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Roger "Bud" Leak

Roger "Bud" Leak waxa uu dareemaa in uu u horseeday nolol mudnaan leh:

Mudnaanta u leh in uu wax ku baray oo uu ku tababaro Minnetonka in ku dhow 50 sano

Wuxuu mudnaan u leeyahay inuu afartiisa carruur ah u diro dugsiyada Minnetonka

Isaga oo mudnaan u leh inuu weli halkan ku noolaado oo uu qayb firfircoon ka noqdo bulshada

Dabcan kumannaanka arday ee uu noloshooda taabtay waxay si xushmad leh ugu dari lahaayeen inay ahaayeen kuwii nasiibka u yeeshay inay heleen xikmad uu leeyahay nin naftiisa u huray inuu dhallinyarada wax baro.

Laakiin Bud Leak wuxuu ku adkaysanayaa inuu yahay hal saaxiib oo nasiib leh.

"Waxay ahayd safar cajiib ah," ayuu yidhi. "Si aan halkaas u joogo, anigoo la shaqeynaya mid ka mid ah dugsiyada ugu sarreeya gobolka, mid ka mid ah meelaha ugu sarreeya, waxaan had iyo jeer u tiriyaa inay tahay mudnaan naadir ah oo aan hadda ku dhacay."

Ka dib markii uu baray saddexdii sano ee ugu horeysay ee Minnesota, Bud wuxuu yimid Minnetonka 1953, isagoo hal sano ku qaatay dugsiga sare ka dibna u wareegay dugsiga sare si uu u baro taariikhda. Arrimihii ciriiriga ahaa awgeed, waxaa ku soo biiray arday da'yar.

"Bilowgii, waxaan haysanay ardayda fasalka koowaad ee dugsiga sare," ayuu yidhi. "Waxaa jiray qalab lulid ah oo dugsiga agtiisa ah, waxaanan fiirin lahaa oo aan arki lahaa kuwa yaryar oo ku safan meel ka baxsan albaabkayga. Waa farxad uun inaan xasuusto."

Macallin dugsi sare ahaan, Bud hadda waxa uu xaq u lahaa in uu tababare noqdo, sidaa awgeed waxa uu la wareegay xeegada iyo baseball-ka oo uu joogay muddo tobanaan sano ah. In kasta oo uu ka fariistay waxbarida 1985, wuxuu ka caawiyay kooxda kubbadda koleyga ilaa 2000 oo weli waa taageere Skippers. Isaga iyo Donna, xaaskiisa oo 59 sano jir ah, waxay si joogta ah uga yihiin Goobta Veterans iyo, iyadoo ku xiran xilliga, kaliya meel kasta oo kale oo Minnetonka ah.

"Dugsiga sare waa xarunta bulshada," Bud ayaa tiri. "Waxaan ku jirnaa jiilkii labaad iyo seddexaad hadda ee ciyaartoyda aan aragno, waa qayb muhiim ah oo nolosheenna ah."

Bud wuxuu sheegay in baseball uu ahaa isboorti uu ku xirnaa inta badan, waxaadna heleysaa fikradda uu dareemayo sida slugger weyn kaas oo sii wadista kubbadaha degdega ah ee dhexda oo saldhigyada raran.

"Waxa kaliya ee aan dhihi karo waa inaan ahay mid ka mid ah dadka ugu nasiibka badan adduunka," ayuu yidhi. "Waxaa naloo barakeeyey inaan ka mid noqono dugsiyada Minnetonka oo aan awoodno inaan raacno koritaanka iyo dhaqanka bulsho weyn."

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