Word: lees
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Bill Lee is going to the Eliot Lounge to play bumper pool...
When the Sox finally arrived just after 1 p.m., Timilty had moved on, but the thousands who remained broke into a sustained cheer. The noise grew louder as southpaw Bill Lee stepped forward, his Sox cap on backwards, his chin hidden by beard stubble, and raised a two-finger victory salute. Then Lee stepped back...
...Bill Lee stepped forward with a Will Rogers, aw-shucks shuffle. He grinned. It was a beautiful day, and the fans who had ridden him only several weeks earlier, when he couldn't seem to do anything right, were cheering him now. He had pitched two fine World Series games, even if he didn't win either...
...fans cheered, and Bill Lee might have thought about how the losers' share of the World Series purse isn't that much smaller than the winners', you know. And he might have thought about the off-season coming up, and all the time he'll have to spend the money and grow his beard and eat health food and avoid reporters. It could be worse...
...Bill Lee stepped up to the microphone and looked out over that huge gathering. "Uh," he said, "thank you." Lee paused. He shrugged. "Uh," he said, "What the heck...