BALTIMORE -- Orioles center fielder Adam Jones had been keeping tabs on nine-year-old Zion Harvey for about a year.
So when Harvey, the first child in the world to undergo a bilateral hand transplant last summer, was finally able to throw, Jones made sure he would get one special toss.
Harvey, who is from Owings Mills, Md., threw out the ceremonial first pitch to Jones on Tuesday night, prior to Baltimore's game against Texas. It was a special moment that had been a long time coming.
Ever since the operation at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Harvey has spent the last year working to regain hand function and the ability to throw a baseball.