Posted on 04/15/2017 4:59:44 PM PDT by TBP
All baseball Hall of Famer Rod Carew needed was a new heart and a little hope — what he didn’t know was that a young boy he met almost 20 years ago would be the one to give it to him.
The kid was Konrad Reuland, a former Jets and Ravens tight end whose unexpected death from a brain aneurysm shocked friends and teammates last year.
He was just 11-years-old when him and the Twins legend first crossed paths.
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Sadly, Reuland was just 29. Ironically, 29 was Carew's uniform number.
Great story
He didn’t save Carew’s life the doctors did. I hate this hyperbole.
His heart saved Carew’s life.
I have a letter from the gentleman thanking our family for Scott's donation. When I attempted to locate him thru the organ donor organization last month, all they could do was give me a copy of the letter, they could not give me any information on him other than his name signed on the letter - Bob.........
It would be nice to know how "Bob" is doing today..............
Yes he did, he didn't have to donate his organs............
Right but anyone heart could have. Do you think we’d even hear about it if it was some schlub who just lived a normal life? The kid didn’t pick out Carew it was just dumb luck.
Don't they teach the basic rules of grammar in whatever school this guy attended?
Everyone,
I really think we need to be giving God the Glory on this one. His Hand was at work!
As a former fan who gave up on the NFL in the wake of the Michael Vick, Ray Rice, Colin Kaipernick era it’s good to see that there at least were some good people in the NFL.
“When him and [XYZ][did ABC]...”
Yes, great story, but what is going on when basic grammar is ignored at a newspaper that has been around for almost 200 years?
He sure didn't have the same nun I had for grammar lessons ;-)
Hmmm. My husband is a heart transplant recipient and we reached out to the donors family. Thanks just didn’t seem enough. Our seven yo grandson left a voicemail to his papa before the transplant saying “. I want you to come home papa from the hospital so much and I hope they find the right medicine to make your heart better”. After the transplant we had that message isolated and put on a DVD then gave it to our contact at the hospital, along with a note of gratitude. We never heard from the donors family which is their choice, of course. The transplant team told us, sometimes it is best to not know the details of a donors life or cause of death. We felt that was a pretty strong hint. Whatever, God bless the donor and family.
My only quibble is what is the value of giving a 71 year old man a heart transplant vs. say a 50 year old?
My mom recently died of cirrhosis at 73.
A life long non-drinker.
The transplant center wouldn't give her the time of day because she was over 65.
Too old, they said.
If she was 60 they'd have her on the transplant list.
I like Rod Carew a lot. Great baseball player.
But why so special?
71 isn’t that old anymore, and this guy could easily have another 20 productive years. And certainly, while a transplant is expensive, it is probably less expensive than keeping him going for only a little while longer with a bad liver.
There will be synthetic organs pretty soon, so this won’t be quite such an issue. Unless they start “euthanizing” everybody at age 70, something that could easily happen in the atheistic, utilitarian society we are becoming - where people are only valuable when they’re yielding tax revenue.
Even though the two stories are not the same, it still reminds me of the movie Bang the Drum Slowly.
Yes, one of my all-time favorite movies?
Did you know that Michael Moriarty, who played Henry Wiggen, was the grandson of a former major league player who later became an umpire? his name was George Moriarty. Here is his Baseball Reference page:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/moriage02.shtml
Apparently, he was also a manager for a couple of years.
The story is told that one time when Moriarty was umpiring behind home plate at yankee Stadium, he called a strike on Babe Ruth which Babe didn’t think was a strike.
Babe stepped out of the box and said, “George, I hate to admit it, but I never could spell your name. Can you spell it for me?”
“Sure, Babe,” said Moriarty. “M-O-R-I-A-R-T-Y.”
“That’s what I thought,” Babe said. “Just one I.”
BAsed on the novel by Mark Harris, part of a series.
The opening credits were filmed at old Yankee Stadium just before it closed for renovation. The baseball scenes were filmed at Shea Stadium.
Yankee Stadium, in its original configuration, is one of my all-time favorite ballparks.
He must have gone to a public school. The public schools don't seem to have the same standards as the private schools any more.
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