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D-backs' bat girl gives back in cancer fight

PHOENIX -- Mesa's Barbara Nicholl is the Honorary Bat Girl for the D-backs for 2015, but that's only part of her story.

Nicholl was diagnosed with breast cancer after a routine mammogram more than a decade ago. She had a mastectomy, underwent chemo and has been cancer-free for nearly 10 years.

Now, she's going to bat for others.

"I feel like I'm representing all of the survivors and it's not just about me," said Nicholl, who had a preventative mastectomy on her other breast when it was discovered she is a carrier of the BRCA-2 cancer gene.