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Ebook About An unforgettable story of insight, inspiration, and faith Growing up in a small town in the Panama Canal Zone, Rod Carew and his friends spent the long, temperate days hitting bottle caps with broomsticks, outfitted with mitts molded from paper bags, cardboard, and string. Each broomstick bat was customized by its owner; Carew's, slathered in black paint with yellow trim, bore in orange the number 42—that of his idol, Jackie Robinson. It was in this fashion, years before he would move to New York City in search of a better life, Carew honed the skills that would one day turn him into a perennial All-Star. For 19 seasons, Carew was a maestro in the batter's box. Uncoiling from his crouched stance, he seemed to guide the ball wherever he wanted on the way to a whopping seven batting titles and a spot in the Baseball Hall of Fame. If only everything in life had been as easy as he made hitting look. In One Tough Out: Fighting Off Life's Curveballs, Carew reflects on the highlights, anecdotes, and friendships from his outstanding career, describing the abuse, poverty, and racism he overcame to even reach the majors. In conversational, confessional prose, he takes readers through the challenges he's conquered in the second half of his life, from burying his youngest daughter to surviving several near-fatal bouts with heart disease. He also details the remarkable reason he's alive today: the heart transplant he received from Konrad Reuland, a 29-year-old NFL player he'd met years before. Carew explains how that astonishing connection was revealed and the unique bond he and his wife, Rhonda, have since forged with his donor's family. As Robinson once said, "A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." As Carew recounts his story, Robinson's words take on an even greater resonance.Book Rod Carew: One Tough Out Review :
Rod Carew's life is really four stories in one. A young child, raised in poverty with an abusive parent, who escapes to a better life ... a hall of fame baseball payer who defined consistency ... a parent watching their child fight and lose a battle with leukemia ... and a man facing his own mortality. All of this combined for a book that I just couldn't put down despite knowing most of the headlines coming into it.The book is split about 50/50 on vs off field. The baseball parts go way beyond stats and hitting. Great stories about Oliva, Killebrew and Billy Martin just to name a few, and revealing details about leaving the Twins for the Angles and what went into his decision.Part of what made the book so interesting was the flawed and complicated nature of Carew as a person. His upbringing admittedly made him standoffish, aloof and withdrawn although he became more outgoing later in life. He seemed to have strong genuine faith and was clearly a sympathetic figure, yet there was a pattern of being alienated from those once close to him (siblings, his ex-wife and children from his first marriage) that suggested there was more behind these broken relationships than he let on.Bottom line is that few can match the life journey he's been on, good and bad, and it makes for quite the compelling read. Rod Carew is a Major League Baseball Hall of Famer. He had a lifetime batting average of 328… amassed 3,053 hits… and won seven American League Batting Championships… and never played in a World Series. There is so much more to meet the eye than those shiny statistics… when reviewing the “when-how-where-**AND**… “what” he was like as a person”. As like many other Hall of Famers… that plaque doesn’t make you a star as a person.This book starts out in 2015 when Rod had a massive heart attack while out by himself golfing. From there it fades back to his birth in the Panama Canal Zone. And as he is wont to do throughout this book… he almost stops the presses to adamantly state that the lifetime rumors and stories attributed to his life are not true. He states quite forcibly that his given first and middle name (Rodney Cline) was not the name of the person who delivered him into this world on a railroad train… that was Mrs. Allen a nurse who became his Godmother. Dr. Cline was a doctor summoned from the white section of the train after he was born.His childhood in the Panama Canal was one of poverty… and unparalleled love from and to his Mother Olga. She always told him he was destined for great things… and that G-d would always be there for him. On the other end of the rainbow was his physically abusing Father Eric… who would beat him every way under the sun. Add to that a long stay in the hospital for rheumatic fever… and Rod was scarred mentally… physically… and emotionally the rest of his life. When he and his Mother eventually moved to New York… Rod wound up becoming a virtuoso with a baseball bat like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix bent the strings of a guitar. He signed with the Minnesota Twins… and spent twelve seasons with them… and seven years with the California Angels. Among many accomplishments he hit over 300 fifteen years in a row. His childhood idols were number one (the same as mine) Jackie Robinson… and his second idol was “The Splendid Splinter” Ted Williams. When he got to meet both of them later in his life… he cherished those moments as two of the greatest of his career.Carew was downright unfriendly and standoffish with his teammates… and none other than the great Billy Martin… who had more fights on and off the field… than Joe Louis did during his “Bum of the Month”… heavyweight reign… when managing Rod on the Twins… had the following suggestion for Carew: “Listen to me,” he said. “You work hard and I really believe in you. You’re going to be a great player. But you have to do something about your personality. Stop being a yo-yo-up and down, up and down.” “Yes, the hotheaded Billy Martin thought I was a head case… I could only laugh.”His sour… unpleasant personality was also prevalent in the minds of the sportswriters… even on the day of his 3,000th hit… and… when he became eligible for the Hall of Fame. Mike Downey of the los Angeles Times wrote: Rod Carew is not always the most cordial fellow in the world, and often leaves you with nothing more than your thoughts about him. Take it from someone who has attempted in three different years, in three different cities, to approach Rod Carew, speak with him, get to know him a little, wish him luck, only to be treated like a bug that just crawled into the infielder’s cereal. At various times in his life, were Rod Carew ever treated by other human beings the way he himself sometimes treats human beings, he surely would have wondered what he ever did to make another man behave so insensitively.”“In a December 1990 column outlining his Hall of Fame votes. Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe wrote: “This was a second baseman who bailed out on the double play… Carew was accused of protecting his numbers, sacrificing power for average, and hitting 340 without helping his team. When he retired, nobody noticed.”When he won the American League Batting title in 1972 he became the third batting champion in the history of baseball to hit ZERO HOME-RUNS THE ENTIRE YEAR… joining Brooklyn’s Zack Wheat in 1918… and “Wee” Willie Keeler of the New York Giants in 1897. (Keeler coincidentally also played for Brooklyn before and after that unique year.)A couple of other things Rod wanted to make clear was… though he married a Jewish woman… and they raised their children in the Jewish faith… and that he wore a Chai (a gift from his dying Father-in-law)… he never converted to the Jewish faith. He always took time to point out that though he chewed tobacco… he didn’t do it to pull back his cheek from his right eye to get a better view of the pitched ball. It was because his mouth was dry. He also states quite loudly that he never became a United States citizen.After his playing days the book covers the sad painful death of his daughter… and Rod’s health battles including his heart transplant… and his getting involved in pushing awareness on both causes. I’m very disappointed in the fact that there are numerous typos in this book… AND ONE GIANT INCORRECT UNFORGIVABLE STATISTICAL MISTAKE… IN LISTING SOME PLAYERS WHO ACHIEVED THREE-THOUSAND HITS IN THEIR CAREER… HE LISTS TED WILLIAMS. ***THIS IS ABSOLUTELY INCORRECT!!! TEDDY BALLGAME HAD 2,654 HITS **NOT-3,000!!** I don’t know what kind of editor this publisher has but it needs to be severely upgraded!In summary: Carew was a great hitter… with no power… and questionable defense… and this book is a great story… WITH QUESTIONABLE QUALITY CONTROL! 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