Padres pitching legend Randy Jones is fighting throat cancer.
"I feel positive," Jones said earlier this week. "They caught it early. It's all in the throat and not in the lymph nodes. I'm beating this thing."
The 67-year-old member of the Padres Hall of Fame was diagnosed with throat cancer in November, and he has been undergoing radiation and chemotherapy treatments since Dec. 12 at Sharp's Hospital.
"I've completed 90 percent of my treatment," said Jones, who has been told by his physicians that the cancer is linked directly to tobacco.
"I chewed as a player," said Jones.