Major League Baseball & clubs to honor dads and raise prostate cancer awareness on Father's Day
Major League Baseball, its Clubs and MLB Together are joining the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) to dedicate Father’s Day to the fight against prostate cancer nationwide. This initiative focuses on raising awareness for the most common non-skin cancer in America, while supporting PCF's annual "Home Run Challenge" to fund life-saving research. MLB is promoting early detection and encouraging fathers and father-figures to get checked through activations on and off the field.
This Father’s Day (Sunday, June 21st), all MLB games will feature custom blue gear and special on-field moments to support the Prostate Cancer Foundation:
MLB’s in-stadium efforts include a special Father’s Day video, produced by MLB Network, that will be shared in Major League Baseball ballparks, found HERE.
On-field personnel will wear the special prostate cancer awareness, blue ribbon decals on Nike jerseys and may wear blue socks from Stance and blue wristbands from Franklin Sports
Major League players may continue to use blue, customized, cause-inspired equipment, such as bats provided by Marucci, Victus, or another approved bat supplier
Commemorative base jewels and lineup cards featuring the special Father’s Day/prostate cancer awareness logo also will be used.
Through the annual “Home Run Challenge,” every home run hit during the month of June leading up to Father’s Day will generate proceeds to directly fund the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s cutting-edge research and lifesaving early detection initiatives.
PROSTATE CANCER FACTS
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, other than skin cancer.
One man dies from prostate cancer every 15 minutes.
1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime.
Prostate cancer is highly treatable when caught early. Screening starts with a simple PSA blood test.
Over 50% of prostate cancer is driven by genetic factors. The same genes that cause prostate cancer can also cause breast, ovarian, colon, and other cancers. Talk to your family about cancer risk.
For more information about Prostate Cancer Foundation and Major League Baseball’s Father’s Day celebration, please visit: PCF.org or MLBTogether.com/FathersDay.