Baseball Remembers: Lee May
In a couple of ways, Lee May is responsible for the formation of the Big Red Machine teams of the 1970s. First while playing for them, and later when he wasn’t.
May signed with the Reds in 1961, turning down opportunities to play college football in order to start his professional baseball career. After a couple of seasons developing in D-level ball (whe…
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