Major League Baseball is getting behind Pete Frates' fight to end ALS.
Called "MLB Fights ALS," the initiative begins next Tuesday and runs through Aug. 5 and is inspired by Beverly native and Boston College baseball player Pete Grates and Yankees player Lou Gehrig.
The campaign aims to raise money the ALS Association's new ALS Home Health Initiative. This is in part of the high cost of home care for people living with ALS.
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MLB has started a YouCaring fundraiser and has kicked it off with a $50,000 contribution. The campaign will be promoted in ballparks, on club websites, MLB.com and the MLB network.
Fans who donate $50 or more will be entered into a sweepstakes to win two tickets to a 2017 World Series game.
Fans can support can more at MLB.com/ForPetesSake.