Lucas has been blind since 1951, when he was 12 years old. He was pitching in a pickup game on October 3, 1951—the day of Bobby Thomson\'s "Shot Heard \'Round the World"— when a line drive hit him in the face. The accident resulted in the loss of his sight. Since 1964, Lucas has been a reporter and broadcaster.\n', '

Lucas is an alumnus of Seton Hall University, having received a bachelor\'s degree in communication arts. In 2006, Lucas and his second wife, Allison Pfeifle, were the first couple to be married on the field of Yankee Stadium; they had been introduced to each other by Phil Rizzuto.\n', '

Lucas was featured in Bleacher Boys, a 2009 documentary about blind baseball aficionados, and in an April 2018 episode of SC Featured on ESPN.\n', '

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