Liam Hendriks continues to make a difference without throwing a pitch. In ballpark after ballpark this season, the Chicago White Sox reliever has met with families impacted by cancer.
[Don't miss] Chicago White Sox’s Liam Hendriks to be honored at ESPYs with the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance“Here’s a guy who is going through unbelievable difficulty and adversity and he still has time to serve others,” manager Pedro Grifol said. “That’s an unbelievable testament to his character and integrity and what he’s about.
“You go through cancer and a Tommy John and you’re still focused on other people. He deserves everything in the world. He’s a great person and he cares for others. It’s great to be around him. That’s why he’s here. He’s on the and he won’t pitch this year, but we want him here with us.”Liam and Kristi Hendriks are collaborating with DJ Pauly D for a tailgate event on September 15. All proceeds from the event will benefit Be the Match.
“The Dodgers were the first one we did and they went above and beyond. The organizations we’ve gone to since have been following suit,” he said. “You talk to people who have gone through it and you have a similar story. It’s refreshing. It takes a load off your shoulders. “A lot of it is adolescent or young adult, so we’ve been really stressing trying to remove the stigma from the word cancer. Talk about it with your friends. Say the word cancer. Say the word chemotherapy. We need to remove that initial shutter.”
The Hendriks teamed with the Sox to help raise more than $100,000 for lymphoma research through the sale of “Close Out Cancer” T-shirts.“There are people going through this on a daily basis, there’s people in the hospital once a week for the rest of their lives going through this but they are battling and they are fighting it out and taking it to it,” Hendriks said. “That’s all we can do.
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