When the Blue Jays entered the home stretch last season,
baseball was the furthest thing from Melky Cabrera's mind.  It
was mid-August and Cabrera had just received the news that a
tumor had been discovered in his lower back. All of a sudden,
the game that Cabrera had come to love over so many years wasn't
all that important.  The first thoughts that went through his
head were concern not only for himself, but for his family. It
wasn't a question of when Cabrera would return to the field, but
whether he'd even be around to see his 30th birthday.  "When
they told me that I had a tumor, I thought I was going to pass
away, I thought I was going to die," Cabrera said Friday morning
through interpreter Luis Rivera. "I thought I was going to leave
my kids behind, my family. I know one day I'm going to die, but
I'm ready to do it yet."  The source of Cabrera's constant
discomfort had been a mystery to both himself and the Blue Jays
organization for several months prior to the frightening
discovery. Cabrera was only