Jerry Remy, Boston Red Sox broadcaster, dies after battle with lung cancer

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“We are saddened by the decline of a beloved participant, broadcaster, and 13-calendar year cancer warrior,” Red Sox principal proprietor John Henry claimed in a assertion Sunday.

“Jerry’s enjoy and link to baseball didn’t allow for anything at all to stand among the activity and him, together with for quite a few yrs most cancers,” Henry reported. “He devoted his complete vocation to baseball and no matter whether from his seat in the clubhouse or his perch earlier mentioned the discipline in the broadcast booth, he took generations of soaring Red Sox stars and a multitude of fans along for the ride with him.

“During his lifetime, he witnessed great triumphs and terrible tragedies managing all of it with grace, dignity, and a big heart. He remaining an indelible mark on this club and on an whole nation of Pink Sox lovers.”

Crimson Sox supervisor Alex Cora additional: “Like absolutely everyone else in Crimson Sox Country nowadays, I’m definitely devastated by Jerry’s passing. We linked because of our enjoy for the sport of baseball. I will skip all of our conversations about the video game and just passing time jointly during the yrs, whether in the clubhouse or dugout.”

Affectionately recognised as “Rem Dawg,” Remy invested extra than 40 decades with the Pink Sox business as a participant, coach and broadcaster. He was the team’s shade analyst on New England Sports activities Network (NESN) since 1988.

In August, he introduced that he was stepping absent from the broadcasting booth to bear lung cancer treatment.

“As I’ve carried out prior to and will carry on to do,” Remy wrote in the August Twitter put up by means of NESN, “I will fight this with every thing I have. I’m so grateful for the assist from NESN, the Purple Sox and all of you. I hope that I’ll be rejoining you in your dwelling rooms quickly.”

Two months later, the Somerset, Massachusetts, native threw out the ceremonial 1st pitch at Fenway right before the Purple Sox removed their arch-nemesis New York Yankees 6-2 in the American League Wild Card playoff sport.

“Jerry was so passionate about the Red Sox and even while he experienced to stage absent for treatment method late in the season, he was with us just about every stage of the way — in particular in Oct,” Cora claimed.

Remy skipped sections of the 2008, 2013 and 2017 seasons because of to an original lung most cancers prognosis then a few of relapses, according to MLB.com. He would announce that he was most cancers-totally free In November 2018.

On the subject, Remy performed 10 decades in the majors for the Angels (1975-77) and Crimson Sox (1978-84). In 1,154 games, he batted .275 and stole 208 bases. Remy performed with seven Baseball Corridor of Famers and 12 Crimson Sox Corridor of Famers in his career.

Important League Baseball Players Affiliation despatched their condolences in a statement.

“He solid a private connection with Boston followers and encouraged many with his combat versus most cancers. The Players Association joins Jerry’s spouse and children, pals and supporters in mourning his reduction.”

In 2006, Remy was inducted into the Red Sox Corridor of Fame for his broadcasting and playing accomplishments. In 2017, he was inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Corridor of Fame.

He was awarded the Decide Emil Fuchs Memorial Award for “prolonged and meritorious provider to baseball” by the Boston Baseball Writers Association in January 2020.

Remy is survived by his spouse, Phoebe sons, Jared and Jordan daughter, Jenna and her husband, Leif von der Heyde and two grandchildren, Dominik Guyette and Arianna Remy.