Laughter, optimism surround ex-Mariner Danny Farquhar after brain aneurysm

The White Sox pitcher, who suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm in April, is working toward a comeback. Says his wife Lexie: “I have no doubt he’s going to do it.”

TEMECULA, Calif. – Laughter filled the Farquhar house on Hourglass Street in this Southern California wine town tucked at the foot of the Temescal Mountains, and the mood felt light on a summer Saturday.

Former Mariner Danny Farquhar, a Chicago White Sox pitcher who nearly died from a ruptured brain aneurysm less than three months ago in the Guaranteed Rate Field dugout, looked like the smiling face on his baseball card again and sounded as lively as ever. Charisma oozed from the 31-year-old father of three as he poked fun at his…