COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – The Boston College baseball team spent the weekend in Cooperstown, N.Y., spreading ALS awareness, celebrating the life and work of former captain Pete Frates and of course, playing baseball. Frates was diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in March 2012 at the age of 27 and was the catalyst behind the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. | PHOTO GALLERY
The Eagles visited the National Baseball Hall of Fame, accompanied by Frates' parents, John and Nancy, his brother, Andrew, and Casey Sherman, co-author of The Ice Bucket Challenge: Pete Frates and the Fight against ALS.