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Friday, June 15, 2012

Duquette's Father's Day gift: A healthy daughter

MLB | Anthony Castrovince
Former general manager gives kidney to ailing 10-year-old

The pivotal premise upon which all baseball trades are founded is as follows: If you want to get something back, you must give something up.

For eight long years, Jim Duquette's young daughter, Lindsey, has battled a serious kidney disorder with no known cure. And for eight long years, the Duquette family has wondered what it will take to ensure this brave girl will have a chance to live a long and healthy life.

As it turns out, the answer was inside Jim all along.
Read more: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120615&content_id=33341198&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

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