Special SU2C moment takes place at Wrigley

CHICAGO — Jerry Jaeger was standing with everyone else immediately after the fifth inning of Game 4 of the World Series on Saturday night at Wrigley Field, thinking of his wife, Ann, as he saw what was happening all around him. The longtime Cubs fan was in Aisle 216, Row 1, Seat 2, not far up from where Anthony Rizzo stood and held a sign that read: “I STAND FOR MY FAMILY.”

Major League Baseball, Stand Up To Cancer and MasterCard conducted a special in-game moment, with players, umpires, coaches and fans all pausing to hold up placards with the names of loved ones affected by cancer. The powerful moment was aired live on FOX.

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“It meant a lot to me because my wife had lymphoma five years ago, and she just got cleared and she’s doing great,” Jaeger said immediately after the moment, still holding onto the SU2C placard that had waited on all seats. “That was very powerful, and very emotional.”

This tradition began during the 2009 All-Star Game in Philadelphia, and it has continued at every All-Star Game and World Series since, as MLB continues to provide a giant platform for a message that it has reinforced since becoming the founding donor of SU2C in 2008. A sellout crowd participated at Petco Park when this was last done in July.

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