
COURTESY OF RUTH WAKAMATSU
Don Wakamatsu's grandparents' story puts new spin on life, baseball
A 1989 baseball card (top left) showing Don Wakamatsu hangs on the wall of his grandparents' home in Hood River. A family photo (top center) shows him in what appears to be prom attire, and a 1981 photo (right) shows Wakamatsu in his high-school baseball uniform in Hayward, Calif. An undated photo (above) shows, from left: Wakamatsu, then with the Texas Rangers, holding his daughter Jadyn; son Jake; wife Laura; and son Luke.