John Farrell 'energized' and excited to be back with Red Sox

John Farrell is back as the Red Sox's manager after taking a medical leave in August when he was diagnosed with cancer.FORT MYERS, Fla. -- John Farrell's rebirth might have started Oct. 22, 2015 -- the day he learned his Stage 1 lymphoma was in remission.

But cancer is an insidious disease that can come roaring back at any time, so it's been one day at a time for the Boston Red Sox manager, with what he says is a clearer view of "some of the smaller things of life" and a "heightened awareness" of his surroundings.

Thursday was another day -- his first meeting with the media in his first spring training since he got the news that he had Burkitt, a non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and had to endure a…