Leigh Neuage

Children Never grow old
they just sprout wings
and fly away
Terrell Neuage New Orleans 1972

July 06, 1983 (Adelaide, South Australia) - August 16, 2003 (Sydney, New South Wales)  

Pitcher Los Angeles Dodgers
 
I will always love you
whatever you are doing
on whatever plane you are
this world was only ever just a stop along the way
I am with you always
Your Father

Australian National Teams

  1. August 1997 age 14  U-15 Australian National Team – Brisbane, Old, Australia
  2. July 1998 age 15  - U 16 National Team July 11-19 World Championships Fairfield Heights, Illinois, USA – (Australia fourth in World Championship of 16 countries)
  3. July 1999 age 16  Australian National Team, Johannesburg, South Africa
  4. July 1999 age 16  Australian Schoolboys National Team Lismore, NSW, Australia
  5. July 2000 age 17  Australian Schoolboys National Team, Florida, USA
  6. July 2000 age 17  Australian National Team, U-18, Canada
  7. December 2000 age 17  International Baseball League Championship Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
  8. November 7, 2001 World Cup Taiwan
South Australian State Teams
  1. State 1/1997 age 13  South Australian U/14 State Squad.  -  Glenelg, South Australia
  2. State 1/1998 age 14  South Australian U-16s State Squad – Canberra, ACT
  3. State 3/1998 age 14  South Australian School Boy Team – Brisbane, Queensland
  4. State 1/1999 age 15  South Australian U-16s State Squad  - Alice Springs, NT
  5. State 5/1999 age 15  South Australia schoolboy team - Perth, WA
  6. State 1/2000 age 16   South Australian U-18s State Squad  - Perth, WA
  7. State 5/2000 age 16  South Australia schoolboy team Brisbane - Queensland
  8. State 1/2001 age 17   South Australian U-18s State Squad  - Sydney, NSW

Awards

February 2001 age 17 signed with LA Dodgers

The clips below are 1 – 2 minute pitching highlights from games in 2003

23 April (Columbus, GA) ~ 12 April (Augusta, GA) ~ 17April ~ 28 April (Lakewood, NJ) ~ 15 May ~ last workout August

 

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Leigh and Sacha Radio show (Leigh on left); Leigh's first homepage (age 15 - 1998); First World Series (1998 U14 USA - scores from the game); Under 18; Australian Nationals; U-18 National Schoolboys championship Under 18 Canadian guestbook from July 2000, Players from Australian U-18/scores,

 

I will be in Sydney to celebrate Leigh’s life on August 16th, 2006, in front of the Novotel Hotel, Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush Bay. Last August 16, 2005 (and 2004) was a very cold and windy day in Sydney and as I left that evening to return to the States I realised I would be back at this spot on this day every year. For his friends who wish to share a thought with Leigh it was approximately five AM on August 16 th when he made his decision to leave – falling from the fifteenth floor balcony of his room at the Novotel that faced Olympic Stadium where he had played for Australia.

Rest In Peace that you could not find on this planet. We started on the Internet together in 1995 and on computers in 1991 and I am still on the Internet and you chose to move on. Thank you for so many years connected with me on the Internet and in Real Life. You are now so more fully connected to a new life that I can not grasp so far beyond the pains and sorrows of this life.
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(July 6 1983 - August 16 2003)