PHILADELPHIA -- From the day he was born, Jake Duffy has dealt with challenges. But you wouldn't know it, especially not Sunday, when the 7-year-old and his family stepped foot on the lush Citizens Bank Park grass.
Making new friends is nothing new for Duffy, whether he's in the hospital due to complications of cystic fibrosis or standing among Major League umpires and mascots, as he did before the Phillies played the Brewers.
The event, set up by UMPS CARE Charities (the official non-profit of Major League umpires) and the Casey Cares Foundation, was the latest effort to bring terminally ill children and their families to ballparks across America.