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I play professional baseball and my teammates are 20 years younger than me.

Instead, Porter stood on the first-base line for the national anthem, turned to his left and whispered to his teammates.

The 44-year-old has embarked on a series of fundraising efforts inspired by his late teammate Rob Burrow, who died of the disease last year.

One of Othniel's teammates said at the vigil: "There's a hole in the team. He brought us together and it was just a community, a family."

“He’s had to grow up really quickly for us,” Roberts added that night, “and he’s got the respect of his teammates.”