Larry Pedegana, who died last Friday, helped prolong and revive the careers of many Seattle Mariners players under his care yet always had their best interests at heart.
Jay Buhner still chuckles when he remembers the time he and his wife, Leah, saw the hazy outline of a motorcycle cruising down the highway in the middle of an epic Puget Sound rainstorm.
“What kind of idiot would be out on a motorcycle on a night like tonight?” he said to his wife.
As they drove closer, they realized it was Larry Pedegana, the Mariners’ team physician, happily riding his vintage Triumph cycle.