NICE GUYS...

Henry Hecht

May 06, 1985

Phillies reliever Larry Andersen volunteered to be the guide for 15-year-old Damon Ravenel, a terminally ill Charleston, S.C. kidney transplant patient, when Ravenel visited the team's Clearwater, Fla. training camp this spring thanks to his hometown's Make-A-Wish Foundation. Andersen was so moved by the experience that he asked the foundation if Damon could make a trip to Philadelphia during the season. When told that funds were lacking for more than one trip per child, Andersen picked up the tab for Damon to come to Philadelphia last weekend and watch the series between the Phillies and the Cubs.