Rod Carew: Long an Angel, now 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’ve endured pediatric leukemia and needed a special bone marrow transplant, you might know of Carew – or actually know the guy – because he’s spent much of the past few decades raising awareness and scrounging up money and finding transplant donations for people facing your often lethal battle. His...