Rod Carew Almost Died In September

[Amazing Larry]

Former Angels star Rod Carew reveals he had heart attack in September and nearly died

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/carew-693455-angels-angel.html

Edited November 23, 2015 by Lawrence

[Glen]

Dude.

[Biergott]

Here's a bigger article.  Crazy

 

http://www.si.com/mlb/2015/11/23/rod-carew-heart-angels-twins

[Guest]

Holy crap. My childhood home was right on that golf course (the golf course was pretty much our backyard). 

Edited November 24, 2015 by failos

[ELEVEN]

Chuck get him to Fanfest!

Years ago when my son was 7 years old we were watching some younger ST players batting in a cage out in Palm Springs. When they finished, Carew was putting the balls into a bucket and gestured my son into the open cage. He showed him how to grip a bat properly and pitched to him for about 10 minutes. Teaching him to hit it right back to him.

Would be great to have a chance to thank him again in person.

[TroutBaseball]

I hear he's looking for a new heart. He should call Jerry Dipoto because the dude ripped mine out in July.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Spent a little time around him a few years back. Super down to earth guy. Hope he doesnt have a second

[Blarg]

Way long ago I used to play that course with my brothers. The course was being remodeled and the clubhouse was a double wide motor home.

[ELEVEN]

Way long ago I used to play that course with my brothers. The course was being remodeled and the clubhouse was a double wide motor home.

Hitting the Camaro up on blocks outside was a 2 stroke penalty and an automatic oil stain drop.

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

Rod was a very influential person in my life and helped me receive a second chance in baseball. I knew him for many years when his girls were young. We would sit and talk hitting and how to attack a hitter (I was a pitcher) based on where he stood in the box and were his hands were to what goes through a hitters mind and thought process during an at bat.

 

We would then go into the cage and I would then throw live to him and work what we talked about. It was almost Kung-Fu like (Grass-hopper when you can snatch the pebbles from my hand you may go).

 

When I caught him flailing at a forkball in the dirt. He stepped out called me over and said let me make a couple calls for you.

Edited November 25, 2015 by SlappyUtilityGuy

[Stradling]

Rod was a very influential person in my life and helped me receive a second chance in baseball. I knew him for many years when his girls were young. We would sit and talk hitting and how to attack a hitter (I was a pitcher) based on where he stood in the plate and were his hands were to what goes through a hitters mind and thought process during an at bat.

We would then go into the cage and I would then throw live to him and work what we talked about. It was almost Kung-Fu like (Grass-hopper when you can snatch the pebbles from my hand you may go).

When I caught him flailing at a forkball in the dirt. He stepped out called me over and said let me make a couple calls for you.

Am I the only one that wants to hear the rest of this story?