Ed Lucas
Edward Joseph "Ed" Lucas Jr. is a blind sportswriter, who covers the New York Yankees.Biography
Lucas has been blind since 1951, when he was 12 years old. He was pitching in a pickup game on October 3, 1951—the day of Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World"— when a line drive hit him in the face. The accident resulted in the loss of his sight. Since 1964, Lucas has been a reporter and broadcaster.
Lucas is an alumnus of Seton Hall University, having received a bachelor's degree in communication arts. In 2006, Lucas and his second wife, Allison Pfeifle, were the first couple to be married on the field of Yankee Stadium; they had been introduced to each other by Phil Rizzuto.
Lucas was featured in Bleacher Boys, a 2009 documentary about blind baseball aficionados, and in an April 2018 episode of SC Featured on ESPN.Works
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