“I once heard a quote by Roberto Clemente that goes, ‘If you have a chance to impact this world positively and if you don’t, you’re wasting your time on this earth.’ ”
— Chris Archer
Tampa Bay Rays All-Star pitcher Chris Archer made time during the past season to visit youth baseball players in Toronto, Cleveland, Philadelphia and Arlington, Texas. He visited patients at All Children’s Hospital and the detainees at the Pinellas Juvenile Detention Center.
He read to children as part of the Reading with the Rays program. He visited high schools and foster homes.