Jerry Remy's Cancer Has Returned for a Fifth Time

Last week, he was at the center of controversy.


This week, he is in everyone's prayers.


Longtime Boston Red Sox broadcaster Jerry Remy announced today on Twitter that his lung cancer has returned for a fifth time. Treatment is scheduled to begin in two weeks and he will likely require surgery. He was first diagnosed in 2008. In recent years, Remy has been working a reduced schedule.


Remy, of course, made headlines last week for suggesting that Yankees pitcher Mashiro Tanaka shouldn't have a translator. The Red Sox and NESN distanced themselves from Remy's remarks and he subsequently apologized. Here is my take on the whole affair.


A cynic or conspiracy theorist might be inclined to suggest that the Red Sox told him, "We need to take you off the air. Let's say your cancer came back." But that would be extraordinarily cruel and I don't think the Red Sox would stoop to that level.


In any case, I hope Remy overcomes this battle with cancer as he has all his others and hope to see him back in the broadcast booth soon. Red Sox games aren't the same without him.