Daily News | Phillies minor leaguer Corey Phelan dies at 20 after battle with cancer
After a long battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma, Phillies minor leaguer Corey Phelan passed away at the age of 20, the Phillies announced Thursday.
Phelan approached his battle with cancer the way he approached baseball. He was dedicated. He had a routine. But above all, he saw it as a challenge, one that he was eager to take on.How the Phillies’ Daniel Brito is helping Corey Phelan in his cancer battle: ‘I’m trying to keep that fire alive’ Phelan leaned on his teammates, and even made it out to Citizens Bank Park one time a few months ago. He met some players, including Zach Eflin, whose sister died from cancer. He spent some time with manager Rob Thomson and the coaching staff. Thomson still wears a brightly-colored rubber bracelet around his wrist in support of Phelan.
Brito attended minor league spring training this past spring, which is where the two players met. Phelan was inspired by Brito’s strength, but as he began battling the disease, he started to see Brito in a different light; an example of someone who could undergo a harrowing, life-threatening experience and make it back onto a baseball field. To Phelan, Brito represented life beyond cancer.
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