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Cashner on his mother's courage
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As most major-league pitchers will tell you, pitching on Mother's Day is different than most other assignments. There's a different feeling, an extra significance perhaps, that simply doesn't exist on a random Thursday in April.
However, for San Diego Padres right-hander Andrew Cashner, his Mother's Day start against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday goes beyond simply making his mother Jane proud. It's an opportunity to make her smile and give her some comfort as she battles acute lymphoblastic leukemia.