Camille Fernandez shrugs after her ceremonial first pitch went a little wide of the plate before a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday, April 10, 2018, in St. Louis, Mo. Fernandez has been battling leukemia and, with the help of St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez's foundation, has been receiving treatment in St. Louis. Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.com
Camille Fernandez was never much of a baseball fan growing up in the Dominican Republic until fate put an Angel and a Cardinal in her path last November to help her fight what at first glance appeared to be a losing battle with Leukemia.