http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/articles/2006/06/27/gammons_stricken_undergoes_surgery/?p1=MEWell_Pos4

ESPN baseball analyst Peter Gammons, 61, is undergoing surgery this afternoon for an aneurysm in his brain.

Gammons was stricken earlier today and was taken to a Boston-area hospital. He is expected to be in intensive care for the next 10 to 12 days.

Gammons and the Globe were the trailblazers of the baseball notes format in the 1970s. From that time until 2000, save for a few interruptions in the 1980s, Gammons's unique take on baseball was a mainstay of the Sunday Globe's sports section.

Gammons was honored as the recipient of the 2004 J.G. Taylor Spink Award for outstanding baseball writing during the 2005 Hall of Fame induction ceremony July 31 in Cooperstown, N.Y. He was selected in balloting by the Baseball Writers Association of America.

He began 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.

Born April 9, 1945, Gammons is a native of Boston, raised in nearby Groton, Mass. He attended the University of North Carolina and is married.

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I sure hope he survives this and makes whatever recovery is possible.

holy fuck this is not good news. come on Pete, pull thru. fuck

I'm surprised this hadn't happened yet. He looks terrible for 61.

I'm no doctor, but I'm pretty sure how one looks on the outside is not indicative of a potential blood clot bursting in the brain. My grandma looked great when she died unexpectedly of the same thing.

I just meant some kind of serious health issue. I was utterly shocked when I found out he wasn't at least 70.

I was thinking about Gammons the other day, about how his health was and whatnot. I've enjoyed his top lip and the great job he has done for as long as I can remember. Ashame that this happened, I wish him the best.

Did you guys hear that when they cut his head open to preform the procedure a bunch of baseball stats spilled out?

I heard a pair of red socks unrolled themselves onto the doctor.

to the biggest Pearl Jam fan/coolest guy at ESPN, get well soon.

It seems like it. I think he's been around for about 70 years finding some way to incorporate the Red Sox into every article he's ever written . . .

you say that like it's a bad thing

man i hope he gets better...i really like the guy

he's just an all around ncie guy

i've met him several times, he's a good guy, a big pearl jam fan and has time to talk baseball with a reporter at a smaller paper. He's cool and he's my hero. I hope he's back in good health soon.

this happened to a kid i knew back when i was like 10 years old, he recovered fully and hopefully gammons can too.

get well man.... you'll be fine, i'll be praying for you

I've also met him a few times through work and he's just a great individual to talk to.... I wish him all the best and a full recovery

Ed dedicated Light Years to Peter tonight.