Cancer Patients Have Hearts Set On Sox Win

BOSTON -- Many fans have their heart set on a Red Sox World Series win, but there are some young fans who are often in and out of the hospital, learning just what dreams are made of.

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NewsCenter 5's Amalia Barreda reported that 12-year-old Joshua Young's dream of seeing the red Sox play in the World Series began to become reality Tuesday morning. That's when Joshua and his dad arrived at Logan International Airport to take a flight to St. Louis.

Joshua, a seventh-grader from Billerica, Mass., who suffers from cystic fibrosis, spends a lot of time in and out of hospitals. But thanks to the Make a Wish Foundation and Major League Baseball, he'll be in the stands for Game 3.

Ballpark vendors brought the spirit of baseball to the littlest fans at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Vendors handed out Red Sox caps and T-shirts, popcorn and cotton candy to pediatric cancer patients at the Jimmy Fund Clinic who are unable to make it to a ballgame.

"I love the Red Sox," said cancer patient Naomi Buldini, 7.

For Naomi, Tuesday morning's fun made treatment for a brain tumor a little easier to take.

"It brings them closer to the park because a lot of the times, even if we do get tickets, we can't make it due to her illness. Sometimes she has to be quarantined. She can't be in large crowds, so this brings Fenway right here to them," said Naomi's father, David Buldini.

With three bags of popcorn and two bags of cotton candy, 7-year-old Adams Fenelon was another happy Red Sox fan whose favorite player is David Ortiz.

"He's very good (at) hitting the ball," Adams said.