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The call came on Dec. 14. It reminded Rod Carew of a call that he received in January 1991, when he learned that he had been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on the first ballot.
Only this was better. Much better.
“Bigger than the Hall of Fame,” Carew said.
After spending nearly a month on the transplant list, he would be getting a new heart and a new kidney at age 71.
The procedure took place at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Dec.