Recently, a young man from Saskatchewan with a rare heart condition was to throw the first pitch at a Toronto Blue Jays game.
Rocky Trainor threw his opening pitch before the Jays faced his Orioles in Baltimore at his center Rodgers on Tuesday.
"Rocky was born with a heart condition called hypoplastic left heart syndrome," his father Scott Traynor told his CBC radio's Peter Mills.
This condition restricts blood flow to the heart.
"When he was born, he was airlifted at about two days of age and underwent his first open-heart surgery at about three or four days of age," Scott said. rice field.
Rocky then underwent two more open-heart surgeries.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation, which grants wishes to seriously ill children, made Rocky's dream come true.
Scott said he first learned about Rocky's chance about two weeks ago. As such, he and Rocky , the first baseman for his team in Saskatoon, were given time to put the ball-throwing rep in the backyard.
Scott said it would be rather difficult to keep things secret and plan some elements of the trip behind Rocky's back. , I learned about throwing a pitch about a week ago when the Make-A-Wish Foundation visited and broke the news.
Scott said that when it came time for Rocky to throw the pitch, the kid had been pretty quiet and nervous for about five minutes before.
Scott said Rocky is usually quiet and shy. Scott said the crowd was a little too quiet for Rocky's liking, so the boy raised his arms before the pitch. Throwing the ball slightly wide to second baseman Cavan Biggio, Scott was impressed by how far his son threw. I was so proud that I may have thrown some taunts at him to cheer him on," Scott said.
"Saskatoon people, my phone lit up right away. 'I just saw Rocky on TV.'
Listen | Scott Traynor spoke with guest host Peter Mills on Saskatoon Morning: Rocky Trainor is a little shy, but if you've seen the Toronto Blue Jays game, you wouldn't know that.On Tuesday, Rocky threw the first pitch against the Jays.It was a great throw. — and what he did before that had the audience on their feet and uproar.Guest host Peter Mills tells Rocky's father, Scott Traynor, more about his son's trip to the Rogers Center Diamond.
