Nationals owner Mark Lerner had cancer, is recovering after having leg amputated
Washington Nationals owner Mark Lerner is recovering after having his left leg amputated last week as a result of cancer.
Lerner said in a letter to The Washington Post that he is now cancer-free. He was diagnosed in January with a rare type of cancer called spindle cell sarcoma.
"With my doctors and medical team, we decided that amputation of that leg was my best choice to maintain the active and busy lifestyle that I have always enjoyed," Lerner, 63, said in the letter. "The limb was removed in early August and I'm healing well, cancer-free, and looking forward to my eventual new prosthetic."
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Lerner, along with his father Ted Lerner, the Nationals' principal owner, took over the team in 2006.
"It came as a shock to all of us," manager Dusty Baker told reporters after the game.