NJ Baseball Babies Take In Opening Day

SEWELL, NJ — There's no crying in baseball.

Tom Hanks, while you're right, these rookies are in a league of their own.

Babies from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Jefferson Washington Township Hospital grabbed their bats, binkies, and bottles on Thursday in anticipation for the Phillies' new season.

The lineup got dressed in their red, white, and blue gear to ring the bell on the return to the diamond.

"These tiny bundles of joy are true MVPs," said the staff at Jefferson, "batting a thousand and turning every inning into a comeback story."

The Phillies kicked off their 2026 campaign by hosting the Texas Rangers at 4 p.m. on Thursday at Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia.

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