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SF Giants use portraits drawn by children who have faced a cancer diagnosis on scoreboard

The SF Giants used drawings by children who have faced a cancer diagnosis for each player's headshot on the scoreboard at Oracle Park on Friday.

Marc Delucchi

SF Giants use portraits drawn by children who have faced a cancer diagnosis on scoreboard
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The SF Giants took a fantastic opportunity on Major League Baseball's Childhood Cancer Awareness Day to give several kids a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity on Friday. Instead of showing players' headshots on the scoreboard in center field at Oracle Park the Giants used player portraits drawn by children who have faced a cancer diagnosis. The drawings were provided by Kids & Art, Family House, Camp Okizu, and the Lucille Packard Children's Hospital. NBC Sports Bay Area's Alex Pavlovic and San Francisco Chronicle's Susan Slusser each shared pictures of some of the drawings on Twitter.

Here's a look at some of their favorites:

September is recognized as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month by childhood cancer organizations around the world. MLB has raised awareness for childhood cancer with a leaguewide Childhood Cancer Awareness Day in each of the past seven years. The events are held in collaboration with Stand Up To Cancer.

All on-field personnel (players, managers, coaches, umpires, etc.) are wearing gold ribbon decals and wristbands leaguewide on Friday as part of the event. The Giants welcomed oncology nurses, doctors, and families with children living with cancer to Friday's game as guests. They all received a video welcome on the scoreboard. Brandon Crawford's family and Tiny Turnip provided special T-shirts to the kids and their families.

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MARC DELUCCHI

Marc Delucchi (he/they/she) serves as the Managing Editor at Giants Baseball Insider, leading their SF Giants coverage. As a freelance journalist, he has previously covered the San Francisco Giants at Around the Foghorn and McCovey Chronicles. He also currently contributes to Niners Nation, Golden State of Mind, and Baseball Prospectus. He has previously been featured in several other publications, including SFGate, ProFootballRumors, Niners Wire, GrandStand Central, Call to the Pen, and Just Baseball. Over his journalistic career, Marc has conducted investigations into how one prep baseball player lost a college opportunity during the pandemic (Baseball Prospectus) and the rampant mistreatment of players at the University of Hawaii football program under former head coach Todd Graham (SFGate). He has also broken dozens of news stories around professional baseball, primarily around the SF Giants organization, including the draft signing of Kyle Harrison, injuries and promotions to top prospects like Heliot Ramos, and trade details in the Kris Bryant deal. Marc received a Bachelor's degree from Kenyon College with a major in economics and a minor in Spanish. During his time in college, he conducted a summer research project attempting to predict the future minor-league performance of NCAA hitters, worked as a data analyst for the school's Women's basketball team, and worked as a play-by-play announcer/color commentator for the basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer teams. He also worked as an amateur baseball scout with the Collegiate Baseball Scouting Network (later renamed Evolution Metrix), scouting high school and college players for three draft cycles. For tips and inquiries, feel free to reach out to Marc directly on Twitter or via email (delucchimarc@gmail.com).

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