* Happy Birthday, Jim Lonborg

April 16, 2008

The Boston ace who won the Cy Young in 1967 for leading his team to their first pennant in 30-plus years turns 66 today. I can still see his picture, shirt undone as he joins teammates in celebrating the pennant clincher.

Unfortunately he suffered a broken leg in a skiing accident and was never the same again.

Fortunately, he had other skills. Lonborg became a dentist and the subject of a 1993 children’s book by his wife, Rosemary.

The Amazon Report on Jim Lonborg:

The Quiet Hero: A Baseball Story

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