SeaRaven wrote:
Note that the NYT is stating with certainty that Puckett was 45, not 44 as the AP is reporting.
Yeah, SeaRaven, don't know what's up with the date of birth discrepancy. News outlets seen here in NYC are varying from 1960 to 1961, sometimes (as in the case of ESPNNews) using both birth years in the same newscast. It would be comical if ESPN weren't supposed to be a professional newsgathering organization. Um, it *is* that, isn't it?
Baseball-Reference.com lists his birth date as March 14, 1961, making him 44. Maybe that's where the confusion lies--editors and such unable to discern that March 6 is in fact eight days before March 14. If so, we've got a lot of numerically challenged editors.
The Baseball Encyclopedia, 8th Edition, copyright 1990, cites his birth date as March 14, 1961.
The Hall of Fame, though, lists Puckett's birth date as March 13, 1960. Hmm. Somewhere he gained a year and a day.
And a graphic at mlb.com's home page identifies Puckett's birth date as March 14, 1960.
The Baseball Almanac says Puckett was born "Tuesday, March 14, 1961." For the record,
Timeanddate.com concurs that March 14, 1961, was indeed a Tuesday.
CNNSI.com's player bio page lists his birth date as March 14, 1961, contradicting its own news stories on the death, which report Puckett being 45.
Sheesh. I wonder what everyone's news organization's policy would be when a discrepancy like this comes up. Seems as if most sources favor the March 14, 1961, birth date.