A player and coach's journey from chemotherapy to HR Derby

[ASFN Admin]

Texas Rangers All-Star slugger Joey Gallo has never forgotten that day he spent during spring training five years ago with Tony Beasley — a nearly four-hour chemotherapy session to treat the coach's cancer. When Gallo steps into the box for the Home Run Derby in Denver on Monday night, Beasley will be throwing to him — as the third base coach has in batting practice before Rangers games throughout the 27-year-old slugger's big league career. “What he’s been through and what he’s overcame, the story should be more about him, honestly, than me," said Gallo, now in his fifth full season.

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