Scott Daniel

"Chet Lemon is the best center fielder in the game in either league today. He isn’t the fastest, but he’s the best at it because he works harder at it than anyone else." Sparky Anderson. "It turned out to be perfect for me because I knew the Tigers were on the verge of being a great team, and it was just a matter of putting it all together. Sparky first put me in right field and that was tough, because I had established myself as one of the best centerfielders in the game but I was new to the club and I didn’t want to be difficult. By mid-season Sparky put me back in center." Chet Lemon. "People who have this don’t normally live beyond 15 years but I enjoy life, I’m doing fine. I have to take medication every day. I go to the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville every month to have my blood checked." Chet Lemon. Courage??? Chet Lemon had been diagnosed with polycythemia vera, a rare blood disease that causes bone marrow to make too many red blood cells. Over the last 30 years of his life, he had been to the hospital more than 300 times.