[閒聊] OAK 開球貴賓

看板MLB作者Lacos0918 (Lacos)時間11年前 (2013/06/13 16:44)推噓14(14推 0噓 1→)

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http://0rz.tw/JPPCy OAKLAND -- Nick LeGrande was told he'd be visiting his grandmother on Wednesday, not tossing out the first pitch at an A's game from 1,800 miles away. No matter that the Coliseum isn't exactly within driving distance of his home in Kansas City, LeGrande made the first telerobotic first pitch in Major League Baseball history. His family surprised him with what was surely a welcomed birthday present one day before turning 14. LeGrande has severe aplastic anemia, a rare blood disorder, and can no longer attend games because of his weakened immune system, so Google Fiber helped construct an indoor miniature baseball field at his home, complete with a set of bleachers and grass straight from Kauffman Stadium. When Google's pitching machine was wheeled out to the mound before the A's faced the Yankees, LeGrande was part of the experience thanks to the live feed on the machine's camera. With family, friends and his doctors in his ballpark's stands, LeGrande then threw a ball across a sensor that signaled for the machine at the Coliseum to propel the ball into the glove of A's reliever Ryan Cook, who helped bring the opportunity to the attention of the A's organization. "My girlfriend's older sister works for an advertising company that works for Google," Cook said. "They brought it to her attention and she figured to bring it to my attention. And when she did that, I got obviously really excited about it. I thought it would be an amazing thing to be a part of, to make somebody's dream come true. "And once it came to me, I started at the bottom of the ladder here at the clubhouse and took it to the Athletics. ... We got nothing but support all the way up, and from there it was pretty seamless and easy for me."OAKLAND -- Nick LeGrande was told he'd be visiting his grandmother on Wednesday, not tossing out the first pitch at an A's game from 1,800 miles away. No matter that the Coliseum isn't exactly within driving distance of his home in Kansas City, LeGrande made the first telerobotic first pitch in Major League Baseball history. His family surprised him with what was surely a welcomed birthday present one day before turning 14. LeGrande has severe aplastic anemia, a rare blood disorder, and can no longer attend games because of his weakened immune system, so Google Fiber helped construct an indoor miniature baseball field at his home, complete with a set of bleachers and grass straight from Kauffman Stadium. When Google's pitching machine was wheeled out to the mound before the A's faced the Yankees, LeGrande was part of the experience thanks to the live feed on the machine's camera. With family, friends and his doctors in his ballpark's stands, LeGrande then threw a ball across a sensor that signaled for the machine at the Coliseum to propel the ball into the glove of A's reliever Ryan Cook, who helped bring the opportunity to the attention of the A's organization. "My girlfriend's older sister works for an advertising company that works for Google," Cook said. "They brought it to her attention and she figured to bring it to my attention. And when she did that, I got obviously really excited about it. I thought it would be an amazing thing to be a part of, to make somebody's dream come true. "And once it came to me, I started at the bottom of the ladder here at the clubhouse and took it to the Athletics. ... We got nothing but support all the way up, and from there it was pretty seamless and easy for me." 大意就是Ryan Cook知道這名病童的事，想讓小男孩(Nick LeGrande)當開球貴賓小男孩在離OAK主場有1800英里的家使用Google遠端技術做同步開球 Nick有罕見的再生凝血障礙，所以只要流血麻煩就大了而Nick家有直接從KC主場Kauffman Stadium移植過來的小型棒球場這一篇其實文字只是輔助，真的要看完影片啊！！！影片中 Nick的媽媽(or祖母)說從未看他哭過，直到醫生宣佈他沒辦法打棒球的時候 Ryan Cook跟現場的觀眾說，請讓Nick感受跟現場一樣的氣氛，迎接他的大聯盟初登板全場好大聲鼓掌啊T.T 投完之後Ryan Cook還說他會幫他拿到全隊簽名，帶全隊到KC去他家去逛逛補充Youtube連結 http://0rz.tw/0dJdn -- ◢ ◣◢ ◣ I am Lacos0918，AKA︰Lacos!!! ●│● / ◥ ◣ ◢◢◢◢◢◢◢◢◢ ▼▼▼▼▼▼▼】 ▇▆▅▄▃▂▁ ◢ ▁▂▃▄▅▆▇ ψQSWEET ◥▂▂▃▃▄▄▅▄▄▃▂▁◤ -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 114.33.24.203

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