<p>Players, managers and team personnel around baseball honored their mothers, wives, sisters, grandmothers and plenty more on Sunday for Mother's Day. And, in some cases, that recognition extended to some players' influences on the diamond.</p><p>"She was my first coach growing up," Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia said of his mother, Jeri. "She coached me until I was 8 or 9, maybe a little older. She always worked hard, got me to every practice. She made a lot of sacrifices."</p><p>More players league-wide paid homage to the women who have made sacrifices and been influential in their lives, as teams also raised awareness for breast cancer. Some players used special-edition Louisville Slugger pink bats, while many more wore batting gloves, wristbands and other equipment brandished in pink.</p><p>"It's nice to be able to honor the cancer survivors in this way," Cardinals center fielder Jon Jay said of his pink bat. "I always look forward to this. And it being Mother's Day -- that's special too."</p><p><a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130511&content_id=47268912&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130512&content_id=47329986&vkey=news_hou&c_id=hou">Honorary Bat Girl Pareya joins festivities in Houston</a> (Astros.com)</p><p><a href="http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130509&content_id=47058418&notebook_id=47063594&vkey=notebook_col&c_id=col">Tulowitzki back in action for finale against Yankees</a> (Colorado Rockies News)</p><p><a href="http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130511&content_id=47268912&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb">MLB set to help celebrate Mother&#039;s Day</a> (Baltimore Orioles News)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dyMyCFBqCUOgAMMUcCSojYvS7K-fM&ned=us">40 additional articles.</a></p>