PHILADELPHIA — A few minutes before game time on Friday night, area children ranging from ages 4-15 who were battling cancer lined up along the Phillies’ first-base line. Front office members and members of the Nemours Children’s Health system stood in center field, holding a large yellow ribbon to honor those who have fought, or are fighting, childhood cancer.
Sean Kennedy, a 6-year-old Phillies fan who is battling cancer, stood at the plate to run the bases. Rhys Hoskins guided him down the first-base line He rounded second, high-fived the Washington Nationals players on the third-base line, and greeted the special guest of the evening at home plate: First Lady Jill Biden.
Biden was in attendance for the Phillies’ sixth consecutive childhood cancer awareness night. It was her first visit to Citizens Bank Park since her husband, President Joe Biden, took office in 2020.
