We call him Peach.
That is the nickname Greg Leetz was saddled with as a young boy at McKinley Elementary School in Butte. He tried to shake a few times — like when he enlisted in the Navy and when he returned from serving his country — but it has stuck.
Peach, who might be the only person to listen to every single episode of the ButteCast, was a legend on the Northwest Little League fields because of his unnecessary head-first slides, aka the “Pete Rose slide.” Well, at least he was a legend on our Arctic Circle team.
The 1992 Butte High graduate came back to Butte after serving in the Navy and graduated from Montana Tech. He has worked and lived in Missouri, Louisian, Texas and New Mexico. He currently works and lives in Phoenix.
He left the 113-degree heat to come to town to cheer on the Montana Tech Orediggers as they open the football season Thursday night against Carroll College at Alumni Coliseum.
So, we met inside the Vault at the Metals Sports Bar & Grill yesterday for a great conversation.
Listen in as Peach talks about how he earned his nickname. Listen to him describe how a slow guy pulled off stealing bases in Little League. Listetn as he talks about our glory days hanging out at the Vu Villa. Listen as he talks about growing up in a large, unconventional family in Butte.
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