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Pete Frates and wife welcome baby girl

Former Boston College baseball captain sparked 'Ice Bucket Challenge'

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Pete Frates and wife welcome baby girl
Former Boston College baseball captain sparked 'Ice Bucket Challenge'
The man who inspired the “Ice Bucket Challenge” is now a father.Watch reportLucy Fitzgerald Frates was born to Julie Frates and Pete Frates Sunday morning. Pete Frates, a former Boston College baseball player who lives in Beverly, was diagnosed with ALS two years ago when he was 27.See baby photosPete Frates’ father John Frates told SportsCenter 5’s Mike Lynch that the birth was “the perfect ending to the miracle month of August.”Lucy Frates checked in at 7 pounds 8 ounces, and both mom and baby are doing well, the family told Lynch.The” Ice Bucket Challenge” has raised millions of dollars since Pete Frates dared a few people to try it earlier this year, all in the name of raising awareness of the debilitating disease.

The man who inspired the “Ice Bucket Challenge” is now a father.

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Lucy Fitzgerald Frates was born to Julie Frates and Pete Frates Sunday morning. Pete Frates, a former Boston College baseball player who lives in Beverly, was diagnosed with ALS two years ago when he was 27.

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Pete Frates’ father John Frates told SportsCenter 5’s Mike Lynch that the birth was “the perfect ending to the miracle month of August.”

Lucy Frates checked in at 7 pounds 8 ounces, and both mom and baby are doing well, the family told Lynch.

The” Ice Bucket Challenge” has raised millions of dollars since Pete Frates dared a few people to try it earlier this year, all in the name of raising awareness of the debilitating disease.