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Hillcats in Pink

posted 11:27 pm Thu May 08, 2008 - Lynchburg, VA

reporter: Danner Evans posted by: Webteam

tags: hillcats • cancer.baseball

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You'll notice one big difference as the Hillcats take the field against Frederick this weekend. It's all part of the second annual "Swing For a Cure" game and it's all in the name of fighting breast cancer.

Steve Lerue, Hillcats- "It changes everything."

Hillcats catcher Steve Lerue knows what cancer can do to a family.

Lerue - "My father passed away last season in April to Lymphoma. So this hits close to home for me."

That's why Steve is excited to trade in his green and yellow jersey Saturday -- for pink. It's the second annual "Swing for a Cure" where the bats, hats and jerseys are auctioned off after the game... and all the money goes to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

Paul Sunwall - "I think everyone has been touched by breast cancer by a family member or friend."

Paul Sunwall with the Hillcats says it's all about giving back to the community that supports them every season.

Paul Sunwall, Hillcats -"In minor league baseball giving back to the community is something we've always done -- and a lot of that has been silent."

Not this weekend.

Sunwall - "We're hoping for a sea of pink out here Saturday night."

Lerue - "I think the guys are excited. They're just not too excited about the pink jerseys."

Who knows guys, it might be just the lucky charm you need to clinch a big win.

Sunwall - "Might be, might have to talk to Ryan about switching our jerseys to pink always."

Admission is $10 this Saturday, half of that goes to the Susan G. Komen foundation.

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