'As soon as they hit the postseason I thought about my dad, how happy he would be. He was a diehard fan,' said Cody Newton, who went to the Phillies game alone to honor his father.
"As soon as they hit the postseason I thought about my dad, how happy he would be. He was a diehard fan," said Cody Newton, who went to the Phillies game alone to honor his father.It's a story of love, loss, baseball, and the goodness of humanity -- and it all happened in left field.The 16-year-old saved up $700 for a ticket to last Friday's NLDS Phillies Game 3 and got quite the show.
The teen from northern Delaware knew he needed to be there in memory of his dad, Dan, who died in December of 2021. "As soon as they hit the postseason I thought about my dad, how happy he would be. He was a diehard fan," said Newton. So the teen sat alone to watch the game last weekend, but he quickly made a friend, striking up a conversation with Chris Greenwell who sat beside him. Greenwell is a single dad.
"I couldn't imagine my son going to Phillies games without me in the future and it touched my heart," said Greenwell."A lot of people started commenting, 'what can we do to make this kids experience better?'" said Greenwell. "A gentleman by the name of John Landoll said he'll step up and he'd buy tickets for him.""I really appreciate everybody that's done stuff for me," said Newton.
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