Boston athletes give back

Years pass, new hospitals are built, doctors find ways to cure many childhood diseases, but still the fundamental rules apply; kids and their parents worship ballplayers. Pro athletes own unique healing powers. Today in Boston we are blessed with the sons of Ted Williams — athletes who raise money for children’s charities and visit sick kids who need a lift. Pictured: Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett at the Beckett Bowl for Children's Hospital Boston on July 29, 2010 in Boston.
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By Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist
Years pass, new hospitals are built, doctors find ways to cure many childhood diseases, but still the fundamental rules apply; kids and their parents worship ballplayers. Pro athletes own unique healing powers.

Today in Boston we are blessed with the sons of Ted Williams — athletes who raise money for children’s charities and visit sick kids who need a lift.

Pictured: Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett at the Beckett Bowl for Children's Hospital Boston on July 29, 2010 in Boston.