Wake Forest’s Baseball Coach Gave a Kidney to a Freshman on the Team

Tom Walter, Kidney Giver: “Surgeons at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta executed the play flawlessly Monday, removing a kidney from [Wake Forest baseball coach Tom] Walter and transplanting it into a freshman outfielder named Kevin Jordan who has yet to play a game at Wake Forest.” This is a heartwarming story. [Winston Salem-Journal via Adam]

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27 Responses to “Wake Forest’s Baseball Coach Gave a Kidney to a Freshman on the Team”

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ButtersBC Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:22 AM
Sounds like an NCAA rules violation to me
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spencer096 Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:22 AM
This is a heartwarming story.
AND A BLATANT VIOLATION OF NCAA RULES!!!
/starts throwing books all over the place
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spencer096 Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:22 AM
fuck you, butters.
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St. Bear Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:22 AM
So you can give a kidney, but not a ride in a golf cart?
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cleet Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:23 AM
[Generic NCAA violation joke]
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:24 AM
It would be a great recruiting ploy… except it’s not like he has any more kidneys left to give, so what’s the point of going there.
/Unless you want to borrow a chunk of his liver
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:25 AM
The interesting part is that the player’s original kidneys were exchanged for tattoos and free car loaners.
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cleet Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:25 AM
So you can give a kidney, but not a ride in a golf cart?
Coaches can give transportation around campus, the golf cart was an issue because that Douchey cribs guy that’s an agent gave it.
Also, coaches and staff can take players out for occasional meals, just wanted to put that out there before somebody made the “kidney but can’t take him out for a hamburger” joke.
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St. Bear Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:25 AM
It would be a great recruiting ploy… except ~~it’s not like he has any more kidneys left to give~~ how good are the kids you’re recruiting if they all need new organs, so what’s the point of going there.
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Wally's World Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:26 AM
The interesting part is that the player’s original kidneys were exchanged for tattoos and free car loaners.
The better joke (and much better violation) is that the surgery likely cost around $200,000…
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RexKramerDangerSeeker Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:27 AM
So you can give a kidney, but not a ride in a golf cart?
Teague Egan gets iced by his bros far too often to want to give up a kidney or some liver.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:28 AM
I feel like if the sport was basketball, and the player was a McD All-American, and the recipient was the players sister/mother, and not him, it would be a bigger story. There’s a few coaches I could imagine hiring on some homeless people as their assistants to give up a superfluous kidney for the sake of recruiting.
/Looking at you, CoachCal
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:29 AM
how good are the kids you’re recruiting if they all need new organs, so what’s the point of going there.
That hack attempt of a running back Walter Payton needed a liver transplant, and though it was later in life, it certainly could have appeared during his career.
/Pretty sure no one in Chicago has a sober enough liver to save his life
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ButtersBC Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:31 AM
Nick Saban would donate a kidney but then ask for it back if the kid hit below .250
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ATL_Badger Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:32 AM
Has anyone read that new yorker article on scientology yet? Yikes. I knew scientology was a little out there, but I had no idea how batshit crazy most of that stuff is. it’s the very definition of a cult.
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St. Bear Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:34 AM
Has anyone read that new yorker article on scientology yet?
No need…I saw the South Park episode.
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YYSA Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:35 AM
Nick Saban would donate a kidney but then ask for it back if the kid hit below .250
Nick Saban. Repo Man.
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Vladdy Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:35 AM
Has anyone read that new yorker article on scientology yet? Yikes. I knew scientology was a little out there, but I had no idea how batshit crazy most of that stuff is. it’s the very definition of a cult.
Mark Ebner did a bunch of investigations on Scientology awhile back. Crazy stuff.
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spencer096 Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:37 AM
please…nick saban would say “that kidney paved it’s own path out and we’re moving forward without it.”
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cleet Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:39 AM
Saban would have compared losing a kidney to Pearl Harbor or 9-11.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:39 AM
Hey the recruit violated kidney rules by being two minutes late for daily urination. Plus a classmate showed better tackling skills, and would be far superior if he had that kidney instead.
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spencer096 Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:42 AM
we told that kidney right off the bat that he might have to spend a year at junior college or grayshirt and the kidney was fine with it. we’re not in this business to deceive kids.
/points at reporter with mini thumbs up
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:44 AM
we told that kidney right off the bat that he might have to spend a year at junior college or grayshirt and the kidney was fine with it. we’re not in this business to deceive kids.
Only in a very trustworthy Southern drawl… would never work in a British accent
/matched guised
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mizerle06 is the crippliest of the cripples Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:46 AM
Saban would have donated the kidney and Bammer fans would have added another national championship to the mythical count.
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ButtersBC Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:47 AM
Having two kidneys in no way gives your urinary system a competitive advantage so it’s not a big deal to ask for it back
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:48 AM
Having two kidneys in no way gives your urinary system a competitive advantage so it’s not a big deal to ask for it back
Yeah but now the baseball player has three…
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
February 8th, 2011 at 11:52 AM
Good story, I heard about this on the radio on the drive to work. Nice to see a story about college athletics that doesn’t involve some sort of scandal.
Also, is Lisk going to have a post on the Detroit Lions major announcement that will occur tonight at 7 PM?
/Hopefully they are ditching the black from the color scheme
//probably will be that they are raising an 0-16 banner.