Former Boston Red Sox and Montreal Expos pitcher Bill "Spaceman" Lee was in Altona this week as part of the Canada-Cuba Goodwill Tour.

Lee was conducting clinics for young baseball players on Monday along with tour program developer Dennis Woodworth.

The former Major League pitcher gave some advice to younger players who are interested in taking the next step in their game.

"I believe you have to be a well rounded person," explained Lee.  "You have to be very well educated, you have to have a really strong body, control your emotions and have something to fall back on.  Being very, what I call a generalist.  Not being a specialist.  I preach doing a lot of things well and being an artist.  Having an artist mentality out there and learn to create thing and be remembered for something."

The clinic taught the kids about hitting, pitching and fielding as well as mental and physical preparation.

Lee described what state Major League Baseball is in today.

"I see bad arms and bad outfield.  I mean they can run and they can do everything just as well but I don't think they were any better than we were back in the old days before helmets.  We seemed to play the games a lot quicker, we had more pace, we didn't make the same money they did, we all had second jobs.  We were more egalitarian than the modern ball player, very capitalistic.  It was a kinder and gentler world so I look nostalgically back at the past."

Lee is in the respective team Hall of Fame's for the Boston Red Sox and Montreal Expos, and is considered one of the best lefty pitchers of his era.

He shared some memories of playing at the Big "O" in Montreal.

Lee played from 1969 to 1982, and for years has been travelling North America and the world promoting the game.

He has been part of the Carribean Baseball Tours group since essentially it's beginning back in the late 1990's.