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A Swing And A Prayer: Having beaten cancer, Florida's fast-rising third baseman, Mike Lowell, is regularly hitting the sweet spot, at bat and in life All cancer is evil; testicular cancer is less evil than most other forms. In the U.S. about 7,500 new cases are reported a year. The survival rate is better than 90%. After surgery, Lowell began three weeks of intensive radiation treatments. He is 6'3" and 220 pounds, a big, strong man. After his treatments he would come home, crawl into bed and vomit violently after every sip of water and nibble of food. His wife of four months cleaned up after him. Thirty-seven days after surgery he played his first game as a cancer survivor, an exhibition for Calgary, the Marlins' Triple A team. He had two doubles and a home run. -- Michael Bamberger Issue date: May 27, 2002 Photograph by Jim Gund
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