Former big league centre fielder Chet Lemon, who died on May 8 at the age of 70, was a lot more to me than just a World-Series winning centre fielder.
My ode to Chet Lemon
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Kevin Glew’s Canadian Baseball History Blog
Former big league centre fielder Chet Lemon, who died on May 8 at the age of 70, was a lot more to me than just a World-Series winning centre fielder.
If a ball was hit anywhere in the air at SkyDome while Devon White was playing centre field, he felt like he could catch it. And during his five seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays from 1991 to 1995, the team’s fans felt the same way.
My weekly observations and notes about some Canadian baseball stories: • Believe it or not, after Blue Jays centre fielder Kevin Pillar made an ill-advised dive for a line drive hit by Billy Burns in the eighth inning in Thursday’s game against Oakland that turned what should’ve been a single into a triple, there were... Continue Reading →