[QUOTE=vtgmsc;2056736]I've never seen Bill Lee listed with Ruth and Shoeless Joe! Awesome!
I've literally met Bill Lee about 4 or 5 times in Vermont, sometimes by accident. He has a farm in Vermont and his nickname "Spaceman" is so appropriate!
Quick (sorta) Spaceman story: Washington Nationals fan here. In 2012, we went to a weekend road series at Fenway and my wife bought me a 100 Years 1912-2012 of Fenway shirt. Sometime in 2013, I'm wearing the shirt at breakfast in a diner in CA (near SF) and a women approaches our table and asks If I know who Bill Lee is? (I forget exactly how she got to that question, but it was triggered by my shirt.) I said Spaceman Lee? She said: "Yes, I'm his wife. He's playing (in some baseball event) today near here." She then reached in her purse and pulled out a handful of his baseball cards and handed me one like it was a business card. Spaceman was busy elsewhere, so I didn't meet him, just his wife. But I got his card.
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