PITTSBURGH — Doug Harris was mowing his yard in 2015 after returning from the Arizona Fall League when he became very tired.
“My lawnmower felt like it weighed 1,000 pounds,” recalls Harris, 49, the Nationals’ assistant general manager and vice president, player personnel.
Harris saw his local doctor in Pennsylvania a few days later and learned his “white count was through the roof.”
The former minor league pitcher learned he had leukemia. But nearly four years later, Harris is back to full strength and trying to help the red-hot Nationals win an elusive World Series.
“All is well, Lord willing,” Harris said, while sitting in the Nationals dugout last week in Pittsburgh.