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At a time when there is so much wrong it is nice to see something really special.\u00a0 The following story in the San Jose Mercury News is just pure magic:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/giants\/ci_26054326\/brandon-belt-makes-good-home-run-promise-cancer<\/a><\/p>\n

Brandon Belt plays first base for the San Francisco Giants.\u00a0 In May he was hit on the thumb by a pitch resulting in a serious break.\u00a0 He is close to a full recovery, so the San Francisco Giants sent him to play a rehab game with the San Jose Giants.\u00a0 I doubt that Belt was all that enthusiastic to play for a single “A” baseball team.<\/p>\n

A twelve year old girl, Lyndsey Dworkin, who is a cancer survivor was chosen to throw out the first pitch.\u00a0 She has endured 31 radiation treatments and 9 chemotherapy treatments.\u00a0 She was wearing a Brandon Belt tee shirt.\u00a0 Belt raced out of the dug out to meet her and then told her he would hit a home run on her behalf.\u00a0 In his first place appearance Belt did exactly that. \u00a0Then he signed the ball and sent it to Lindsey with the following message:<\/p>\n

“To Lyndsey, My Good luck charm. — Brandon Belt.” <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Saturday morning Lindsey woke up and could hardly believe this was even true:<\/p>\n

“Did that all really happen last night?” she wondered. “Otherwise, I just had the craziest dream.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

This story is almost, but not quite too good to be true.\u00a0 Following is a picture of Brandon Belt talking to Lindsey and promising to hit a homerun.<\/p>\n

\"Belt\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Sometimes, God really does send us miracles. \u00a0I think it is his way of reminding us who is ultimately in charge.\u00a0 \u00a0In this case, he used a very special little girl and a classy professional ballplayer named Brandon Belt.<\/p>\n

TDM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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