MLB Going Blue for Father’s Day

This Sunday, June 21st is Father’s Day and Major League Baseball is going blue to increase awareness and early detection of prostate cancer. 

All players, coaches, and on-field personnel will wear blue wristbands and blue ribbon decals symbolizing prostate cancer awareness.

A similar initiative was undertaken for Mother’s Day with players and on-field personnel wearing pink in honor of breast cancer awareness.

This year will also mark the 13th year that the “Home Run Challenge” will be used to raise money for the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF). To date, this event has raised more that $31 million toward prostate cancer research.

For each home run that is hit in MLB games from June 11 to June 21, fans are able to make a monetary donation to the Prostate Cancer Foundation at www.pcf.org. Major League Baseball Charities has also committed $50,000 to PCF as part of the “Home Run Challenge.”

Each baseball team has at least one player representative who is publicly supporting the Home Run Challenge.
“Major League Baseball is pleased to support the efforts of the Prostate Cancer Foundation through the Home Run Challenge to help generate increased awareness for prostate cancer and the urgent need to find a cure,” said baseball commissioner Bud Selig in a MLB.com press release.

“Prostate cancer has affected many members of the Major League Baseball family, and we hope to draw attention to this disease as we reach out to our players, fans, and communities to support the search for a cure.”