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June 13, 2013 11:11 pm GMT
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Aided by a Robot, Teenage Boy Pitches Baseball From 5 States Away
We it was coming: A boy sick with a rare blood disorder would throw the first pitch at a Major League Baseball game from five states away, thanks to help from a high-tech robot and Google Fiber
The moment finally arrived before Wednesday night's Yankees-A's game in Oakland, Calif., and it's a pretty heartwarming example of sports technology being used to make one kid's day.
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Thirteen-year-old Nick LeGrande is a huge baseball fan and a talented player recently diagnosed with aplastic anemia — a condition in which the bone marrow doesn't make enough new blood — meaning he can no longer play ball or surround himself with large crowds
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