Robin Ventura and Emily Beazley formed a close bond shortly after Ventura took over as White Sox manager in 2011. Late Monday night, Beazley, 12, passed away after a long fight with non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.
One of the first things Ventura did as White Sox manager was appear in a cameo with Beazley at the Goodman Theater’s production of ‘A Christmas Carol’ in December 2011. Beazley, a native of Mount Greenwood, Ill. who had battled her disease since age 8, threw out the first pitch to Ventura prior to the White Sox win over Cincinnati on Sunday, May 10.