It makes me so sad to read stories like this.Eli Horn was a boy with cancer that the team kind of adopted and visited often. It even ended up that he was in NYC getting treatment when they were there for the Pinstripe bowl. Not too long after that he passed away and they planted a memorial tree outside the stadium for him.
I recently realized that his family moved to the CR area and goes to our church.
http://www.elihorn.com/blog/about/
Edit: I believe Ben Lamaak named his son after Eli.
It also shows just how large a part sports plays in our world.
https://www.fpm.iastate.edu/maps/memorials/marker.asp?id=58-04