Peter Gammons Suffers Brain Aneurysm - Page 2

OSUBasketballJunkie · #16 (**permalink**) 06-29-2006, 06:38 AM

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Gammons in good condition after surgery

Associated Press

JOHN DUNN, AP
FILE - Peter Gammons, a longtime newspaper reporter and broadcaster, speaks about his career at a news conference Saturday, July 30, 2005, in Cooperstown, N.Y.

BOSTON - Peter Gammons, an ESPN analyst and member of the writer's wing of the baseball Hall of Fame, was in good condition Wednesday at a Boston hospital after surgery for a brain aneurysm.
The 61--year-old Gammons was treated at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston after being airlifted from a hospital on Cape Cod, where he was stricken at his home Tuesday morning.
"Peter is resting comfortably after surgical repair of a brain aneurysm," his wife, Gloria, said in a statement. "We appreciate all of your good wishes and ask that you keep Peter in your thoughts and prayers. Please understand that we are asking for our privacy at this time as we focus on Peter's recovery."
Several ballplayers called the press box Tuesday during Boston's game against the New York Mets for updates on Gammons' condition.
"Peter is one of the Hall of Famers we have on TV, and everybody has a lot of respect for him," Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez said after the game. "I wish him well."
Gammons, a baseball analyst on ESPN, began his sports writing career at The Boston Globe in 1969. He covered the NHL, baseball and college basketball for Sports Illustrated from 1976-78 and 1986-90, working a second stint at the Globe in between. He joined ESPN full-time in 1990.
At the Globe in the 1970s, Gammons popularized the baseball notes columns that have become staples in Sunday newspapers.
A Boston native who grew up in nearby Groton, Gammons has been a regular on ESPN's Sunday night telecasts this season, working the Braves-Yankees game in New York on Monday night.
Gammons first CD, "Never Slow Down, Never Grow Old," is to be released next week. The proceeds will go to a foundation established by Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein.

OSUBasketballJunkie · #17 (**permalink**) 07-16-2006, 09:55 AM

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7/16/06

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Praying for Gammons

According to the Boston Globe, ESPN's Peter Gammons is making progress after his scary June 27 brain aneurysm. He has been able to talk -- a great sign -- and is working on being able to walk. The hope is that he can leave the hospital this week and transfer to a rehabilitation center.

Gammons, 61, was a mentor to me when I broke in as a baseball writer with the Baltimore Evening Sun in 1979, and then when I covered the Indians from 1980-84 at the Plain Dealer.

Not yet 40, he was already a legend on the beat, covering the Red Sox for the Boston Globe. He loved to work with young writers. He shared information, phone numbers and tips that he received about your team.

The Peter Gammons you watched on ESPN is the same guy away from the camera. He's passionate about the game. He has a remarkable memory. He's always had a soft spot for the Tribe, partly because they have been bad for so long.

Early in my career, Gammons told me that I needed to start working out and taking vitamins. He loved to play pickup basketball. He kept in excellent shape with regular visits to a health club, and he suffered the aneurysm on the way to his morning workout.

While a wonderful storyteller, Gammons also has a way of looking at you and listening to you and making you feel very important. I've seen him do that with fans. On his off days in the summer, he wandered down to Cape Cod (where he has a home) and checked out the amateur leagues.

As a writer, he invented the concept of a Sunday major-league baseball notebook, a format that was copied by many papers. He was one of the first writers to jump to ESPN, and he changed the entire approach to reporting on TV because he brought real news reporting and sound analysis to broadcasting.

Gammons is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. He even released a CD of his music, with proceeds going to charity. He's in the style of Warren Zevon. More than that, I consider him a tremendous role model, and my wife and I have been consistently praying for his recovery.

Thump · #18 (**permalink**) 09-19-2006, 09:57 AM

Gammons will appear live from Fenway Park

Peter Gammons will be back on ESPN on Wednesday night.
Gammons, who suffered a brain aneurysm in late June, will be on the 6 p.m. ET edition of SportsCenter and the 7 p.m. ET edition of Baseball Tonight. He will report from Fenway Park.

Gammons isn't returning to work full-time. An ESPN spokesman said that future appearances will be scheduled as Gammons is comfortable.

tibor75 · #19 (**permalink**) 09-19-2006, 10:25 AM

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Gammons will appear live from Fenway Park

Peter Gammons will be back on ESPN on Wednesday night.
Gammons, who suffered a brain aneurysm in late June, will be on the 6 p.m. ET edition of SportsCenter and the 7 p.m. ET edition of Baseball Tonight. He will report from Fenway Park.

Gammons isn't returning to work full-time. An ESPN spokesman said that future appearances will be scheduled as Gammons is comfortable.

We can all hope he won't appear as an embarrassing drooling mess like Dick Clark or Vladimir Konstantinov.

Thump · #20 (**permalink**) 09-19-2006, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by tibor75

We can all hope he won't appear as an embarrassing drooling mess like Dick Clark or Vladimir Konstantinov.

No doubt.

From the sounds of things, he's doing extremly well.

StooGrimson · #21 (**permalink**) 09-19-2006, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by tibor75

We can all hope he won't appear as an embarrassing drooling mess like Dick Clark or Vladimir Konstantinov.

Heh heh, that reminds me of a scene from "The Naked Gun"...

<LI class=halfspace>Frank: A good cop - needlessly cut down by some cowardly hoodlums.
Ed: No way for a man to die.
Frank: No... you're right, Ed. A parachute not opening... that's a way to die. Getting caught in the gears of a combine... having your nuts bit off by a Laplander, that's the way I wanna go.
[cries] Wilma Nordberg: Oh... Frank. This is terrible.
Ed: Don't you worry Wilma. Your husband is going to be alright. Don't you worry about anything. Just think positive. Never let a doubt enter your mind.
Frank: He's right, Wilma. But I wouldn't wait until the last minute to fill out those organ donor cards.
[Wilma cries again]
Ed: What I'm trying to say is that Wilma, as soon as Nordburg is better, he's welcome back at Police Squad.
Frank: Unless he's a drooling vegetable. But I think that's only common sense...
[Wilma cries again]

OSUBasketballJunkie · #22 (**permalink**) 02-28-2007, 10:34 AM

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Gammons stays positive in game of life

ESPN baseball analyst appreciates job more after brain aneurysm

By Terry Pluto

WINTER HAVEN, FLA. - We stood just beyond third base in the stands at Chain of Lakes Park.
Peter Gammons was talking about his days covering the Boston Red Sox, how he stayed in Room 421 at the Winter Haven Holiday Inn during spring training for 10 consecutive years. It was a little bigger than most of the rooms in what was then the town's lone motel even medium in size.

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