The retired center fielder Lenny Dykstra said he chewed tobacco because he’d grown up watching Rod Carew chew tobacco. Simpson told me that when he was a kid, everyone wanted to make basket ...

He also cooks a mean jambalaya. Rod Carew, the man who terrorized pitchers with a bat in his hands, stood tall with a smile on his face, right hand raised, as he officially became a U.S. citizen.

If you’re a baseball fan in Southern California, you know about Rod Carew, ex-California Angel; ex-Minnesota Twin, because he’s one of the best hitters to ever so much as glance at a bat.

If you’re a baseball fan in Southern California, you know about Rod Carew, ex-California Angel; ex-Minnesota Twin, because he’s one of the best hitters to ever so much as glance at a bat. If you’ve ...

A smiling Rod Carew raised his right hand as he took the U.S. citizenship oath Friday during a ceremony in Santa Ana for the 78-year-old Major League Baseball Hall of Famer. Carew, a beloved ...

Rod Carew raised his right hand and recited the Oath of Allegiance to the United States on Friday, and with that, the Hall-of-Fame first baseman and former Minnesota Twins and Angels star was ...

Now, at age 78, former Minnesota Twins star Rod Carew is officially an American citizen. The legendary baseball Hall of Famer took the Oath of Allegiance on Friday from the director of the U.S ...