CMDChase Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 So my wife and I went to our hometown minor league baseball game last night. (Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs, the AAA affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies). Earlier in the day I found out the promotion that night was a free funeral given away by a local funeral home. I thought to myself this must be some sort of joke or something. Anyway, they had previously asked for ppl to send in an essay describing why they deserved a free funeral. They received 50 responses from which they picked the winner. In the middle of the sixth inning the prize was awarded. A woman had pushed a wheelchair bound man out onto the field. The MC started to read this man's essay. The man was suffering from Lou Gerhig's disease and knew he was dying. He explained that his family was not very well off financially and this free funeral would ease their financial pain somewhat. By the time the MC finished reading his story, I don't think there was one dry eye in the place. Everyone stood up and gave this man a standing "O". He deserved it. It really turned out to be quite a beautiful thing. scootertrash19, Periodic, Team Adam's and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marylander Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Wow, neat story. CMDChase 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Periodic Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 wow that is amazing, would have loved to be there! I really miss having AAA in our hometown. The Ottawa Lynx were big back in the 90's when the Jays and Expos has solid teams, once Montreal tanked the fans stopped coming and our 15k people stadium eventually sat empty. Today we can't even fill it with a single A club, very sad to see. CMDChase 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMDChase Posted August 22, 2013 Author Share Posted August 22, 2013 I think your Ottowa team was moved down here to Allentown PA back in 2008. I love minor league baseball. We have 2 teams close by. A AAA team and a AA team. Much rather go there than a MLB game. Periodic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksell87 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Very strange prize but I'm glad at how that story turned out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzanerosh Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 That was some story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Sad but also a nice story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Bizarre, but moving at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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