FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): Three months ago, Tyler Nix took his now 11-month-old son, Teddy Nix, to the doctor for a monthly checkup — they left the hospital with devastating news.

Teddy was diagnosed with a retinoblastoma in his right eye. A few weeks later, the cancer spread to Teddy’s left eye. Since the diagnosis, Tyler has been taking his son back-and-forth to Cincinnati for Teddy’s chemotherapy treatments.

Mark Delagarza, founder of the Summit City Sluggers, started to ask himself what he and his organization could do to help.

“I heard about this recently and him (Tyler) and I have been in touch, so when I heard about his little boy, I just thought you know… what can we do… and our organization had been tossing this whiffle ball idea around so we just put two and two together and thought we would give it a try,” Delagarza said.

Delagarza then called Tyler, a former Slugger, and told him he was going to host a benefit whiffle ball tournament to help offset the costs.

“I think he was pretty humbled,” Delagarza said. “I think he was you know just thankful and I don’t think he expected it when he seen my name come up on his phone. So, he was a little caught off guard, but I think he’s very appreciative of what we’re doing.”

Tyler tells WOWO News, he was indeed very surprised when he receive the phone call.

“He actually put it together and he basically just called me to inform me of the event… it was very nice of him and we’re very excited,” Tyler said.

The double elimination whiffle ball tournament will start at noon on Oct. 23 at the Indian Trails Park located at 10313 Aboite Center Road in Fort Wayne. Each game will be about 25 minutes long. Delagarza is looking for 100 teams to participate and he says it’s open to all ages.

To enter, a fee of $50.00 will be required for each 7-person team. All the proceeds from the benefit will go directly to the Nix family. Go to Summit City Slugger’s website to register.