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braden

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Last month a two-and-a-half year old Jays fan with untreatable leukemia was the guest of the Jays for a day. He ended up playing catch with Ricky Romero and JP Arencibia. Unfortunately, the little guy died a few hours before yesterday's game. Romero and Arencibia were both quite shaken. Fast forward a few hours and ironically Romero pitched seven innings for the win while Arencibia hit the game-winning homer.

Here's a nice article (warning- tons of cliches): http://www.thestar.com/sports/baseb...ro-emerges-with-win-on-emotional-evening?bn=1

I remember seeing Arencibia trying hard to get the ball from the final out and couldn't figure out why. Makes sense now.
 

bmc398

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The ball was probably to give to the family of the little kid. Pretty cool that the players remembered that experience and it was equally as special to them as it was to the kid to be able to touch his life like that.

Good to see 2 athletes who realize that giving back can be just as rewarding to you as it is to the person you are helping.
 

1st4040

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Aug 10, 2008
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sad story but a great one..kudo's to those guys for not being typical rich spoiled players an showing a human side. There are a great many guys out there who could learn something from this
 

boomo

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Sep 14, 2008
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i would have traded my life for that kids in a minute
so he could have lived. i get so upset every time
i hear this stuff. 2 1/2, just not right. :( :( :(
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