By: Athletic Communications
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College baseball team will travel to Cooperstown, N.Y., in October for a weekend of baseball and ALS awareness. The Eagles are teaming up with the Baseball Hall of Fame for ALS Awareness Weekend, Oct. 14-15, in honor of former captain Pete Frates.
"The ALS Awareness weekend at the Baseball Hall of Fame promises to be one of the penultimate moments on our journey to complete Pete's mission of striking out ALS," Nancy Frates, Pete's mother, said. "The unique collaboration for goodness that is so meaningful to our family, baseball, the Hall of Fame, Boston College and ALS awareness in the historic town of Cooperstown is the highest honor for Pete, our family and the ALS Community.