There are still good and wonderful things in this world. Like baseball, and girls who just want to throw a ball.
And there are imaginative and clever and determined people in the world, who help girls throw a ball even when she’s missing three fingers on her right hand.
This is Hailey Dawson, and she was born with Poland Syndrome. Engineers at UNLV created a 3D printed hand for her, which means this huge baseball fan can now throw a ball.
She threw out the opening pitch at a Baltimore Orioles game in 2015.
Hailey Dawson's first pitch to her favorite player, complete with fist bump and a hug. Watch: http://t.co/rnzvzrA6in pic.twitter.com/PQWPNGmaVP
— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) August 18, 2015
But that wasn’t enough.
7-year-old Hailey Dawson wants to throw out the first pitch at every MLB ballpark with her 3-D printed hand pic.twitter.com/onStqhEzyB
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) September 7, 2017
And once Bleacher Report picked up the story, Major League Baseball responded.
sometimes twitter is really good pic.twitter.com/sWzoEIDcEG
— Spooky Squid (@NatsSquid) September 7, 2017
Looks like we need to get you to Fenway, Hailey!
Just DM us with your info and we're in! ⚾️
— Red Sox (@RedSox) September 8, 2017
We would love to have Hailey visit us! Please DM us her info!
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) September 7, 2017
Hailey threw out the first pitch at a Washington Nationals game this season.
And now…. she gets to throw the first pitch at tonight’s World Series game!
7-year-old Hailey Dawson gets to live out a dream at the #WorldSeries. pic.twitter.com/OxvFuGiLVN
— Play Ball (@PlayBall) October 28, 2017
Complete with brand-new hand.
Hailey Dawson is loving her #WorldSeries-themed, 3D-printed hand. pic.twitter.com/6p7MNrSpHR
— MLB (@MLB) October 28, 2017
Baseball is wonderful.
From one ace to another! @JustinVerlander gifts Hailey Dawson some sweet kicks before her first pitch tonight! pic.twitter.com/JRmpSdwGD7
— MLB (@MLB) October 28, 2017
Hailey Dawson (7),throwing out 1st pitch tonight, spent time w/ Justin Verlander & her catcher Jose Altuve.Hailey was born w/ a rare condition called Poland Syndrome & is missing 3 fingers on her right hand.With aid of a 3D-printed prosthetic hand she can play the sport she loves pic.twitter.com/wjQZE4iTRR
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) October 29, 2017
Don’t forget the engineering students who made this possible.
.@haileys_hand has inspired the entire country! ⚾️ Help @unlvengineering make more hands for more kids: https://t.co/hZ9VIGgs9Z pic.twitter.com/DoPKEdevn7
— UNLV (@unlv) October 28, 2017
And Hailey isn’t done yet.
https://twitter.com/Cardinals/status/905894647565836289
You go, Hailey!
UPDATE 5:35 PM PDT
And here it is!
Hailey Dawson brings the Houston crowd to its feet! #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/0WlCoxXQ2j
— Play Ball (@PlayBall) October 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/924431707901587456
Thank you for all of your support @BleacherReport!!! None of this would have happened without you ❤️
— UNLV Engineering (@UNLVEngineering) October 29, 2017
Play ball!
Nice to see Pro sports doing something good, unlike that league of kneeling felons… what’s it called again???
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