Players Flying Under the Radar
2021 – what a season! There were upsets, rising stars, and players who continue to play in top form. However, with so many games, so many teams, and even more players, it can be very easy to miss some players who had stellar seasons but flew under the radar for the most part. With that […]
The best of Twins legend Rod Carew on Twitter
Over his 19-year career in the big leagues, Hall of Fame infielder Rod Carew put up mind-boggling numbers: 18 All-Star appearances, seven batting titles and a career .328/.393/.429 slash line over 2,469 games. In 1991, he became the 22nd player in MLB history to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first […]
Rod’s Book released May 12, 2020
An unforgettable story of insight, inspiration, and faith For a generation of American League baseball fans, Rod Carew was the definition of “batting champion.” An insecure boy from Panama raised by a brutal father, Carew ascended to baseball stardom, tormenting pitchers with a smooth swing from a crouched stance and winning s
Brothers, friends and teammates after 50 years…
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Every morning here Rod Carew pulls away from the hotel the Minnesota Twins put him up in, leaves wife Rhonda and cat Taz, bound for work. He drives the same route, the one that takes him by Tony Oliva’s place, timing it up so Tony is getting to the curb just as Rod eases to a stop. Every morning Tony waves, just in
Konrad & Carew: How an NFL Player’s Donated Heart Saved Life of a Baseball Hall of Famer
By Daniel Brown | danbrown@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News GroupPUBLISHED: April 14, 2017 at 10:17 am | UPDATED: April 15, 2017 at 5:48 pm SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO — Konrad Reuland spent the last day of his life in a coma as his mother, resigned to her son’s fate, curled up close, rested her head on […]
Baseball Great Rod Carew Gets New Heart, Kidney
By AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS LOS ANGELES – Baseball Hall of Famer Rod Carew received a new heart and kidney Friday, giving him another chance for a healthy, active life. The 71-year-old Carew underwent the 13-hour operation at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, his wife Rhonda Carew told American Heart Association News. Doctors
MLB Names Major Award after Heart of 29 Inspiration Rod Carew
By AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS SAN DIEGO – Long before Rod Carew started the Heart of 29 campaign with the American Heart Association, he distinguished himself as one of the best hitters in baseball history by winning seven American League batting titles, the most by any player since 1920. Major League Baseball decided it was [&hell
An Artist Blessed With Deft Stroke
August 06, 1985|JIM MURRAy The pitch was right where it had to be–where, in fact, it always was. Not quite a strike, not quite a ball. Not quite fast, not quite off-speed. A sucker’s pitch. The kind Rodney Cline Carew always got. Read More