«I thank all the people who are working on this problem and helping me, and they seem to feel and I anecdotally feel that I'm making incremental progress,» he says. «The brain is a funny thing, especially mine. It is still possible to train a 66˝-year-old brain to do the same things you used to do in a different way. And that's what we're working on through speech therapy.»
«I'm treating it like an in-season injury, something that's going to get better,» he says. «If I, or NESN, decide that I'm hurting the product or costing the fans an enjoyable experience, I will say goodbye. But we haven't had any discussions like that.
«l love my job, but I know that retirement isn't that far off,» he adds. I'm going to turn 67 next month. I hope to make a graceful exit when the day comes.»