Peter Gammons

ESPN's Peter Gammons suffered a braim aneurysm today and had to have major surgery. Currently he's resting in intensive care. The aneurysm occured close to his home in Cape Cod and he was air lifted to Boston for the surgery.

I don't know what to say about this. I mean the guy was on TV two days ago on Sunday's nationally televised game. I have a great deal of respect for Peter Gammons and his writing. He's one of the people that I can't imagine the world without. I remember as a kid waking up on Sunday's and getting the Boston Globe and if Peter Gammons didn't have a column in it, it was like waking up on December 25th and finding out Christmas had been cancelled.

I have had some problems with some of Gammons reporting over the years. The biggest thing was in either 2002 or 2003 when Gammons reported the possibilty of a trade between the Red Sox and Rockies for Manny Ramirez going to Colorado for Larry Walker. My problem was that no one else was even reporting this story. It was just Gammons saying this was going to happen and was being seriously being discussed. However no one else including the Red Sox and Rockies appeared to be even remotely discussing this. Yet for weeks Gammons was the only person put it out there and even referencing his earlier reports on it as evidence that it could happen.

But forget that, Peter Gammons has been the Babe Ruth of sports writing and I wish him and his family the best and fully am pulling for his recovery. Whenever I go on a job interview and someone asks what I want to do with my life my answer is always to be the next Peter Gammons. God Bless Peter.