{"id":210320,"date":"2026-06-04T07:10:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/210320\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T07:10:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:10:26","slug":"mlb-hall-of-famer-to-talk-about-sun-safety-ahead-of-fightin-phils-june-30-game-reading-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/210320\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Hall of Famer\u00a0to\u00a0talk about sun safety\u00a0ahead\u00a0of\u00a0Fightin Phils\u00a0June 30\u00a0game\u00a0\u00a0 | Reading Area"},"content":{"rendered":"

READING, Pa.- The Fightin Phils announced MLB Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt will speak about the importance of sun safety ahead of the Phils\u2019 upcoming game on June 30.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Schmidt will make a presentation with Dermatology Partners and the Richard David Kann Melanoma Foundation at the Diamond Credit Union Plaza\u2019s Mitsubishi Chemical Group Stage, the Phils said in a news release.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The presentation is part of Dermatology Partners\u2019 \u201cPlay Sun Safe\u201d campaign, a community-focused initiative to prevent skin cancer, according to the report.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile my career was thriving, my skin was being damaged by the harmful rays of the sun,\u201d Schmidt, a melanoma survivor, said. \u201cNow, I\u2019m committed to making sure the next generation of players and fans understands how to protect themselves.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Schmidt\u2019s presentation is open to anyone and will begin at 6:15 p.m., prior to the Phils\u2019 7 p.m. game against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, according to the Fightin Phils.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dermatology Partners said free sunscreen and educational materials will be available for fans during the presentation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tickets to the game are available and can be purchased here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"READING, Pa.- The Fightin Phils announced MLB Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt will speak about the importance of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[63911,26765,11199,92219,92218,64078,128,130,129,21843,726],"class_list":["post-210320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-dermatology","tag-hall-of-fame","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-melanoma-skin-cancer","tag-phils","tag-reading-berks-county","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-skin-cancer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}