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- Updated: April 30, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — It was Cameron Rupp’s first Major League Opening Day on April 6, 2015. It was also Kathi Rupp’s — at least as a mother of a big leaguer.
As Kathi and the rest of the Rupp clan took their seats at Citizens Bank Park, they got a group text from Cameron. It read, “Here we go.”
“It was just a very emotional moment because you know your child’s dream came true,” Kathi said a little over a year later. “The tears couldn’t stop.”
Now, a week before Mother’s Day, the Phillies chose Kathi as the mom they will honor in an annual pregame ceremony.
Each year, the Phillies choose a mother of a player to honor on the Sunday home game closest to Mother’s Day. Last year, it was Darin Ruf’s mom, Mary. Before that, Domonic …
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