At age 76 and after spending most of a wonderful lifetime in the game, there’s no quit in Buck Martinez.

Even after the year he has been through.

In fact, if you have paid attention to his work on Sportsnet’s coverage of the first three games of this suddenly too-compelling ALDS between the Blue Jays and New York Yankees, the fevered excitement in the voice of the popular broadcaster has never been higher.

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This is so for a number of uplifting reasons as Martinez’s familiar and stellar work plays out before record-setting coast-to-coast audiences on the network.

Despite a trying season personally, as Martinez has gamely battled lung cancer, he has shown no signs of letting up. In fact, it’s the opposite.

Clearly energized by t

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