MINNEAPOLIS — The black vest that Rod Carew wears everywhere these days has pockets on both sides, giving him a choice of where to carry the battery-powered medical device that keeps him alive.
Four months after a massive heart attack nearly killed him, Carew made his first public appearance Saturday in the city where he won seven American League batting titles for the Minnesota Twins. On a stage inside Target Field, at the annual winter fan festival known as TwinsFest, Carew kept about 200 fans spellbound describing how paramedics saved his life, and the 47 days in five hospitals that followed.