SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY FORMER RED SOX AND EXPOS STAR BILL "SPACEMAN" LEE
presented by Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and Healthy Blue

Wed. July 23, 2008
Red Wings vs. Toledo Mud Hens...game time 7:05 pm, gates open at 6 pm
To order tickets, call (585) 423-WING (9464) or click here to order on-line now.

Bill Lee will sign free autographs from 6-6:35 pm and again from 7:05-8 pm by the Red Wings Hall of Fame display, first base side of the concourse. He will also pitch to two Healthy Blue members on the field before the game.

Baseballs and photos will be available for purchase at the entrance to the autograph line; Bill will also sign items that fans bring to the game. A special merchandise table will be available with books written by Bill, yellow birch bats made by The Old Bat Company, and the DVD "Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey."

Please observe these rules:
* one autograph per person

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Bill Lee pitched in the major leagues from 1969 to 1982 with Boston and Montreal. He has pitched more games than any other left-hander in Boston Red Sox team history. Lee won 17 games for three straight seasons with Boston, 1973-75. This year, he will be inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame.

He was a key figure in the incident that helped to ignite the modern day Red Sox-Yankees feud: a brawl at home plate on May 20, 1976 that also involved Lou Pinella, Thurman Munson and Carlton Fisk.

Lee's colorful career featured great moments on and off the field. He has written four books: The Wrong Stuff; Have Glove, Will Travel; The Little Red (Sox) Book; and Baseball Eccentrics: the Most Entertaining, Outrageous, and Unforgettable Characters in the Game. A 2006 documentary, "Spaceman in Cuba," has been released on DVD.

On June 21, 2008, Bill pitched six innings and got the win in the annual Midnight Sun Game in Fairbanks, Alaska. Read more about the game and Bill's performance here at the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner website. then check out Bill Lee's page at AlaskaGoldpanners.com.

Bill Lee career stats at The Baseball Cube

Bill Lee Wikipedia page

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