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Pat Summitt helps the New York Yankees launch Worldwide Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

Pat Summit

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Before the start of the New York Yankees afternoon game against the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday, the organization helped launch the Alzheimer’s Association’s “Worldwide Alzheimer’s Awareness Month.”

The Yankees were joined by Tennessee head coach emeritus Pat Summitt and her son Tyler -- who received the 2012 Sargent and Eunice Shriver Profiles in Dignity Award from the Alzheimer’s Association for the work they’ve done with the Pat Summitt -- in the pregame ceremony. Representatives from the Alzheimer Association were also on the field for the launch.

“My son, Tyler, and I want to thank the New York Yankees for stepping up in a big way to increase awareness and funding for the fight against Alzheimer’s disease,” Summit said in a statement on Friday. “We are honored to have been invited to stand with them and the Alzheimer’s Association to launch this month-long public awareness effort.”

Summitt won 1,098 games and eight national titles in her Hall of Fame tenure with the Volunteers. The 61-year-old coach was diagnosed with early-onset dementia and retired from coaching in April 2012.

The Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Los Angeles Dodgers are the other six MLB franchises that are joining the Yankees in support of the cause.

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