"One of the biggest things that was tough for me was you are given three finalists and they are told they are finalists and only one wins," said Gausman, who will give up his allotment of game tickets for Baltimore's May 14 game against Detroit to the other two finalists. "I think that's awesome. Who is to say their story isn't special enough to get them Honorary Bat Girl?"
Gausman is more than happy to help raise awareness of breast cancer and support those who have been affected by the disease. He never met his grandmother, Minedale Augusta Carlson, but when the right-hander called home last year to tell his mother about his involvement with MLB's Mother's Day initiative, she couldn't hold back her emotions.