If you were to spot Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, CC Sabathia out in public and you didn’t know they were professional baseball players for the New York Yankees, you’d probably be a little intimidated, and that’s perfectly normal.
All three players are roughly 6”6” and tower over the average person, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have a soft spot to them. In fact, they are nice, caring people.
The trio of Yankees players took the time to respond to a 10-year-old girl named Cassidy Warner, a fourth-grader from Scranton, Pa., who shared her heartwrenching stories of being bullied since the first grade.
The video went viral before the Scranton School District took it down, but not before the Yankees showed their support and released in a similarly stylistic manner.
Thanks to the folks at For the Win, here’s what Cassidy said in her plea.
"My name is Cassidy. I am 10 years old[.] I go to John Adams Elementary School. I am in 4th grade. I started getting bullied in 1st grade. One day during Recess A group of kids grabbed my purse off of a teacher, and spit on it.. and me.. The group of kids always come up to me during Recess, trying to fight me. They hit me, kicked me, pulled my hair, pushed me, stepped on me, spit on me… Kids don’t even want to go near me. Whenever I sit at a lunch table, the kids get up. They threaten to kill me, and they tell me to kill myself. They also spilt milk all over my jacket. They also call me names[.] There’s 4 of them and only 1 of me. The principal doesn’t do anything. I feel so alone, I feel like I have no one. It hurts. This is my story… Stop Bullying! Not just for me for other kids too. Please share my story!"
And this was the Yankees response.
Dear Cassidy. My name is CC Sabathia and I play baseball for the New York Yankees. My teammates and I wanted you to know that we care about you. We know sharing your story must have been difficult but you showed courage and strength and inspired us to reach out to you[.] We may be older than you, we may be taller than you, but we want you to know that we look up to you[.] You are not alone! Count the New York Yankees among your friends! You can sit next to us at lunch anytime!!! In fact, we are saving a seat for you at our lunch table in the clubhouse. Bullying is WRONG[.] We won’t stand for it! No one should ever be made to fell bad about who they are[.] We need to care for each other[.] There are 25 of us on this team! And we all got your back!!!!
Good on the Yankees for using their platform to reach out to the young girl and help her feel a little bit better about the situation.
