Carew 77

[Edgy MD]

Happy birthday to an https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carewro01.shtml18x All-Star.

[MFS62]

And my homie from Washington Heights.

Happy Birthday, kid.

Later

[The Hot Corner]

Happy birthday to a hitting machine.



Damn, that man could hit.

[Edgy MD]

I feel like he's the inspiration for Lee Mazzill's batting stance, except Mazzilli might have been as relaxed with the upper half, but Carew was relaxed in the legs too.



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Might have been the loosest player to ever climb into a batting box.

[Frayed Knot]

He was the recipient of a heart transplant a number of years ago. That he's still around at 77 wasn't a given.

[Edgy MD]

Former Jets tight end Konrad Reuland died from a massive aneurysm at just 29. He had attended school with Carew's daughters and his family had his heart and kidney donated to Carew, among other organs that went elsewhere.