CINCINNATI —

Cincinnati Reds legend Eric Davis is making a difference to zap some deadly statistics.

More than 53,000 Americans will die this year from colorectal cancer. That's more than the capacity of Great American Ball Park. Davis is a cancer survivor delivering an old message. Advertisement

It was a play at the plate back in 1997 that got the ball rolling.

"I ran into the catcher and had a play at the plate in Cleveland. I felt some pain in my side and lower back,” Davis said.

Davis ended up in the hospital for more than a week. He was young and in such good shape, doctors were thrown a curveball and misdiagnosed him.

Eric went for a second opinion at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital. The news wasn't good.

"He told me I had a tumor the size of a grapefruit," Davis said. At

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