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Keeler: “I’m gonna beat this.” Ex-CU Buffs and Mets great John Stearns never ran from a fight. The “Bad Dude” isn’t backing down from cancer, either.

Pete Rose called. So did Johnny Bench. Cancer, you picked a fight with the wrong Dude.

CASTLE PINES, COLORADO - JULY 22: John Stearns, a Denver native and a former catcher and coach for the New York Mets, is at his home in Castle Pines, Colorado, Friday, July 22, 2022. Stearns has been fighting stage 4 prostate cancer along with a host of other health problems. (Photo by Jintak Han/The Denver Post)
CASTLE PINES, COLORADO – JULY 22: John Stearns, a Denver native and a former catcher and coach for the New York Mets, is at his home in Castle Pines, Colorado, Friday, July 22, 2022. Stearns has been fighting stage 4 prostate cancer along with a host of other health problems. (Photo by Jintak Han/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - NOVEMBER 8: Sean Keeler - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | skeeler@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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John Stearns still gets 20-24 letters and cards per day from fans and autograph seekers who never forgot. Who never fell out of love with the backstop who refused to back down. You might have his prostate, cancer. But they’ve got his back.
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