evidence: Bernie: Thank you so much for having me. [...] Adam: Bernie, you had a very long and very successful career. But you've pivoted to another career that's been incredibly successful as well. You've married your passion for music, your passion for baseball, your passion for philanthropy. They've all intertwined through your involvement in Tune In To Lung Health, where you have been raising awareness for interstitial lung disease, and the importance of early diagnosis. Why is this something that you are personally so passionate about? And what can anyone do to pay it forward? Bernie: Well, I'm so glad you asked that question, because this is one of the things that is near and dear to my heart. And I am doing it because, as a professional athlete, we have this platform to talk about a lot of things. Looking back into my career, to my life, my dad was probably one of the biggest influences in my life growing up, and he was our Superman, our superhero. He was a guy that showed me how to play my first couple of notes on my guitar. He was a guy that took me out with my brother and played on a baseball field right after middle school every day, and he was just a very inspirational person to look up to. And when he passed away in 2001, from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, which is one of the most common forms of interstitial lung disease, it devastated us. It hit us in a very profound way.