SAN FRANCISCO -- For Dawn Oliphant, winning an automobile presented by Giants catcher Buster Posey in Saturday's pregame ceremony at AT&T Park wasn't about the car. It was, however, about finding a vehicle to stimulate awareness of the fight against pediatric cancer.
Oliphant's son, Tristen, died nine years ago of cancer at age 15. She said that at the time of his diagnosis, one in every 336 children were projected to be stricken by cancer. That ratio has since changed to one in 285.
"It's not as rare as people think it is," Oliphant said.