The irony of Carew snubbing the Yankees is that he is an alumnus of George Washington High School, located only 2 miles away from Yankee Stadium. At the time he signed with the Twins there was no MLB draft so he had to be scouted and signed directly. At the time Billy Martin was a Twins scout although he didn't scout Carew per se.
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If Aaron Judge can hold on for his first AL batting title, he is 33; Yandy Díaz was 31 two years ago when he won.
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In the Milton Cole article there is very obviously a word censored in the last column after the word "dinner" in the first and fourth paragraphs
I think Carew was better off not going to NY especially in those days given the way Steinbrenner was.
Regarding older players who did win batting titles...George Brett won the AL batting title in 1990 hitting .329 at 37 years old. He only hit .267 the first half, but hit .388 the second half which interestingly is nearly the same number he batted in 1980 at .390.
The irony of Carew snubbing the Yankees is that he is an alumnus of George Washington High School, located only 2 miles away from Yankee Stadium. At the time he signed with the Twins there was no MLB draft so he had to be scouted and signed directly. At the time Billy Martin was a Twins scout although he didn't scout Carew per se.
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If Aaron Judge can hold on for his first AL batting title, he is 33; Yandy Díaz was 31 two years ago when he won.
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In the Milton Cole article there is very obviously a word censored in the last column after the word "dinner" in the first and fourth paragraphs
I think Carew was better off not going to NY especially in those days given the way Steinbrenner was.
Regarding older players who did win batting titles...George Brett won the AL batting title in 1990 hitting .329 at 37 years old. He only hit .267 the first half, but hit .388 the second half which interestingly is nearly the same number he batted in 1980 at .390.
Rod Carew is still a very big deal here in Minnesota!