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Former Lee High standout Buddy Boshers earned promotion to majors this season (Mark McCarter/Alabama Media Group)

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Buddy Boshers, the former Lee High School pitcher, reached the major leagues this past summer with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. This Friday, he'll be honored for his accomplishments by having his No. 40 jersey retired by Lee.

The ceremonies will be part of Lee's alumni baseball game at the school's new baseball complex. There will be a home run derby at 10 a.m. - Atlanta Braves reliever and Lee alum Craig Kimbrel is scheduled to take part in that - followed by ceremonies in which coach Butch Weaver and others will honor Boshers and then the game at 1 p.m.

All Lee baseball alums are invited to participate.

Boshers pitched in 25 games for the Angels, with a 4.70 ERA and no decisions, striking out 13 of the 63 batters he faced and allowing 13 hits. He was 4-2 in 44 appearances at Class AA Little Rock and Class AAA Salt Lake City.

As the Orange County Register reported on Aug. 21, "(Angels manager Mike) Scioscia has had no reluctance to use Buddy Boshers in any spot, even though he has less than two weeks in the big leagues. ...

"(Said Scioscia) You are seeing a good arm. A guy that has a lot of life on his fastball and a really tight slider. He's getting a lot of experience and he's doing a good job."