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Young Cincinnati Reds fan insists on throwing ceremonial first pitch from GABP mound

Joey Votto talks about the Reds' seven-game winning streak following their 8-6 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday. The Reds completed a 6-0 homestand. Bobby Nightengale/The Enquirer

A young Cincinnati Reds fan who threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Friday's Cubs-Reds game at Great American Ball Park has had video of the effort watched by many - not because of the pitch itself as much as the boy insisting before the pitch that he be able to throw it from the rubber on the mound the big-leaguers use.

Jessica Kleinschmidt of MLB.