3 Time All-Star Chet Lemon & JW's

by Kenneson 3 Replies latest jw friends

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  Kenneson

  According to the St. Petersburg, Florida Times Chet, who played outfield for 16 seasons with the Chicago White Sox (1975-81) and Detroit Tigers (1982-81) is now a coach at Eustis, Florida. The article discusses his conversion to J.W's, an operation on his spleen and his refusal of blood transfusions, as well as his baseball career.

  See "Triumphing over death every day: Nearly killed by rare blood disease, All-Star Chet Lemon has bounced back to coach Eustis to the state title."

  http://sptimes.com/2003/07/09/Sports/Triumphing_over_death.shtml
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  safe4kids

  Hey Kenneson,

  So ole Chet settled in Florida hey? Not that far from me, either. He and his family used to attend the same congregation that I was in, in Lakeland, when he played for Detroit. There was another guy...sheesh, I'm getting old! I can't think of his name right off hand, who also attended our hall and played for the Tigers. Anyway, they all seemed to be pretty nice people, not that I knew them well, and I remember being impressed with Chet's daughter, who was super intelligent. Wonder what they're all up to now? Thanks for the article.

  Dana
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  coffee_black

  My son attended a baseball camp a he held a number of years ago. My ex (still a dub) went with him. My son was at the stage where he refused to go to meetings any more. He was 10 or 11 at the time, and my ex tried to use it as a way to get him back in again... didn't work, but my son had fun at the camp.

  Coffee
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  Black Man

  The other Tigers player was second-baseman Lou Whitaker...................