BUTLER IS HOSPITALIZED.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Special to the Daily News Lancaster JetHawks The Lancaster JetHawks are a minor league baseball team in Lancaster, California, USA. They are a Class-A Advanced team in the California League, and are a farm team of the Boston Red Sox. manager Brett Butler Brett Butler can refer to different people:
Doctors ruled out a heart attack as the cause of his discomfort, but kept him for observation and testing at Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster on Tuesday night, partly because of his medical history, which includes two bouts with cancer. Butler could be released as soon as today, JetHawks spokesman Jeff Lasky said. Butler's 17-year major league career with five teams included two stints with the Dodgers in the 1990s. He became one of baseball's most inspirational figures while with Los Angeles in 1996, when he returned to the team within five months after being diagnosed with throat cancer, for which he underwent successful surgery that rid him of the disease. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer prostate cancer, cancer originating in the prostate gland. Prostate cancer is the leading malignancy in men in the United States and is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in men. three years ago, and is in remission after undergoing radiation implant seed treatment. A .290 career hitter, Butler was National League all-star in 1991, his first year with the Dodgers, and played for the San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California that currently play in the National League West Division. New York Giants history Early days and the John McGraw era in the 1989 World Series. His interim managerial replacement was not immediately known, Lasky said. gideon.rubin@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: BUTLER |
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