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OAITW r.2.0

(28,135 posts) Sat Aug 20, 2022, 08:59 PM Aug 2022

Best wishes for a quick recovery, Bill Lee!

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34427438/former-major-league-pitcher-bill-lee-collapses-warming-savanah-bananas

Still pitching at 75 for the Savannah Banana's. Of course. Still has an arm that can get 21 YO's confused.

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Best wishes for a quick recovery, Bill Lee! (Original Post) OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2022 OP

Love the Spaceman. Get well soon!!! nt usonian Aug 2022 #1

Ten years ago, almost to the day, he broke a unique record Brother Buzz Aug 2022 #2

Thanks for the comment! OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2022 #3

He should bring his Cuban baseball plan to fruition Brother Buzz Aug 2022 #4

Get well, Spaceman EnergizedLib Aug 2022 #5

usonian

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1. Love the Spaceman. Get well soon!!! nt

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Sat Aug 20, 2022, 09:13 PM

Aug 2022

Brother Buzz

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2. Ten years ago, almost to the day, he broke a unique record

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Sun Aug 21, 2022, 09:46 AM

Aug 2022

On this day in baseball in 2012, Bill 'Spaceman' Lee took to the mound and....

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — Bill 'Spaceman' Lee made history last August 23, 2012. Instead of cashing in on his newfound senior citizenship discounts, the 65-year former Major Leaguer took the mound and threw a complete game for the San Rafael Pacifics independent minor league baseball team.

In doing so, the Marin native, who won 119 games in 14 seasons for the Boston Red Sox and Montreal Expos, became the oldest person to earn the win in a professional baseball game, a record which he had set two years earlier at age 63.

https://pacificsbaseball.com/index.php/press-box-2015/press-releases2015/22-pacifics-news/pacifics-news-2013/pacifics-press-releases-2013/37-pacifics-celebrate-return-of-bill-spaceman-lee

Daily stretching exercise has been his secret to longevity. That and a little 'herb'. He's welcome back to San '420' Rafael, Calif. anytime, BUT this incident doesn't bode well for future trips to the mound:

Bill Lee had stopped breathing after collapsing in the bullpen during an exhibition game, but paramedics and two shocks with a defibrillator helped resuscitate the 75-year-old pitcher, according to a witness at the scene.