Social media comes #TogetherForBettis
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Rockies Nation, baseball fans and, well, good people everywhere received a happy and hopeful tweet before bed Monday night.
Monday marked Rockies right-handed pitcher Chad Bettis' first chemotherapy treatment as he battles testicular cancer. Bettis hopes to return to pitching this season.
• Bettis begins chemo, hopes to pitch in '17
The Rockies used social media to allow fans, teammates and everyone to rally under the hashtag #TogetherForBettis.
Teammates such as catcher Tony Wolters, shortstop Trevor Story, relief pitcher Matt Carasiti and first baseman Ian Desmond helped lead the response.
And Bettis' old college team, the Texas Tech Red Raiders, stood up for him.
One of the first players in the Majors to step in was Cubs pitcher Jon Lester, who survived a bout with anaplastic large cell lymphoma.
Teams around the Majors also noted that even though Bettis is a rival, they're all in this together.
The National Football League's Denver Broncos, Major League Soccer's Colorado Rapids -- using a picture of goalkeeper Tim Howard, who had a memorable visit to the Rockies' clubhouse last year -- and Major League Lacrosse's Denver Outlaws led the charge among Denver's pro sports teams.