Happy Birthday, Terry Leach

March 13, 2008

The submariner journeyman pitcher turns 58 today. Leach was another of those players who came to the Majors relatively late (27). He had one great year, going 11-1 for the Mets in 1987, including a 10-innning, 1-0 shutout, but received relatively littl fanfare.

Leach wrote about his experiences, including his sense of betrayal by “the organization,” regardless of which team he was playing for, in a surprisingly moving and effective autobiography, Things Happen for a Reason.

The Amazon Report:

Things Happen for a Reason: The True Story of an Itinerant Life in Baseball

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