John Farrell couldn’t get excited until he knew for sure his cancer was in remission.
The Boston Red Sox manager got that good bit of news — that his stage 1 lymphoma was in remission — Thursday after a scan. Farrell spoke with reporters Friday on a conference call, expressing his excitement to get back to work.
“I feel like the news of (Thursday), and getting a clean bill of health has been a huge relief,” Farrell said Friday.
The Red Sox skipper said he finished treatment, which went as long as 10 hours per day, three weeks ago.