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BAT LETTERS STEP TO THE
PLATE TODAY, ALL FOR GREAT
CAUSE.
WELL, THE 19TH ANNUAL
RICHIE ASHBURN MEMORIAL
HOMERUNS FOR HEARTS TO RAISE
MONEY TO FIGHT AGAINST HEART
DISEASE.
OUR PAT GALLEN IS LIVE AT THE
BALLPARK WITH ALL OF THE
DETAILS.
PATRICK?
GOOD MORNING, BIT OF UGLY
MORNING OUT HERE, IT IS
RAINING, IT IS DREARY, BUT
LATER ON, THE FIELDS WILL OPEN
UP.
THE CAGE WILL OPEN UP.
IT WILL ALL BE FOR A GREAT
CAUSE.
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, IT
IS THE 19TH ANNUAL HOMERUN'S
FOR HEART T HONORS FORMER
PHILLIES LEGEND, RICHIE
ASHBURN, PASSED AWAY BACK IN
1997 OF HEART DISEASE AND AS
YOU WILL RECALL HIS GREAT
PARTNER, THE GREAT HARRY
KALAS, ALSO PASSED AWAY OF
HEART DISEASE BACK IN 2,009.
SO, WE TOOK SOME SWINGS
YESTERDAY, TO HIT BACK AT THE
DISEASE THAT'S TAKEN SO MANY
LIVES.
AND I WAS HERE YESTERDAY AS
PART OF THE MANY WHO CHIPPED
IN TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS,
AND RAISE MONEY, AND MY SWING
CERTAINLY NEEDED A LITTLE BIT
OF WORK.
IT WAS COLD.
IT WAS RAW.
I DIDN'T HAVE MY BATTING
GLOVES.
ALL OF THOSE EXCUSES, YOU KNOW
HOW IT GOES, BUT I WOULD
ABSOLUTELY DO IT AGAIN FOR
GREAT CAUSE SUCH AS THIS ONE.
IT IS RAINING RIGHT NOW, RAIN
OR SHINE EVENT.
IT BEGINS AT 8:00 A.M.
IT GOES UNTIL 4:30 THIS
AFTERNOON, HERE AT CITIZENS
BANK PARK.
BUT DON'T LET THE DREARY
WEATHER STOP YOU FROM SWINGING
AWAY HERE ON THE FIELD.
AND JOINING ME THIS MORNING
FROM THE AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION, THERESA RUSSELL.
THERESA, TALK TO US ABOUT THIS
EVENT AND THE MISSION BEHIND
IT.
LARD DISEASE THE NUMBER ONE
KILLER, DOESN'T DISCRIMINATE
MEN, WOMAN, REGARDLESS OF
RACE, OUR MISSION IS TO BUILD
LIVES FREE OF CARDIOVASCULAR
DISEASES, FUN EVENTS LIKE THIS
THAT INVOLVE BEING ACTIVE,
ACTIVE LIFESTYLE, ONE OF THE
KEY FACTORS.
SO WE LIKE TO HAVE FUN WHILE
STILL RAISING MONEY AND
AWARENESS.
I DON'T KNOW A LOT OF
PEOPLE UNDERSTANDED THIS IS
NUMBER ONE KILLER, THAT'S
SHOCKING.
HOMERUN -- DERBY, BIG ASPECT.
THE HEART DISEASE, WE HAVE
BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING, ON
THE PHILLY SIDE, PHILLY FAN AT
SICK HERE FOR LITTLE BIT, ALSO
OUT IN THE FIELD, *** BALLS,
AS THE BATTERS HIT, JUST WALK
AROUND THE STADIUM.
COOL TO BE HERE WHEN THERE IS
NOT ACTUALLY GAME GOING ON AND
GET TO SEE EVERYTHING BEHIND
THE SCENES.
I TRIED THAT YESTERDAY.
I HIT.
IT WAS UGLY.
I ALSO TRIED TO *** SOME
BALLS ON THE FIELD, ALSO UGLY.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO TRY THAT
COME DOWN HERE AND DO THAT, AS
WOMEN.
SO IF THE IF THE PUBLIC CAN'T
MAKE IT OUT TODAY HOW CAN THEY
HELP?
GO TO HEART.ORG/HOMERUNS,
HEART.ORG/HOMERUNS, MAKE
DONATION RIGHT THERE ON THE
WEBSITE.
COMING UP AT 6:00.
I TALK TO A YOUNGSTER, SIX
YEARS OLD, HIS NAME IS ALEX
FORCE.
TALK TO HIS FAMILY GREAT KID,
HAD TEN SURGERIES IN HIS LIFE,
THREE OF THEM BEFORE THE AGE
OF THREE.
HOW DOES THIS EVENT HELP YOUNG
KIDS LIKE AL NEXT.
WE HAVE A GREAT RESEARCH
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THAT WE
HAVE, GREAT RESEARCH HERE IN
PHILADELPHIA, AND LOCALLY, TO
THE VARIOUS HOSPITALS THAT ARE
HERE.
SO KIDS LIKE ALEX, HIS
TREATMENT, HIS PROCEDURES, ALL
OF THE CUTTING EDGE THINGS
THAT ARE HAPPENING, RELATED TO
HEART DISEASE, WHEN RESULTS,
CONGENITAL, FUNDING THE
RESEARCH BEHIND THAT, SO
EVERYTHING GETS IMPROVED,
EVERYTHING IS MINIMALLY
INVASIVE, REALLY TRYING TO
HELP GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE
AND DIAGNOSIS EARLY AND GET
TREATMENT EARLY FOR ALL OF
THOSE KIDS.
SO LITTLE RAIN SHOULDN'T
STOP PEOPLE FROM COMING DOWN
HERE AND HELPING?
IT IS NOTHING.
THINK OF THE KIDS YOU'RE
HELPING.
THANK YOU, THERESA.
NO PROBLEM.
THANK YOU.
SEE THERESA LATER TODAY.
COME DOWN TO THE BALLPARK,
HELP RAISE MONEY AND AWARENESS
FOR GREAT CAUSE.