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Media Day For 21st Annual Home Runs For Heart

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Phillies were fighting heart disease with baseball bats at Citizen’s Bank Park.

The event was a warm-up for the upcoming home run derby that’s put on by the Phillies and the American Heart Association.

Wednesday was media day for the 21st Annual Richie Ashburn Memorial Home Runs For Heart.

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Hitting in honor of his dad and namesake, the Phillies legend who died from a heart attack, Richie Ashburn Jr. spoke about the Richie Ashburn Memorial Home Runs For Heart.