Editing Rod Carew (section)

===Military service===
During the 1960s, Carew served a six-year commitment in the [[United States Marine Corps Reserve]] as a combat engineer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.twincities.com/2013/03/26/charley-walters-tubby-smiths-firing-leaves-undetermined-effect-on-big-three-recruits/|title=Tubby Smith's firing leaves undetermined effect on 'Big Three' recruits|author=Charley Walters|work=[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]]|date=March 26, 2013|access-date=February 3, 2020}}</ref> He later said that his military experience helped him in his baseball career. Carew said, "When I joined the Marine Corps, it was a life-changing event for me because I learned about discipline. When I first came up to the big leagues in 1967, I was a little bit of a hothead. But after two weeks of war games every summer, I realized that baseball was not do-or-die. That kind of discipline made me the player I became."<ref name=Muder>{{cite web|last=Muder|first=Craig|title=Character and Courage in Cooperstown|url=http://baseballhall.org/news/event/character-and-courage-cooperstown|publisher=[[Baseball Hall of Fame]]|access-date=August 27, 2013}}</ref>