A sad day. Ken was a gamer, and it was a shame he was traded to San Diego. I remember that one season towards the end of his career when he came back to Houston and he would make a great play every now and then which reminded you of his play in the 90s.
RIP Cammy Trying to take some positive out of this, hopefully this will set in on some of the big-leaguers that are taking steroids and get them off...not for the sake of the game but for themselves. I know Caminiti had other drug problems as well, but maybe something can be learned from this.
Unfortunate...he seemed like he was a good guy with a good heart, made some bad decisions though. I remember that one game when he was with San Diego and he was sick and came out and hit two homers in that game. He was a gamer. Had a gun for an arm too...Prayers go out to his family. I wonder how the guys who played with him or knew him are taking the news? I'd assume Craig and Jeff were close with him. RIP Ken Caminiti
Sad news. He was one of my favorite players growing up. Very entertaining player to watch. I'd always tell my mom to buy tickets on the third baseline to I could see him up close. I was upset when he was traded in the mid 90's . It's sad to watch some of the players that I watched as a chil pass away, makes me realize that life goes by real fast. RIP Ken, Kyle, Andujar and anybody that I'm forgeting. It's going to be tough to watch Bags and Bidge tomorrow, I hope they're up for it. It's going to be a tough watch
looking at that link stack provided... am i the only one who thinks its a little insensitve to put t he steorid thing in the headline.. yeah mention it during story maybe.. but in the headline... come on ...
I actually knew Camaniti personally. I used to play pool with him and my cousin, who worked out together. This just shocked me when I saw it go across the bottom of the screen on ESPN. I have a pic in my room of me, him, Finley, and Luis Gonzalez. I hope that the 'stros play their hearts out tommorow for Ken!
wow, i glanced at the bottomline and saw the words but i didn't even realize what i had read until a few seconds later. can't believe it. guy threw harder for a position player than anyone i've ever seen to this day, he had a gun that was just incredible. i still remember that highlight of the ball bouncing around on his back, then him picking it up and still getting the guy. sad to see he had so many problems. sometimes we get lucky like in john daly's case and they figure it all out but i guess it wasn't meant to be in cammy's case. sad day.
