Gammons Update

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http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2522023

Longtime ESPN baseball analyst Peter Gammons was released from a Boston hospital Monday -- nearly three weeks after suffering a brain aneurysm.

A statement from his wife, Gloria, said Gammons will enter a rehab center to continue his recovery.

The ESPN baseball analyst underwent surgery late last month after being stricken with a brain aneurysm near his Cape Cod home.

Gloria Gammons said her husband and his doctors are pleased with the progress he's been making.

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.

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 primarily serves as a studio analyst for ESPN's "Baseball Tonight," but he also does regular spots for "SportsCenter," ESPNEWS and ESPN Radio and contributes to ESPN The Magazine. Beginning this season, he became a reporter for ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball." He is also a columnist and writes a popular Weblog for ESPN.com.

Gammons is the author of "Beyond the Sixth Game", a look at free agency.

More recently, Gammons has dabbled in music and next week is scheduled to release his first CD, "Never Slow Down, Never Grow Old." The proceeds are designated for the foundation established by Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein, who appears on the album along with several ballplayers and professional musicians.

Great news and let's hope he gets back before his favorite time of year, the trade deadline.

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I used to love reading Gammons columns until they made it an insider feature. I almost signed up just to read his columns. Always had great rumors.