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Oct 3, 2023 1 hr 21 min

Rod Carew

from Backwards K Pod Hosted by Jake Robinson

For a generation of American League baseball fans, Rod Carew was the definition of a batting champion. The owner of a career .328 batting average, and 3,053 hits, to go along with his seven batting titles, and 18 All-Star nods, Carew tormented American League hurlers, with a smooth swing, from a crouched stance, his lightning fast wrist and impeccible hand-eye coordination. From his birth on a segregated train, to his abusive childhood, his escape from his father to New York City, his rise through the major leagues, and the tragedy that has befallen Carew after his magnificent career had ended, I take you through every chapter of this amazing story. It is a tale of rising above abject poverty through will and incredible discipline. It is a story of hope, sorrow, immense sadness, resurrection and triumph. This is the story of Rod Carew. #BrooksRobinson #TimWakefield #RodCarew #MinnesotaTwins #CaliforniaAngels #ClarkGriffith #MonroeKatz #BillyMartin #GeneMauch #MichelleCarew #RhondaCarew #KonradReuland #MaryReuland

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