The Amboy Times

Super Sunday

I won't be posting any news today due to the big game. Here's a video to tide you over until the kickoff.

PS, GO CARDS!

Go to Bat for Breast Cancer

It wasn't just the color of the bats used on Mother's Day a year ago that caught Terrmel Sledge's eye, but the purpose behind them.

This is why when the Padres left fielder was asked if he wanted to swing a pink bat on Mother's Day this season, he jumped at the chance to promote breast cancer awareness.

"Anything we can do here to help branch out and show that we are aware of this is ... it's important," Sledge said. "If we can inspire people in their situation, then it's good to be a part of that."

Sledge is one of four Padres who will lend their support to breast cancer awareness on Sunday, when San Diego plays host to the Cardinals at PETCO Park.

You can purchase a pink bat here, $10 for the proceeds got to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

Baseball remembers VT victims

On a numbing day of national mourning, Major League Baseball on Tuesday joined the excruciating memorial to victims of the Virginia Tech carnage.

Teams did so with the only sensible gesture in a situation where words fail -- with moments of silence prior to games on the coast-to-coast schedule. (...)

One team, the Nationals, did even more to dramatize compassion for the affected. Acting on a suggestion by a fan -- Dave Lanham from Calvert County, Md. -- the Nats took the RFK Stadium field for the second inning of their game against the Braves wearing Virginia Tech caps.

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