SCOTT SIMON, host: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News.  I'm Scott Simon.</s>SCOTT SIMON, host: Six-year-old Antonio Perez of Cincinnati suffered a terrible loss this      week. Some Cincinnati Reds players tried to help him out.  The little      boy's grandfather took him to the ballpark to see the Reds play the      Atlanta Braves. Antonio's grandfather collapsed during the sixth inning.      Paramedics summoned to the scene knew he was gone.  A security officer      needed to take Antonio someplace for two hours while his parents drove in      from Hamilton, Ohio, to tell him that his grandfather had died and to      take him home.  The officer took Antonio into the Cincinnati bullpen,      where he sat in players' laps and watched the Reds defeat Atlanta 8-to-5.      The center fielder Ken Griffey Jr. swept the little boy into his arms      and took him into the clubhouse.  He got to slap high fives with the      players, who gave him wristbands, bats and baseball hats.  Mr. Griffey      told The Cincinnati Enquirer, `We play a game.  What he was going through      doesn't compare.  It was important that the little guy not be by himself.      We just tried to make a bad situation a little better.'</s>SCOTT SIMON, host: Later this hour, the grandson of one of music's reigning families goes in      another artistic direction.  Stay tuned.
Six-year-old Antonio Perez of Cincinnati was at a Reds' baseball game this week with his grandfather, who suffered a fatal heart attack. The boy was swept into the Reds' bullpen and clubhouse, where players kept him company.