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The Guru suffered a brain aneurysm

Discussion in 'MLB - Baseball Forum' started by vpkozel, Jun 27, 2006.

  1. Jun 27, 2006 at 7:46 PM #1
    vpkozel

    vpkozel Professional Calvinballer

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    Longtime ESPN Baseball analyst Peter Gammons suffered an aneurysm in his brain Tuesday morning near his home on Cape Cod, Mass. He was airlifted to a Boston hospital, where he is currently undergoing surgery.

    Gammons, 61, is probably the best-known baseball writer of his generation, first with the Boston Globe, beginning in 1969, then for Sports Illustrated, before joining ESPN in 1990.

    In 2004, he was honored with J.G. Taylor Spink Award for outstanding baseball writing during the 2005 Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cooperstown, N.Y. He was selected in balloting by the Baseball Writers Association of America.

    He started his career as a reporter for the Boston Globe in 1969 and wrote a very popular weekly Sunday baseball column for many years. He has also worked for Sports Illustrated covering the National Hockey League, college basketball and Major League Baseball (1976-78, 1986-90).

    In 1986, upon his return to Sports Illustrated as a senior writer following a second stay at the Globe, he wrote numerous stories covering some of baseball's most important news events, as well as authoring "Inside Baseball," Sports Illustrated's weekly baseball notebook.

    Gammons primarily serves as a studio analyst for ESPN's Baseball Tonight, but he also does regular spots for SportsCenter, ESPNEWS and ESPN Radio and contributes to ESPN The Magazine. He is a columnist and writes a popular Weblog for ESPN.com.

    Gammons is also the author of Beyond the Sixth Game, a look at free agency.

    Born April 9, 1945, Gammons is a native of Boston, raised in nearby Groton, Mass. He attended the University of North Carolina and is married to his wife, Gloria.
     
  2. Jun 27, 2006 at 7:47 PM #2
    vpkozel

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    Damn dude - please get better soon.
     
  3. Jun 27, 2006 at 7:57 PM #3
    MikeNinerHunt

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    Jerry Remy just brought this up during the Sox game.

    Thoughts and prayers to the guy who set the standard in baseball writing and knowledge over the years.
     
  4. Jun 27, 2006 at 7:58 PM #4
    Village Idiot

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    for real.

    you know it broke his heart to see his Heels lose last night and now this.

    get well soon Peter.
     
  5. Jun 27, 2006 at 8:55 PM #5
    RSgal

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    Very bad news. Get well soon buddy.
     

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