BALTIMORE -- Willie Mae Footman of Tallahassee, Fla., is the Rays' honorary batgirl for Mother's Day.
"I think it's great; I'm honored," Footman said.
Every year, each team in Major League Baseball names an honorary batgirl in support of the annual "Going To Bat Against Breast Cancer" initiative, which is traditionally commemorated on Mother's Day.
For the first time since the Honorary Bat Girl program started in 2009, clubs had the opportunity to select their respective honorees, each of whom has demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to battling breast cancer.