This weekend in South Jordan, there is a bigger reason dozens of baseball players are returning to the diamond and lacing their cleats to take the field. The baseball community is coming together to play in memory of one of their own.
"Nixon absolutely loved baseball," he said.Diagnosed with cancer in 2018, he went up to bat against it for 18 months. He always swung for the fences.
"He still played baseball. In fact, he had to get a prosthesis leg, and he still went out and played baseball. It was awesome, and he was running around on the baseball fields even when he had been going through chemo."In 2020, as a way to remember what he loved in life and give back to others on cancer journeys, the Nixon Strong Foundation, along with others in the baseball community, began a tournament. This year, over 60 teams are registered.
Lintz's son is playing baseball in the tournament this weekend. Playing year-round, she said this is one tournament they do not ever want to miss."As a baseball community, we want our money to go to something bigger than just the regular tournaments, so I feel like we want to do this one every year," Lintz said.Diagnosed with cancer in 2018, he went up to bat against it for 18 months. Always swinging for the fences, in June 2019, his game on earth ended.
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