Mark Loretta named 2006 Hutch Award recipient

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Second baseman Mark Loretta will receive the 2006 Hutch Award, which is given annually to a major-league baseball player who best exemplifies the fighting spirit of baseball great Fred Hutchinson.

Loretta, who spent the 2006 season with the Boston Red Sox, is a survivor of stage-one malignant melanoma, and has become an advocate for skin-cancer early detection and prevention.

Loretta and his wife, Hilary, will visit the Center and receive the award at the annual Hutch Award Luncheon on Thursday, Jan. 25, at Safeco Field

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