Gwen Knapp of the San Francisco Chronicle interviews Roy Steele, the Oakland A's PA announcer from 1968 through 2004, who has been sidelined with a rare and severe esophogeal disorder called achalasia.
Always be wary of an illness that causes you to lose 139 lbs.
He was at the FanFest in January, and his voice was clearly quite weak. His presence is missed.
My father-in-law had a similar condition. It's not fatal, but having to be fed through a tube really limits your mobility. You're tethered to that machine.
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My father-in-law had a similar condition. It's not fatal, but having to be fed through a tube really limits your mobility. You're tethered to that machine.
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