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Which could basically be summed up as "go out there and throw until your arm falls off."
Bill Lee pitched during that era, and pitched quite well, and it seems that he may be a testament to the theory that the more innings a pitcher throws, the stronger his arm becomes. After all, Lee just signed a deal to pitch for the Brockton Rox of the Can-Am League on Monday.
He's 63 years old.
This is nothing new for the "Spaceman," the former Red Sox and Expos pitcher who went 119-90 in 14 major leagues seasons, throwing nearly 2,000 innings over that span. He's been pitching over 200 innings a season in various independent leagues in the northeast and Canada in recent years.
Lee will make his first start with the Rox on Sept. 5 against the Worcester Tornadoes.
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