DUNEDIN — About two weeks after undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous tumor inside his prostate gland, longtime Blue Jays broadcaster Jerry Howarth began an exercise routine that included a daily walk around Cloverdale Mall in Etobicoke.
“I did that 35 minutes a day, pretty much seven days a week for over two months,” said Howarth outside the clubhouse at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium this week.
“I saw a lot of friends of mine, people were looking at me saying: ‘Jerry, how you feeling? You better?’”
The word had gotten out in November that Howarth, who has been doing the Jays broadcasts for 35 years, had cancer and needed surgery.