Leslie Hicks wiped tears from her eyes, trying to hold a cell phone steady, but it was nearly impossible because all the emotion – the fear and pride and pain and happiness.
She wiped her eyes again.
Her husband, Detroit Tigers catcher John Hicks, crouched behind home plate, and his mother, Karen, was on the mound in Comerica Park, waiting to throw out a ceremonial pitch on Friday night before the Tigers’ Pink Out the Park Game, an annual event that raises awareness about breast cancer and money to fight it.
Karen has been battling breast cancer for 4½ years.