ST. PETERSBURG -- Brad Miller was about to leave the Rays' clubhouse and walk out on the field to take ground balls hours before Friday's opener vs. the Blue Jays. Then he realized he forgot something.
Sitting on the back of his chair and those of all his teammates' chairs were gold T-shirts that had lit up the clubhouse. A shirt that every Rays player would wear for batting practice to commemorate Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
Following the game, the Rays will sign the shirts, which will in turn be auctioned on rays.com. The proceeds will benefit the Tampa-based National Pediatric Cancer Foundation, Moffitt Cancer Center and Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital.