Baseball is often pegged as a father-son sport, but America's favorite pastime can hold meaning for mother-daughter duos, too. For Katie Russell, love of baseball is deeply intertwined with love of her mother, whose dream was to see a game at each of the 30 Major League Baseball ballparks. Katie had been to 10 ballparks with her mother before she passed away from colon cancer in August 2009. Six years later -- after Katie completed her own cancer treatment in December 2012 and her PhD in educati...
This Woman Is Going To Every MLB Ballpark, Carrying Out Her Mother's Unfinished Dream
The Huffington Post - 6 Jul 2015 22:00
Baseball is often pegged as a father-son sport, but America's favorite pastime can hold meaning for mother-daughter duos, too. For Katie Russell, love of baseball is deeply intertwined with love of her mother, whose dream was to see a game at each of the 30 Major League Baseball ballparks. Katie had been to 10 ballparks with her mother before she passed away from colon cancer in August 2009. Six years later -- after Katie completed her own cancer treatment in December 2012 and her PhD in educati...
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