MLB's Players' Weekend is here and its purpose is just that ... to honor the players we get to watch day in and day out playing the game.
Part of the celebration is how each individual player represents his own style and uniqueness. But Giants catcher Buster Posey is doing something a bit different. He's honoring others by wearing a special chest protector dedicated to kids who are fighting cancer:
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Stamps from USCF Benioff Children's Hospitals and John Muir are on the shoulder portions of the protector.
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Alyssa, one of the kids to autograph the chest protector, added a heart next to her signature, and toward the bottom, an "I love you" message was written by a kid named Eric.
Like Posey tweets, sometimes, it's bigger than baseball.