On Sunday, Gretchen Piscotty, the mother of A's rightfielder Stephen Piscotty, died at 55 after a battle with ALS.
The fatal illness, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, will always hold a place in the baseball community considering its origin and how often it has been used to bring people together to help continue fighting for a cure.
As Piscotty and the rest of his family deal with the recent loss because of the disease, Cubs pitchers Yu Darvish and Jon Lester showed their support by donating $10,000 each on Monday to a YouCaring fund started by Piscotty in his mother's honor.