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Peter Gammons | |
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| Born | (1945-04-09)April 9, 1945 (age 79) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Other names | The Goose |
| Education | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Occupation | Sportswriter |
| Title | Major League Baseball Analyst |
| Spouse | Gloria |
| Awards | J. G. Taylor Spink Award (2004) |
Peter Gammons (born April 9, 1945)[1][2] is an American media personality and recipient of theJ. G. Taylor Spink Award for outstanding baseball writing, given by theBaseball Writers' Association of America.
Gammons was born inBoston and raised inGroton, Massachusetts, where he graduated fromGroton School. After graduating from Groton in 1965, he attended theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member ofSt. Anthony Hall. He worked for the university's student-run newspaper,The Daily Tar Heel, and the student-run radio station,WXYC.
After graduating in 1969, he began hisjournalism career atThe Boston Globe. Gammons was a featured writer atThe Boston Globe for many years as the main journalist covering theBoston Red Sox. (1969–1975, 1978–1986), or as a national baseball columnist. For many years he was a colleague of other legendary Globe sports writersWill McDonough,Bob Ryan andLeigh Montville. Between his two stints as abaseball columnist with theGlobe, he was lead baseball columnist forSports Illustrated (1976–78, 1986–90), where he covered baseball, hockey, and college basketball. Gammons also wrote a column forThe Sporting News in the 1980s.
Gammons has also authored numerous baseball books, includingBeyond the Sixth Game.
In 1988, he joined ESPN, where he served primarily as an in-studio analyst.[1] During the baseball season, he appeared nightly onBaseball Tonight and had regular spots onSportsCenter,ESPNEWS andESPN Radio. He wrote an Insider column forESPN.com and also wrote forESPN The Magazine. The Globe reprinted some of his ESPN columns well into the 1990s. In 2006, Gammons was named as one of two field-level reporters for ESPN'sSunday Night Baseball, joiningBonnie Bernstein. He held that position through the 2008 season, when he moved exclusively to baseball.
After being out for illness, Gammons returned to ESPN on Wednesday, September 20, 2006. He reported from Fenway Park on the 6 P.M. edition ofSportsCenter and the 7 P.M. edition of Baseball Tonight. Gammons resumed his regular reporting coverage during the 2007 baseball season.[3]
After 20 years with ESPN, on December 8, 2009, Gammons announced that he would leave ESPN to pursue "new challenges" and a "less demanding schedule".[4] Gammons joined theMLB Network andMLB.com as on-air and online analyst. He also works forNESN.[5]
Gammons is on the 10-person voting panel for theFielding Bible Awards, an alternative to theGold Glove Awards inMajor League Baseball.[6]
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Gammons has a penchant for indie rock and the blues, and is active in the Boston indie rock scene when his other commitments allow him time; he has been sighted at severalMidnight Oil shows and has mentioned the band in several columns. He is also a fan ofPearl Jam and has talked about experiences at concerts as well as previous albums (as heard on various ESPN Radio shows). With the assistance of a band of Boston musicians and formerBoston Red Sox General ManagerTheo Epstein, Gammons plays aFenderStratocaster and sings at the annualHot Stove, Cool Music concert event to benefit Theo and Paul Epstein'sFoundation To Be Named Later, a charity that raises funds and awareness for non-profit agencies serving disadvantaged youth in the Greater Boston area.
Gammons' debut album,Never Slow Down, Never Grow Old, was released on July 4, 2006. Gammons sang and played guitar on this collection of originals and covers that includesThe Clash'sDeath or Glory andWarren Zevon'sModel Citizen. Proceeds again went to Epstein's charity.
Gammons founded the Hot Stove Cool Music benefit concert series with sportswriter Jeff Horrigan, Casey Riddles,Debbi Wrobleski, Mindy d'Arbeloff and singer Kay Hanley in December 2000. The fundraiser now takes place twice each year with one show in January and another in July or August.
Gammons is tightly connected to the Boston rock scene. He even served as minister at the November 2007 marriage of bassist Ed Valauskas (Gravel Pit, the Gentlemen) and singer Jennifer D'Angora (Downbeat 5, the Dents, Jenny Dee and the Deelinquents).
He lives inBoston, Massachusetts andCape Cod, Massachusetts with his wife, Gloria.
On June 27, 2006, Gammons was stricken with the rupture of abrain aneurysm in the morning near his home onCape Cod, Massachusetts.[1] He was initially rushed to Falmouth Hospital before being airlifted toBrigham and Women's Hospital inBoston. AtBrigham and Women's Hospital, Gammons' operation was performed by neurosurgeon Dr. Arthur Day, who was a friend to lateRed Sox hitterTed Williams.[11] SportswriterBob Ryan ofThe Boston Globe reported that Gammons was expected to be in intensive care for 10 to 12 days. He was resting in intensive care following the operation, and doctors listed him in "good" condition the following day.[2]
On July 17, he was released from the hospital and entered the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and Islands.[12]
On August 19, Gammons made his first public appearance since the aneurysm rupture atFenway Park when theRed Sox played theYankees.[13]
Voted on by a 10-person panel that includes Bill James, Peter Gammons, Joe Posnanski, Rob Neyer, and John Dewan as well as the entire video scouting team at Baseball Info Solutions, the award sets out to recognize the best defensive player at each position, regardless of league.
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