Peter Gammons in surgery...

for a brain anurism(sp.).

God Bless....

Reported on NESN.

BarneyFife said:

for a brain anurism(sp.).

God Bless....

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Oh no! That is awful.

not looking good

I can't find any info..how bad is it? I don't see anything on ESPN.

That sucks. I hope he pulls through.

Journeyman said:

I can't find any info..how bad is it? I don't see anything on ESPN.

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Gordon Eades of the Boston Globe reported it on the Red Sox pregame show on NESN. Eades said that ESPN had released a statement, but I can't find it either.

one of the best guys on espn.

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Peter Gammons suffers brain aneurysm, in surgery


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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.

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Gammons was inducted in the Hall Of Fame in 2005.




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 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.

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Simply the best baseball writer of our time. Translates to all generations. Hope he'll be ok.

ESPN was just talking about him like it was a foregone conclusion he would not make it out of surgery. Sad

stolidog said:

ESPN was just talking about him like it was a foregone conclusion he would not make it out of surgery. Sad

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Not good at all

Oh man, this is terrible news.

Hope he recovers fully!!

As a diehard Bosox fan, been a fan and follower of Peter since the 70's.

stolidog said:

ESPN was just talking about him like it was a foregone conclusion he would not make it out of surgery. Sad

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OH Geezus......

Terrible to hear, looked healthy as could be last time I saw him on TV :smoker2:

Would be a significant loss to the baseball and sports community. God bless and prayers for Peter.

terrible terrible news, I can't imagine anyone not liking Peter Gammons ...we're all day to day, and this is just another reminder.

ive enjoyed watching Peter for years...... very sad..

:cryingcry tough when you get use to seeing a guy at least once a week and then he's gone...

different than a retired athlete who you havent heard from in years when they pass


tough. tough.


GOD BLESS & If he is meant to go home tonight he will be in a better place than this wicked world.