Bill Spaceman Lee

[Lava1964]

He's still the best interview in sports.

[truenorther]

Looking forward to the movie...

[Vinzzz27]

Montreal miss U Bill and never forget U... thanks for all what u do for baseball in Quebec

[Jean90684]

All the fans in Montreal never forget you Bill. You are a part of are history and part of are the family. Long life to you!

[truenorther]

Love you Bill, Stay real!..Always.

[dingdongpingpong69]

why only sound on one side?

[truenorther]

Who cares if he smokes, his time off, he pitched well for Montreal!

[Love4SK]

Montreal teams had a knack for funky cool logos. the Expos logo and the 70s Alouettes logos were my fave. Gotta love MTL

[Cheessa]

Bob McDevitt is the guy in the orange jacket.

Bill Lee was a total riot! Good lefty.

[blindtrucker]

Bill Lee had a great curve ball. He called it his 'coffee curve ball' .. He said once he threw the ball, he had time to go get a coffee before it reached the plate.....Miss watching play...

[mrpink73]

Spaceman, AWSOME, best sport interview ever. Gotta get me some maple syrup, but seriously, great man.

[TheMickdufour]

he was stone ahahahah on lsd

[guym2222]

Imagine saying this now...poor soul would be crucified!

[backstop63]

"The only English word in the place is 'Rack 'em.'" HAHAHA Long live the Spaceman!!

[simonOVC]

that s a player with a real heart!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[habby06]

anything on those pancakes.... classic!

[Nancysissypants]

I think they were both high

[kyuss4me]

Bill Lee was a Hell of a pitcher who got kind of screwed over by the Red Sox. Long live The Spaceman.

[upchuck69]

I remember this interview with Bill Lee and I believe he shaved his beard right after.

[TheRodFarva]

A LOT of pancakes. We all know what was in those pancakes!

[CuriousG2002]

dennis quaid should've played this guy in a movie... another pitcher and he sounds just like him

[stevieVantanna]

"remember the Expos" It was like 5 years ago.

[devyn172]

lmfao you do not bake the weed to activate thc !

[ipawilzon]

You cannot just eat marijuana straight and get high. It takes heat (baking temp) to activate the thc. If you eat it regular it wont do anything.

[miniantti]

WOW! That was the most retarded shit i have heard in a long time...Baking temp to activate the thc?? lol... Yes you can eat weed and get high you fucking moron. You don't know shit you idiot.

[jimmybrite]

@ipawilzon Not true dude.

[plywood75]

your wrong. how old are you?

[pubcat5]

You're wrong. Speaking from experience here. It takes sometime when you eat it plain, but it will get you high for sure.

[ipawilzon]

@pubcat5 Yea it will get you "high" but if  you want a REAL high then it has to be heated....

[mooville32]

Tell me he and actor Bruce Dern didn't have the same mannerisms and similar voices.

[SharkAttackzz]

It just completely amazes me how the best atheletes in the world do marijuana. Bill Spaceman Lee,Micheal Phelps,Tim Lincecum.....wow. LEGALIZE IT!!!!!!!

[jojowainscott]

The dude is totally sober. Maybe a little different from honky-ass milk toast, but he's not high. The announcer is the one asking about pancakes and bullshit. What a bunch of honky-ass bullshit. "Whoa, that guy is so high!" Get fucked...

[itzahazylife]

he did use drugs openly..i doubt in this interview, but in general he did.

[radiobeefan]

@jojowainscott Honky ass milk toast. Dude that is so fucking funny..... Fucks sakes. And i agree the dudes not stoned, those comments are from normal assed fuckheads who never had an orignal thought in their lives better than Eat, Digest, Shit. Keep up the good work.

[bombshellsugar]

It seems poignant to me that the majority of postings are focused on the drugs - not even mentioned in this clip - when we had a real, honest conversation with a man who was friendly, talented and humble. Sports now is a fucking commercial sham. Don't watch it. Play sports instead. Fight for more freedom and more responsibility, more choice and more compassion.

[vikingluv7]

Bill Lee is great. Sports is so awful now.

[portlandplaceNL]

haha so funny that it seems to well known he was a stoner in this interview. in a sport that is so hard on drugs now

[kitsandbibbles]

That guy was the highest guy in the MLB at that time. Stood out like a high ass Giant!.Anything special on those pancakes. WOW!!!

[JamesAnderyourstruly]

hahahaha my father told me that i look like him

[Pierreboro]

If only all athletes could be that articulate and relevant!

[KidFidrych]

The Spaceman has said publicly that he used to sprinkle marijuana on his pancakes in the morning.

[suckittwins]

sprinkle marijuana? simply sprinkling marijuana on something and eating it won't get you high.

[19Aries91]

Incorrect. Spacecakes.

[M3rVsT4H]

Not true. It would of course depend on the potency of the sprinkle, and tollerance of the consumer. But THC is readily absorbed via the digestive system.  The effects take longer to arrive, and last longer. And the experiance could be more accurately described as mellow, as opposed to high.

[suckittwins]

space cakes aren't just brownies with marijuana sprinkled on them. in order to get high at all you would have to smoke marijuana or cook it in a fatty substance like butter or cooking oil since thc is fat soluble, then that "thc rich fatty oil or butter" is baked into the "spacecake." before you call my bluff do your homework.

[M3rVsT4H]

Had you done sufficient homework, you might know differently by now. ;)

You don't actually need to smoke it at all, a simple vapouriser works by heating a small amount in a crucible inside a jar with a hose sticking out. It really needs no processing at all, your just quoting the two most popular methods of seperating thc from the vegetive matter for the purposes of concentrating it.  We're not limited to these methods. Don't take my word for it :D

[suckittwins]

yeah i know what a vaporizer is. what i'm trying to say is you cant just sprinkle some weed on some pancakes and get high.

[M3rVsT4H]

well yes, thats what you've said 3 times now. But simply repeating your opinion won't make it come true :D

If thats what you have to believe, then cool, you do that. Obviously the hash chewers of Morocco and the Pig farmers of Bhutan don't know what they're doing. And Bill Spaceman Lee wasn't actually stoned at all.. He just thought he was because he didn't have you to tell him his sprinkles didn't work lol.

[itzahazylife]

and before u call my bluff, i've done it before..i'm speaking from personal experience..i love the taste and smell of cannabis..whenever i used to get shitty bags full of shake, i used to eat it. sometimes by itself and sometimes on food. it gets u high.

[itzahazylife]

what are u talking about?..u can eat weed straight up and get high..not the same kinda high as smoking it, but u can pop a bud in your mouth, chew it up, and get a high.

[ij911]

Bill Lee hated the Yankees. So what? How many World Series games did you win Bill? Zero! Graig Nettles won two titles in New York. Ha ha ha.

[everygreatpowerfalls]

lol why does it mater baseball suck balls dude

seriously think about it think about you white piece of shit they just stand there for 9 fucken innings and are out of breath by the time they get to 1st base

[irishbeliever]

What's it like to be racist, baeball sucks, i had a bud that played 3rd for the twins, how much do you make, you wish you had the drive and dedication that it takes to make

[defiance1313]

@everygreatpowerfalls thats funny cuz baseball is considered one of the hardest sports in the world, i would like to see u hit a round ball with a round bat coming at you at 90+mph. and grow the fuck up racist asshole

[burtonsnwbrder07]

lol "then I went out and had a beer and a steak and go get em"

[sloamhand]

he sounds weird bc he's actually and intelligent athlete...not a 'racist.'

[mrceebees14]

Most people get food on their face, Bill gets whole entres stuck in that beard.

[VHShit]

"a nifty job of pitching"

[sillyassynipples]

He sounds weird bc he's actually an intelligent athlete....Not an "Afleete"

[troylertrash]

lol @ "was there anything special on those pancakes?"

[WatchVenusSpa]

1979-82 were the glory days of the Expos and Spaceman had a lot to do with it. A magical time for baseball in Montreal!

[CaptainScruffyBeard]

I find it funny that most players nowadays take steroids and other sorts of performance enhancing drugs to be a good ball player, but the only drug Bill Lee did was marijuana and he was still a great pitcher. Long live the spaceman!

[dannnnny86]

was he always high during those days?

[kopper]

I'm going to buy an Expos cap in honor of Bill Lee!

[waffenss43]

Bill Lee is to baseball what Neil Young is to rock music.

[PixKidz]

I met this guy. He was nice.

[mrceebees14]

Was he a Chassidic Jew?

[sillyassynipples]

Hahaha!

[mrceebees14]

He sounds like a total whack job.

[spacerazer]

Are rec drugs better than roids?

[ShroomSamich]

marijuana is suppose to be eaten i gurantee it

[ssssroryssss2]

I've never felt more compelled to attack some one with a razor :p

[JRCrowley]

Damn I miss those days. I used to watch the Expos at Jarry Park before they headed to the Big Owe. Bill got it right. The Expos were shafted right out of Montreal. They should have built that new stadium for them down the road from the new Forum. Claude Brochu fucked them over.

[gcdcjccc]

pro sports need more of these guys

[Fanik8]

Bill Lee is great

[Banditoman57]

forgetabout the buckwheats :)

[hypergoof]

I go to his high school.

[Lava1964]

Bill Lee is still one of the best interviews in sports.

[FunnyCanadian]

i grew up in Montreal watching the Expos !

[TwoEyeCyclops]

You aren't mean are you?? :(

[redsoxsuckhaha]

and now u cant because u guys kicked them out u should be a shame of ur selfs

[watermanandyg]

I'm not from Montreal or Canada but I was a HUGE Expos fan. I guess because I became a fan of Andre Dawson first. The fans in Montreal were treated to some great teams in the 70's/80's it's too bad the Expos were not as appreciated as they should have been (with attendance of 9 or 10 thousand in that huge park) I used to listen to Expos games via other teams broadcasts on AM radio in Milwaukee. Could pick up Reds,Phillies,Cubs and Pirates broadcasts when they played the Expos.

[Rockopeetzee]

Whatever you say, this guy was an Expo..Loved to watch him and he always had things to say Very smart guy.

[OzoneReviews]

Anything special on those pancakes?

No.

LIES

[thelatedavidsmith]

oh to smoke a bowl and toss a ball with bill...

[OzoneReviews]

Hahaha

[hypergoof]

actually he was known to put cocaine on his pancakes

[jgrover78]

Was it cocaine? I thought it was marijuanna he would put in it.

[hypergoof]

my mistake it was marijuana I forgot which one it was.

[MasterJoBob]

Bill would have been interesting in whole different fucked up way had he done that

[awsomnessguy]

not cocaine marijuana

[mwoldin]

I agree 100%. Isnt it grand when they are a couple of guys talking shop?

[Fanik1977]

I love Bill Lee because he HATED the Yankees, Craig Nettles in particular.

[alexsiusra]

miii assomiglia a jovanotti

[pnutbutrncrackers]

Good interview and interviewer. This was before the days of the average athlete acting like a egomaniac and the press licking their feet for doing so.

[frankleroux]

Thanx for this great video, I remember the "spaceman" in Montreal, Now he lives a peacefull life in Vermont and still throw bullets!

[Fruth37]

One of my favorite players of all time! I've worn #37 on my softball uniform for 30+ years in tribute to Bob Purkey and Bill Lee. I still like my buck wheat pancakes the way Bill liked 'em!

[sharted400]

what dou put on thosepancakes! lol

[reducematt]

Hey Spaceman, ease up on the pipe you old cooter Wait a minute. Where's your best friend, the son of sam? Holy cow, randy johnson got nothing on you. If you keep smoking that pipe were all going to be spacemen.

[danielsmeyer]

you're damn right him and that damn 'the bird' were crazy. 1976 was year of retard woodsman strength. autism in baseball will never be quite the same.

[tinytot258]

wow lol him and "the bird" were crazy

[GOTAX66]

that's a nice 70's bush on his face

[regtheone]

Lets smoke another one Bill !!!

[vewygoodman]

In 1979 the Expos finished 2nd to the Pirates,not the Phillies

[bobbywhore4]

god

[smellyjonnie]

it's amazing how much this guy loved to smoke canabis throughout his career

[railwayman]

I wish interviews were like this today. Its nice to hear a ballplayer calmly admit that he had a steak, a beer, and shoots pool at the local pool hall; how cool is that!

[tab1990]

Yeah, now they all think there gods but these guys were and are the gods. Plus he looks like a member of the Eagles.

[Landrew120880]

You said it, man. This politically correct bizz is way outa hand.

[lsmftymf]

The "Duke & Dave" mentioned at 1:23 was the then-Expos broadcast team of Duke Snider & Dave Van Horne. During that 1979 season, there was a b/w photo that was printed in various newspapers showing Spaceman Lee hiding a little bird in his beard. Many people forget that the Expos that year barely lost the N.L. East title by only two games to the eventual World Series Champion Pirates.

[DisneyWorld85]

Did the announcer just say "Nifty?"

[FiskPole]

The announcer was trying to get Lee in trouble by seeing if he would say there was something in his pancakes. Media is always trying to get ballplayers in trouble.

[NYYrule007]

I just attented a base ball clinic run by him yesterday.

[koing32]

i wonder if he became a serial killer

[scola91660]

I used to watch him pitch at Fenway when I was a kid (and still could afford a ticket to the game). He made the game fun.

[changoilu]

Bill Lee was a great Pitcher!!!!!

At a time when being a Baseball player was something next to being an Astronaut,in other words,IMPOSSIBLE!!

This was a man that had a long rewarding Major League career. I saw him in the Old Miami Baseball Stadium many years ago. He was also a nice guy!!!I miss him.

[Indacards]

Bill Lee used to put weed on his pancakes. I am dead serious.

[radiosilence97]

There's a funny story to that story -- when he played the Red Sox in Spring Training after he was traded to Montreal, all the members of the Boston media were asking him about whether or not there was a drug problem on the Red Sox.

When Lee was asked if the team had a problem with marijuana, he said that he used the stuff, which got him in trouble with the Commissioner. During a hearing with the Commissioner's office, he made a long drawn out answer about putting marijuana on pancakes....

[Zippertheslipper]

wild simply wild and love the Expos and Montreal ;)

[hiimbrady]

i guess it sucks to be you

[BIGRED224FOREVER]

that guy lives on broad street south philly, he asked me for a dime and i told him to get da fuck outa here. he said my mom had a wooden leg with a kickstand and liked to run fast.....

[logjammers]

not my favorite baseball player of all time,my favorite athlete in ANY sport. I particularly remember one game,in I think 1974,where there were like 3 long rain delays,and they finally got underway vs. the White Sox,and I guess Mr. Lee was feeling exceptionally playful that day,but he literally struck out the side one inning on 9 Leephus pitches and during one at bat,Jorge Orta stood at the plate hunched over laughing. classic moment from classic guy.

[seanbonjovi7]

A beer? Are you kidding me? A beer BEFORE pitching the ball game? Times certainly have changed!

[canucklehead74]

Love the Space Man!!! True Spirit of Montreal...and he's not a frog

[UltraDeMontreal]

A frog? That's why there's linguistic tension, because of unprovoked things like that.

[boomac62]

Whwen I was a kid growing up outside Boston The Spaceman was my hero..now at age 45 he is still a hero...on and off the field.

[telluride117]

best ever

[ItsAnnaBabby]

Yeah, my dads great,

and 'bill lees a jerk'?!?

Uhm, HELLO?! Hes one of the nicest, sweetest guys ever. Hes great.

I mean, yeah, he can be mean, but obvioulsy you can too.

So shut.the.fuck.up

[quincee33]

Woody Harrelson was said to portray Spaceman in a movie....I don't know if it got shelved, hope not, would be cool....spaceman was the coolest ball player ever.

[xmontrealer]

Bill Lee remains one of the most refreshing and fascinating characters in Expos history, and ther is no lack of competition. But don't let his laid back, loose attitude fool you. He was a fierce competitor, and would beat you any way he could. He had a great year in '79, leading the team with 16 wins and had a nifty 3.04 ERA. Anna, your Dad would certainly make on my Expos all star team not just for his impressive stats, but his never-say-die attitude.

[DeadHeadTyler]

RIP Don Chevrier

[LegendDairy1]

Oh Bill "Spaceman" Lee. He was the Topps up north like O-Pee-Chee.

"I had a lot of pancakes before the ballgame in the morning and then I went out and had a beer and steak and go get em"

"Dick runs a nice loose ship"

"I shoot pool right about three blocks from here and the only english word is "Rack em".

Man they really don't make em like they use to. "Spaceman" we salute you.

[ntheoret]

Ooohhh, I miss the Expos and the Big "O"....

Especially at the time of Bill Lee, Tim Raines, Gary Carter and the rest of the young players.

[mogwai142]

Heh. I'm too young to remember Bill Lee, but Raines and Carter were something. Tim Wallach was my favorite though, defensively nothing got past him, and that arm he had... he even pitched a couple of times, but not as good as Bill Lee !

[Spaceman1968]

How do you Bill Lee is a jerk? You don't Philsfan33. Bill was a hell of a pitcher who spoke his mind.

[philsfan33]

bill lee is a frickin jerk!

[ItsAnnaBabby]

Oh, and you call my dad immature?

"No wonder he cant stay married"

Who are you? Apparently some lonley, SINGLE, man, woman? I dont know. With no life, if you have time to comment on such little things.

[ntheoret]

Yeah, give 'hem hell!!!

[capnmyq]

So what if he's immature? He's a baseball player. Thats a refreshing character in a ballplayer. I read both of his autobiographical books, and he is a true lover of the game. He puts the integrity of the game first and he truly loves playing it. When we're on the field we should all be so lucky as to have a fraction of the Spaceman's passion, and when we're off it, his candor. Needless to say, he's a personal hero of mine. I am a beard-growing, baseball-loving, pancake-eating, 30 year old child.

[ItsAnnaBabby]

My dads not immature.

Well, sometimes he is. Ahaha

Like one of his favorite movies is finding nemo.

Its so funny when i visit.

Yeah, im serious.

[gagspaceman]

He should be called "Space Toddler" - very immature, and no concept of the real world.  No wonder he can't stay married.

[thetruth031]

fuck you, this man is close to nature, judge him thats what he wants, low fuck

[gagspaceman]

it's so sexy when you swear.

[annababbyy]

Um, i know none of you will beleive this?

But, thats my dad :].

Im his youngest.

[gagspaceman]

scary for you, little girl.  He's scary immature.

[modesteinissey]

gagspaceman just who do you like to see interviewed? lame athletes who cliche all day? The Spaceman scares you??? sorry for you.

[modesteinissey]

annababbyy......you serious? cool dad. I love Bill Lee's book. read it people.

[truenorther]

Spaceman is always welcome in Montreal, you can catch him on Mitch's radio show at 5:45 daily.

[mattpotvin]

"anything special on those pancakes?"

[Neoman2900]

I am in high school now and I got to face him in practice today. It was awesome, even though I struck out 2 times.

[XUranium235]

The whole time he looks like all he wants to do is run into the clubhouse and ice his arm down.

[neverbeen77]

Broke my heart when the Red Sox let him go.

[space37man]

my hero,underrated pitcher/human being

[jeremyemilio]

Lee was in my home town of Moncton New Brunswick about ten years ago playing a celebrity softball game. I'm a huge 'spos fan but when he started getting competitive my freinds and I couldn't help egging him on. We started calling him "space-monkey" and he got all riled up. A great character.

[jbfurley]

A great interview, classic Bill Lee

According to Retrosheet, this was the post-game from Lee's May 30, 1979 start against the Phillies.

[sportsmedia25]

There is only one spaceman and what a great interview. Long live the Expos!

[DeadHeadTyler]

didn't he once claim to sprinkle weed on his pancakes?

[yurplekush]

I bet those pancakes were the shit.

[bikenik]

Off the hook! I wish pro athletes today were as interesting to listen to and spoke about their game (good & bad) as Lee did in this interview. Great vintage Expos clip. More please...

[DeadHeadTyler]

best. pitcher. ever. bill lee is my hero

[shawandking]

go spaceman!

[dancadera]

Awesome! One of the coolest characters to ever take the mound. Thanks for posting this!