VOTE: Christine Sharon's mother for Detroit Tigers honorary bat girl

MEQUON, Wis. – Major League Baseball, much like many professional sports organizations, has played a big role in the fight against breast cancer. For the MLB, Mother's Day is a day used to help with Breast Cancer Awareness, as many fans are familiar with their favorite teams and players wearing pink wrist bands, and some even using pink bats.

Another tradition the MLB has started is the Honorary Bat Girl. This year, Concordia University Wisconsin Softball sophomore Christine Sharon has nominated her mother, Lori, to serve as a honorary bat girl for the Detroit Tigers.

Each team in the MLB will have one honorary Bat Girl this season, either on Mother's Day, or an alternative date if that team does not play at home on Mother's Day. Fans may vote for those nominated and can cast one vote per day until the contest ends. The Tigers are scheduled to play the Rangers at home on Mother's Day this season, Sunday, May 8.

To vote for Sharon's mother, visit the 2016 MLB Honorary Bat Girl Contest Page.

Below is the full nomination, done so by Christine that details why Lori Sharon would be an excellent choice as this year's Detroit Tigers Honorary Bat Girl.

In April of 2004, when I was only eight years old my mother found out that she had breast cancer. She had a lumpectomy to remove it and then found out the cancer had also spread to her lymph nodes. She went through eight chemotherapy treatments, as well as 30 radiation treatments. This all happened while having three kids at home. My older sister Nicole who was 10, my younger sister Hannah who was three and me at the age of eight. Once everything had cleared up, her doctor would always recommend to her that she get tested for the breast cancer gene known as BRAC2. She finally got tested for the sake of us kids to be eventually tested and the results came back positive for her. In April of 2014 she had a preventative double mastectomy done with implants. Because of the radiation 10 years earlier, her left side didn't heal properly which would eventually lead to many more issues to come. So she had the implant removed and had an expander put in. Next she went through 30 hyperbaric chamber dives in another attempt to heal her skin more, but unfortunately this ended in infection so the expander was removed. In May of 2015, she had a TRAM flap surgery done, which has now finally done the trick. In the last 1.5 years, she has underwent 12 surgeries and may possibly need more in the future depending how her body grows and accepts these new transitions. The three of us kids look up to her for her bravery and courage through all of this and thank her for everything she has done and the way that she has put us first no matter the circumstances. She is a hero and role model to us every single day. My mom has loved baseball and the Detroit Tigers her entire life. Some of her favorites were Mark "The Bird" Fidrych, Alan Trammell, and of course Sparky Anderson. Today her current favorite is Miguel Cabrera and she looks forward to going to a game every summer.