Former main leaguer Bill Lee had stopped respiration after collapsing within the bullpen throughout an exhibition recreation, however paramedics and two shocks with a defibrillator helped resuscitate the 75-year-old pitcher, in accordance with a witness on the scene.
“Without immediate intervention, I do not believe he’d be here today,” Town of Thunderbolt Administrator Bob Milie advised The Associated Press on Saturday, a day after the cardiac episode throughout a recreation for the favored Savannah Bananas.
“He wasn’t breathing,” stated Milie, who’s additionally a firefighter within the Georgia city a couple of miles from Savannah. “It was very, very dire.”
Bananas supervisor Eric Byrnes posted an image to Twitter of himself with Lee — a member of the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame — at Memorial Health University Medical Center on Saturday.
One of Lee’s daughters arrived on the town and was on the hospital with him, workforce president Jared Orton stated.
“She said he’s in good spirits and continues to be evaluated for next steps in recovery, but is certainly acting like himself,” Orton stated in an electronic mail to the AP.
Orton stated a member of the Bananas’ entrance workplace stayed with Lee on the hospital previous midnight.
Milie was at Grayson Stadium to see the Bananas, an entertaining workforce recognized for its shiny yellow uniform and its clowning antics on and off the sector. The recreation in opposition to the Party Animals was on ESPN2.
Lee, fondly nicked “Spaceman” for his irreverent strategy throughout his days with the Red Sox and Montreal Expos, had beforehand pitched for the Bananas. When he went down Friday evening, some individuals within the ballpark thought for an on the spot that it would’ve been a part of their workforce’s “Bananas Ball” act.
“You never know with the Bananas. It was like ’is this … Wait, this is definitely not part of the show,’” Milie stated.
Milie, who wasn’t a part of the workforce that handled Lee, praised all of the EMTs, police, firefighters and rescue personnel on the scene for his or her swift motion.
Milie stated Lee was shocked twice with the defibrillator on the sector.
“The second one, that seemed to do the trick, got the heart beating,” he stated.
Lee was in a position to go away the sector with help and the sport later resumed.
In 14 seasons with Boston and Montreal, Lee went 119-90. An All-Star in 1973, the left-hander helped pitch the Red Sox into the 1975 World Series and began Game 7 in opposition to Cincinnati. Lee exited within the seventh inning and Boston later misplaced to Cincinnati 4-3.
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