Yesterday, Joe Maddon hosted his second annual Respect Bald event at Sloan Park to raise funds for pediatric cancer research. Those funds approached $30,000, and a number of Cubs players and coaches, plus Maddon, lost their hair in support:
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Some visuals of the event:
Joe thanks the crowd for coming out to the second annual #RespectBald event. pic.twitter.com/YltCuMzRs5
— Michael Cerami (@Michael_Cerami) March 5, 2016
The first cuts have been made at the second annual Respect Bald event! ✂️ #LetsGive pic.twitter.com/RcvApPUuf8
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) March 5, 2016
— Gordon Wittenmyer (@GDubCub) March 5, 2016
.@Cubs go bald at 2nd annual #RespectBald event to support pediatric cancer research. https://t.co/LalGvOQv8f pic.twitter.com/be88w3fG6G
— MLB (@MLB) March 5, 2016
Helped my good friend Hector at the 2nd annual #RespectBald event! ✂️ pic.twitter.com/ojbVu5PgOG
— Clark the Cub (@ClarktheCub) March 5, 2016
B-day boy #Cubs @kschwarb12 gets a trim as part of Respect Bald pic.twitter.com/i17OYypupE
— Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) March 5, 2016
Shavers gonna shave, shave, shave, shave, shave. #RespectBald pic.twitter.com/mZwKLiqFOr
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) March 5, 2016
Final look at @Cubs 2nd Annual #RespectBald Event. Big success. pic.twitter.com/z7BL8ZAtRZ
— Michael Cerami (@Michael_Cerami) March 5, 2016
I want to give a special mention to Cubs pitcher Edgar Olmos:
#Cubs Olmos pic.twitter.com/p6negeovQt
— Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) March 5, 2016
Say what you will about hair – it’s just hair – but that clearly took him a long time to grow, and, presumably, he likes having the long hair. But this is a guy who bounced around a number of organizations this offseason, and then was eventually outrighted by the Cubs off the 40-man roster. And yet he still participated in this event, losing all that hair, for the cause. Good man, Edgar Olmos.