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After scary year with cancer, Angie Mentink savors daily drumbeat of baseball

ROOT Sports Mariners broadcaster Angie Mentink has passed the six-month clean checkup after her diagnosis of breast cancer and says her eternal optimism and focusing on what is important keep her going.

On Tuesday, Angie Mentink sat on a “Women in Baseball” panel at Safeco Field, offering insight, inspiration and humor as she discussed her 21-year career covering the Mariners for ROOT Sports.

“You should act like you belong, because you do,’’ she advised women who aspire to a career in baseball. Later, reflecting on being a mother of two boys (age 11 and 13) and a full-time anchor and reporter, she said, “You can do it all and love it.