Ernie Broglio (of Lou Brock trade) on cancer, Cubs, Cardinals and infamy
SAN JOSE, Calif. - "You're not going to believe this," Ernie Broglio tells a visitor in the living room of his modest home. "I had breast cancer. They operated earlier this year. ...
"It's a pretty good gash. They say that six or seven lymph nodes had (cancer cells), so they got it."
When told that the struggling Cubs player he was traded for - Hall of Famer Lou Brock - recently had announced he was cancer-free, Broglio brightened.
"Oh, fantastic," Broglio said. "I know he had a problem with his leg (Brock's left leg was amputated just below the knee in 2015 after a diabetes-related infection). That's great
