The outcome of my recent surgery was better than I or even my surgical team would have expected. I had a difficult eight days in the hospital, but I am now home, recovering, driving, and even working out at my health club at a limited pace. Most importantly I am cancer-free.

Many of you who read this are aware that I will be having major cancer surgery on November 20 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield Ma. I will have my entire large intestine removed. The surgery will be done in two stages with my initial hospitalization about a week.

Our just completed world series in Milwaukee was not as much as an artistic success as we had hoped for, but it was a significant impropvement over our recent past. The C team won two games and lost other games in clopse matches. The D team won one tied one and lost two one run games. Details on the games can be seen by our own Mark Ertel, who blogged daily for Outsports.com.

About the playoff games:

Our just concluded playoffs clearly demonstrated what is right about this league. Sure we have our numerous differences along the way, but in the end there were outstanding competitve games. Springfield won the playoffs and the regular season, but every one of the four playoff games that Springfield played were decided by one or two runs.