BOB DOLE 
KANSAS
United States Senate OFFICE OF MAJORITY LEADER S-230 THE CAPITOL
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1986
TO: SENATOR
FM: WALT
BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR DENNIS LEONARD IS SET FOR THURSDAY, NOON.
PLACE: S230
DENNIS LEONARD, PITCHER, KANSAS CITY ROYALS.
o COURAGEOUS AND UNEXPECTED COMEBACK FROM FOUR KNEE OPERATIONS HAS CAPTURED THE HEARTS OF THE BASEBALL WORLD.
O AFTER THREE YEARS OF REHABILITATION, LEONARD IS BACK -- LEADING THE MAJOR LEAGUES IN EARNED RUN AVERAGE; HAS WON THREE GAMES AND LOST TWO (EACH BY ONE RUN) ; AND PITCHED A DRAMATIC SHUTOUT IN HIS FRIST GAME OF THE SEASON.
o FIRST KNEE INJURY OCCURED IN BALITMORE IN 1983.
o PRIOR TO KNEE DAMAGE WAS THE TOP RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER IN BASEBALL, A THREE-TIME 20-GAME WINNER. HAS PITCHED IN FOUR AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYOFFS AND THE 1980 WORLD SERIES. MISSED THE 1985 SERIES.
o FEW GAVE HIM A CHANCE OF EVER BECOMING AN EFFECTIVE STARTING PITCHER AGAIN: HE WAS OUT FOR TWO-AND-A-HALF SEASONS. BUT LONG, LONELY REHABILITATION EFFORT PAID OFF.
SENATOR D'AMATO AND DENNIS LEONARD:
o THE LEONARD AND THE D'AMATO FAMILIES LIVED IN A "TWO FAMILY" TOWNHOUSE IN HIGHLAND, LONG ISLAND FROM 1962-1969.
O SENATOR D'AMATO HAS KNOWN HIM SINCE LEONARD WAS 11 YEARS OLD. DENNIS USED TO BE THE BABY SITTER FOR D'AMATO'S DAUGHTERS LISA AND LORRAINE.
. MEDIA COVERAGE: NEW YORK AND KANSAS MEDIA WILL BE HERE.
o SYNDICATED SPORTS COLUMNIST TONY KORNHEISER OF THE WASHINGTON POST WILL ALSO ATTEND. HE WILL DO A COLUMN ON LEONARD'S COMEBACK AND ALSO INCLUDE DOLE AND D'AMATO IN THE STORY. KORNHEISER IS A BIG DOLE FAN -- HE COVERED YOU FOR A WHILE DURING THE 1980 CAMPAIGN -- AND WANTS TO BRIEFLY CHAT WITH YOU ON COMING BACK FROM INJURIES AND DISAPPOINTMENT.
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BOB DOLE 
KANSAS
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United States Senate 
OFFICE OF MAJORITY LEADER 
S-230 THE CAPITOL 
" HAPPY Birthday COME BACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR"
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D'Amato
birthday party for 
Thurs at 12:00 
S-230
Dennis Leonard 
KC Royals 
pitcher
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Happy Birthday