NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Bob Watson is in desperate need of a kidney transplant, but he has turned down a few offers.
The former Yankees general manager told the Daily News he has a good reason.
“Both my kids offered to donate kidneys to me,” said Watson, “and I told them both the same thing: ‘I’ve had a good life and I don’t want to take a kidney from young people who really need them and still have their whole lives ahead of them.’ That would be very selfish on my part.”
The 71-year-old former player and executive has kidney disease and undergoes dialysis often.