D-Backs coach, former Twins manager Ron Gardenhire has prostate cancer according to : CBS Sports

USATSIDiamondbacks bench coach and former Twins manager Ron Gardenhire has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Ron Gardenhire will undergo surgery to remove his prostate. Gardenhire will undergo surgery to remove his prostate and take a leave of absence, the D-Backs announced. The team released the following statement from Gardenhire:"I'm going to fight it and deal with it. Gardenhire, 59, is going into his first season as D-Backs bench coach.




The Diamondbacks just announced that bench coach Ron Gardenhire has prostate cancer. "We are a family," said Diamondbacks Manager Torey Lovullo. He spent 13 seasons as manager of the Minnesota Twins, making 6 postseason appearances and winning the AL Manager of the Year Award in 2010. "I'm going to fight it and deal with it," Gardenhire said. He will have surgery to remove his prostate at a date yet to be determined and will take a leave of absence from the team at that time.

D-backs coach Gardenhire diagnosed with prostate cancer

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — New Arizona Diamondbacks bench coach and former longtime Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire has prostate cancer. Both owner Ken Kendrick and club President Derrick Hall are prostate cancer survivors. I'm going to lose a five-pound prostate and that's good."But it's not that Gardenhire isn't taking his condition seriously. "As I've done everything in my life, we've attacked," he said, "and I'm going to attack this. He was special assistant to Twins general manager Terry Ryan last year before being hired as the top assistant to new Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo.

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