When the Braves face the Arizona Diamondbacks Sunday, May 8, at Turner Field, the team will honor moms on and off the field.
This Mother's Day, the Braves will wear pink ribbons on their uniforms along with pink wrist bands. Players also will wear specially-designed uniforms with pink logos and hats.
The game will be played with a pink-stitched baseball.
Play catch
The team is offering a special ticket package that includes two dugout seats and a 20-minute "catch" session on the field following the game.
'Honorary Bat Girl'
Across Major League Baseball, teams will recognize an "Honorary Bat Girl." Fans voted for a person who has been affected by breast cancer and has demonstrated a commitment to battling the disease.
The Braves' will honor Carol Thomas of Guntersville, Ala. Thomas has been battling breast cancer since 2013 and is now in her third round of chemotherapy. On Sunday, Thomas and a friend will be given a tour of Turner Field, as well as a meet and greet with Braves players and their wives.
Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman, whose mother, Rosemary, died from Melanoma in 2000, served as a guest judge to select the contestants. This was Thomas' winning submission:
Hello fans. I am a 50 year old female, mother of the 2 best children in the world. My story began in 2013 when I was diagnosed with Triple negative Breast Cancer. I am up to bat for my 3rd time with chemotherapy. My first at bat was chemotherapy followed by double mastectomy and reconstruction. Then the cancer came back. So my second up to bat I did 28 rounds of radiation followed with 12 more treatments of chemotherapy! Then the cancer came back! So I am up to the plate for my 3rd at bat... I just finished my 16th chemo infusion along with taking 5 chemo pills per day. My oncologist has given me a year to plan for my final grand slam and party!! I continue to smile every day and will continue to battle until the very end. My friends are helping me check off my bucket list and experience as many things that are practical !! We have been Atlanta Braves fans forever and frequently attend games. I am leaving the game tradition to my lovely daughter who played softball during her school years including in college on scholarship!! I feel like this would be a perfect way to hand her the bat to carry on as well as to give me one last Turner Field experience to talk about when I get to heaven to see my Mom and Dad!!
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