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Palacio named Brewers' Honorary Bat Girl

MILWAUKEE -- Melisa Palacios of Racine, Wis. is the Brewers' Honorary Bat Girl for Major League Baseball's Mother's Day initiative, and she will take part in festivities at Miller Park at a later date because the team is in Cincinnati on Sunday.

The Honorary Bat Girl program was introduced in 2009 to raise additional awareness and support for the annual "Going to Bat Against Breast Cancer" initiative celebrated around Major League Baseball on Mother's Day. In eight years, thousands of unique testimonials have been submitted, and more than 3 million fan votes have been cast to select "winners" representing each of the 30 clubs.