BILL LEE TURNS SIXTY-FIVE

"THE SPACEMAN"

NOTCHES

SIXTY-FIVE YEARS

b. December 28, 1946

WILLIAM FRANCIS ("BILL") LEE III

Bill Lee pitched left-handed for the Boston Red Sox (1969-1978) and then the Montreal Expos (1979-1982). He was inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame, but apparently had his major-league career cut short after 1982 for reasons that had less to do with his pitching and more to do with his personality ("The Spaceman"). Still, last year, on September 5, 2010, he became the oldest pitcher to win a professional game, playing for the minor league Brockton (Massachusetts) Rox. Lee was sixty-three; details can be found here and here and here.

Besides having written four books himself (with co-authors), Bill Lee seems to have inspired some interesting writing; samples can be found here and here and here. There is also a film, "Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey" (information here and here).