Eckstein expecting to donate kidney to sister
Major League Baseball | Mark Newman
Former World Series MVP Award winner in New York for foundation walk
NEW YORK -- David Eckstein's playing days are behind him, and they include a 2006 World Series Most Valuable Player Award with the Cardinals and another World Series ring with the '02 Angels.
"This time of year is so special for baseball," Eckstein said. "This is when the game is at its purest -- when you show up at the park, and the only thing that matters is whether you win or lose."
But his purest and most important contribution to a team is still to come.
The postseason legend told MLB.com on Friday that he probably will be donating one of his kidneys "within the next two years" to his sister, Susan Eckstein Gaines. Four of Eckstein's immediate family members already have received kidney donations. Eckstein was in New York for the National Kidney Foundation's annual New York City Walk on Sunday, in his role as NKF national spokesperson.
Eckstein thought he would need to donate a kidney in 2010 for his brother Kenny, but he discovered that his B+ blood type was not a match. His brother Rick -- the hitting coach for the same Nationals team that is playing Eckstein's former Cardinals club Friday night in Game 5 of the National League Division Series -- wound up donating to Kenny then. For Susan, David will be the right match.
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{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}
Former World Series MVP Award winner in New York for foundation walk
NEW YORK -- David Eckstein's playing days are behind him, and they include a 2006 World Series Most Valuable Player Award with the Cardinals and another World Series ring with the '02 Angels.
"This time of year is so special for baseball," Eckstein said. "This is when the game is at its purest -- when you show up at the park, and the only thing that matters is whether you win or lose."
But his purest and most important contribution to a team is still to come.
The postseason legend told MLB.com on Friday that he probably will be donating one of his kidneys "within the next two years" to his sister, Susan Eckstein Gaines. Four of Eckstein's immediate family members already have received kidney donations. Eckstein was in New York for the National Kidney Foundation's annual New York City Walk on Sunday, in his role as NKF national spokesperson.
Eckstein thought he would need to donate a kidney in 2010 for his brother Kenny, but he discovered that his B+ blood type was not a match. His brother Rick -- the hitting coach for the same Nationals team that is playing Eckstein's former Cardinals club Friday night in Game 5 of the National League Division Series -- wound up donating to Kenny then. For Susan, David will be the right match.
Read more
{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}
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