ROD CAREW – Citizen, By Frank Pace – The Mook
Legendary baseball player Rod Carew became an American citizen last month. As his long-time friend, I had the rare pleasure of attending his swearing-in ceremony. Fourteen-year-old Carew arrived here from Panama 64 years ago, and if baseball GMs had any idea of the impact that he would make on the game, they would have sent a limo for him. Rod won nearly every award a professional baseball player could: the 1967 American League Rookie of the Year, the…