My Brother's Make-A-Wish Day at the Park (With Pictures)

by 49er16 on Sep 3, 2011 9:45 AM PDT

I've mentioned here before my brother has been battling Leukemia. He's in remission now and should be clean from the disease in another year if everything goes right. We hooked my brother up with the Make-A-Wish foundation and his wish was to meet Tim Lincecum and the Giants. Well his wish was made true last night.

Make-A-Wish paid for our hotel in San Francisco and tickets and had a limo drive us to and from the park. When we arrived at the park we were taken through the tunnel of the stadium and on to the field while the Giants were taking batting practice. We meet Kruk and Kuip walking through the tunnel and shook their hands. I'm kicking myself for not taking a picture with them.

We got to stand behind the batting cage and watch the guys take batting practice, until Bochy's big ass body blocked out view.

My brother didn't get to meet Lincecum because Timmy was preparing for today's start. My brother is almost an adult, so that didn't disappoint him. Besides he got an autograph ball from Lincecum. My brother though did get to meet Torres and Bumgarner which made his day. Then the final score of the game made everyone's day! Now onto the pictures.

As you can see my brother is kind of tall. He was actually taller than quite a few of the Giants, including Torres. Also sorry about Torres closing his eyes when I took this picture. Torres is also the biggest sweetheart I've ever met. Dude is all class.

Bumgarner was also a sweetheart. Also my dad nearly fainted when he meet Bumgarner because Madison is his favorite player.

"You're not gritty enough to start tonight, Torresy."-Bochy

"I'm a Giraffe."

The rest of the photos are here. This was certainly a day we'll never forget.

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Thanks for sharing

And I hope your brother’s recovery is speedy and everything goes right.

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by baetown415 on Sep 3, 2011 10:12 AM PDT reply actions

nice post sir

tell your bro to stay strong, and all praise to UCDMC.

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by natteringnabob on Sep 3, 2011 10:21 AM PDT reply actions

Great story. Best wishes for your brother!

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by Johnny Disaster on Sep 3, 2011 10:23 AM PDT reply actions

That's so awesome.

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by Lies and Perfidy on Sep 3, 2011 10:24 AM PDT reply actions

That's awesome

thanks for sharing.

Get well soon, most of the Giants roster!

by Tortured on Sep 3, 2011 12:29 PM PDT reply actions

Wishing you continued health!

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by FanFavoriteNo36 on Sep 3, 2011 2:12 PM PDT reply actions

So cool!

I’m glad your brother got his wish! And I hope he keeps doing well.

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by jponry on Sep 3, 2011 5:00 PM PDT reply actions

What a great experience. Thank you for sharing it with us. Best wishes to your brother for a continuing recovery.

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by TheLetter2 on Sep 3, 2011 5:25 PM PDT reply actions

Aww, that's so awesome!

And I hope your brothers recovery continues to go well!

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by TheSoundOfHockey on Sep 3, 2011 6:37 PM PDT reply actions

That's awesome

Best wishes to your brother.

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by Tim Lincecum's Bong on Sep 3, 2011 8:54 PM PDT reply actions

Thank you for sharing. Positive thoughts to your brother and family.

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by j14 on Sep 3, 2011 10:25 PM PDT reply actions

What a great experience. Thanks for sharing. Hope your brother continues to progress. He’ll want to see more championships in the future.

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by Roger on Sep 4, 2011 6:35 AM PDT reply actions

This a very cool on so many fronts

Giants are cool., Make-A-Wish is cool. Most of all, your brother’s recovery is the coolest of cool.

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by Goofus on Sep 4, 2011 9:09 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Awesome.

I’m glad your brother had a great time and is recovering!

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by SharksFanEst.1994 on Sep 4, 2011 11:38 AM PDT reply actions

Sounds sweet!

Hope everything goes well w/ the recovery too. :-)

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by Dmitriy on Sep 4, 2011 4:08 PM PDT reply actions

That's awesome

Best wishes to your brother

by TheFreakSFG on Sep 5, 2011 1:45 PM PDT reply actions

Your bro looks great, Keith!

Stay strong, both of you.

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by gallo del cielo on Sep 5, 2011 9:52 PM PDT reply actions

And you too stranger :) I’ve got my on you. And now the little guy too. Its gonna work out for the best.

by Roy Hobbs Jr on Sep 6, 2011 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions

Thanks for sharing the information, 49er16. I hope that everything goes well with your brother’s treatment. Your family is in my thoughts.

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by TwistNHook on Sep 5, 2011 10:42 PM PDT reply actions

Thanks Twist.

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by 49er16 on Sep 6, 2011 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Big Brothers are cool too.

I never had one. I was, and still am actually to 5 surviving dipsticks. Give yourself some props for being there for him. Not even a dad can be a substitute for a big brother. Like Goofus wrote, the coolest of all is that he is on his way to recovery. Glad to hear it.

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by Roy Hobbs Jr on Sep 6, 2011 2:40 PM PDT reply actions