Another crack at kicking cancer’s rear end may have kept Buck Martinez from the broadcast booth for more than two months, but it hasn’t stopped him from intently following the Blue Jays rise to the team with the American League’s best record. Article content

And there are plenty of thoughts ready to spill from the mouth of the 76-year-old Sportsnet legend when those familiar tones hit the airwaves on Friday night in Los Angeles. Article content Article content

Martinez, whose most recent game was on May 29 before a diagnosis of lung cancer sidelined him, always has been fond of the little guy. That’s why he’s particularly enamoured by the efforts of players like Ernie Clement, Davis Schneider, Nathan Lukes and Myles Straw.

“These guys, they value every single opportunity they have a

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