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Matt Kemp has forged a bond with the terminally-ill boy to whom he gave his shoes in a San Francisco series. The boy was flown down to Los Angeles by Kemp for Monday night's game.

Matt Kemp's gesture goes long way for terminally ill boy

Matt Kemp made a big impact on the field at Dodger Stadium on Monday.This won't show up in his statistics, however. It's better.Kemp had a good talk with his friend, Josh Jones, the Dodgers fan to whom he gave his shirt, hat and shoes earlier this month. Kemp made good on his word to fly Jones and his family to a Dodgers game.Earlier this month, the Youtube video of Kemp giving the items to Jones went viral. It was an ...