Chris Webb's beautifully written article about the passing of Zach Farmer after his heroic and inspirational fight against acute myeloid leukemia:
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Thanks for sharing.
Wow, thanks for sharing. So many of us here have kids about Zach's age.
Our organization is very involved in pediatric cancer.
We knew Zach very well, one of the nicest, polite young men we have ever met. Also extremely talented LHP. Things like this really hurt, but also bring awareness that these things can happen, and do, happen in our lives.
Another friend of ours is an outstanding pitching prospect at Clemson. He to has battled cancer over the past year. Clate Schmidt is said to be in remission, but still taking radiation to help assure it stays away. He too is one simply amazing young man. He told us how much it meant to him when he visited Rady's Children's Hospital in San Diego when he was in the PG All American Game.
Next week, we are in San Diego again for the All American Game. The players in that game raise money to help cure pediatric cancer. All the proceeds from that game go to the Children's Hospital. Once a person sees what goes on you sort of get hooked on the cause. The young players actually see these little boys and girls fighting for their lives with big smiles on their faces. Some of them will not make it. Some are infants, some much older, it has an impact that will last a lifetime. It is a real eye opener! It will humble most anyone and these outstanding baseball players instantly realize just how fortunate they are.
You know I pull for a lot of players, but I have a special feeling for Carlos Correa. He went on the hospital visit with us. The players and the young kids were playing around and everyone seemed to be having fun. Other than one young Latin boy setting off to the side looking lost and sad. The nurse said he can't speak English and Carlos heard her. Next thing you know there is Carlos and the kid hugging each other and the boy had a great big smile on his face. Carlos made that boy's day! And in that hospital every day counts! Carlos is from Puerto Rico, yet he is what being an All American is all about. Now he is a budding superstar for the Houston Astros, but it was that day at Rady's Cancer Center he became a superstar to me.