Jerry Remy, longtime color commentator for the Boston Red Sox, is taking a leave of absense due to complications from lung cancer. Jerry Remy , longtime color commentator for the Boston Red Sox, is taking a leave of absense due to complications from lung cancer. Remy has been the voice of the Red Sox for more than 20 years. He underwent surgery late in 2008. From a Boston Herald article: Jerry Remy, the voice of the Red Sox [team stats] for more than 20 years, is fighting the aftereffects of... Read Full Story
OK, it wasn't to do the Red Sox/Tigers broadcast, but it was nice to see Sox analyst Jerry Remy visit the NESN booth today. Remy's been off for most of the season as he battles back from cancer. The booth hasn't been the same since he left, although Dennis Eckersley is growing on me and of course, Dave Roberts is just an embarassment. Great stolen base, let's leave it at that! Here's WCVB (ch. 5's) interview with Remy and Mike Lynch. Nice to see ya Rem Dog! Hope to see you back again soon... Read Full Story
In what is great news for Red Sox Nation, broadcaster Jerry Remy hopes to be back in the NESN broadcast booth soon. Remy, who has been recovering from lung cancer, tweeted a message to his fans today on Twitter. Here's the link to here it. Also, the Boston Globe has the transcript of it - "Hi, this is Jerry. I just want to thank everybody for the overwhelming support I've got from you over the last couple of weeks. I've got a much larger family than I ever anticipated. Hope to be in the booth... Read Full Story
Boston Red Sox color commentator has just taken an indefinite leave of absence in order to recover from the effects of lung cancer surgery.
56-year-old Remy joined NESN in 1988. He has worked alongside Don Orsillo since 2001. He is a former smoker who underwent surgery for lung cancer late last year and he expected to return to the booth this season but an infection and a subsequent case of pneumonia forced him to miss most of spring training.
In an announcement the New England Sports... Read Full Story
