Lenny Harris has heart bypass surgery

[hawing]

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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Los Angeles

Dodgers

minor league hitting coach Lenny

Harris

underwent an emergency quadruple bypass operation after

being rushed to a Phoenix-area hospital on Friday with chest pains.

Harris

didn't suffer a heart attack, but he was found to have life-threatening

blockages in four arteries.

Harris was said to be resting

comfortably on Sunday. Both Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti and

team spokesperson Joe Jareck said the club could not disclose medical

information about Harris.

Harris, 45, is baseball's all-time

leader in pinch hits with 220. As a big-league player, he spent five of

his 18 seasons with the Dodgers. He presently serves as the senior

hitting coach for Camelback Ranch, where the Dodgers' spring training,

Arizona Rookie League and fall Instructional League operations are

based.

The typical recovery period for such a procedure is about

two months.

 

 

Good thing this wasn't caught any later than it was.

[thumperden]

I will say a prayer for him. I had the chance to talk to him just before he was released from the Brewers back in (02-03?). After seeing him in person, he didn't look like he was in good shape at all. He was carrying around a lot of body fat. He didn't even look athletic at all.

 

Best wishes and best of health to him.