Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, has been named the recipient of the 2022 honorary Hutch Award. Fauci will accept the award in an on-field ceremony before the Mariners' game Aug. 9 before he throws out the ceremonial first pitch.
Created in 1965 in honor of the late Fred Hutchinson, the Hutch Award typically honors baseball greats who contribute to communities outside of the baseball diamond. Dee Gordon won the 55th Hutch Award for his involvement with Food for the Hungry, Striking Out Poverty, Boys & Girls Clubs, Seattle Children’s, Make-A-Wish Foundation, and Mariners Care. He also brought his Flash of Hope program to Seattle when he played for the Mariners from 2018 to 2020.
“Dr. Fauci embodies the steadfast and fearless leadership that made the Hutch Award’s namesake a pillar of Major League Baseball,” the prepared statement continued. “He joins former President Jimmy Carter as the only people to receive an honorary Hutch Award.” This is not Fauci’s first time on the mound, as he threw out ceremonial first pitches twice before recently, once in 2017 and again in 2020.Dr. Anthony Fauci threw out the first pitch before the Nationals-Yankees game.
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