Brett Phillips & Chloe Grimes - 2022 Musial Awards

Proving that age is but a number, 28-year-old pro ballplayer Brett Phillips and 9-year-old Chloe Grimes have forged a friendship built on fun, perseverance, spirit, and yes…a love of baseball. They met in April 2022 when Grimes was honored at the Tampa Bay Rays game following a relapse of her cancer. A softball player herself, she threw out the first pitch to Phillips, her favorite player, and soon the two became nearly inseparable. Grimes ran up to Phillips and gave him a good luck wristband, which he wore during that game. In the third inning, Grimes was being interviewed on TV while Phillips stepped to the plate and hit a towering home run, which was retrieved by a Rays staff member, allowing Phillips to sign the ball and give it to Grimes. Grimes says Phillips gives her the strength and support to beat cancer. Phillips says Grimes has done more for him. Glancing at the good luck wristband Grimes gave him, Phillips said, “Every day I wake up and look down at this and regardless of what I’m going through, you have a girl that’s 9 years old, battling cancer for the second time. She shows up every day with love and energy. There’s no reason why I can’t continue playing baseball and go through my struggles with a smile on my face. Since 2005, the nation’s best sports have come together in St. Louis for the Musial Awards®, the most important awards in sports. Named for baseball hall of famer Stan Musial, the Musial Awards honor the year’s greatest moments of sportsmanship and the biggest names in sports who embody class and character. Learn more at MusialAwards.com. #MusialAwards #sportsmanship #MLB #TampaRays #BrettPhillips #ChildrensDreamFund #baseballisfun #baseball #Rays