Giants center Weston Richburg got the news on Monday night that 9-year-old Jayro Ponce had lost his battle with cancer.
“It’s sad that he was a young kid that didn’t get to live his life and didn’t get to experience the things that life brings,” said Richburg, who had befriended the child after hearing about his illness earlier this year. Ponce lived near Richburg’s home outside Amarillo, Texas. “God works everything out for the good, and right now it’s hard to see that. But I pray that [Ponce’s family] trusts that [from this] bad situation, there is going to be some good.