A boy sick with a rare disorder will throw out the first pitch at a Wednesday night MLB game from 1,800 miles away. How? Google Fiber and one high-tech robot.

The kid's name is Nick LeGrande. He's 13 years old, a big-time baseball fan and he suffers from a rare blood disorder called aplastic anemia.

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Nick's a great young baseball player but the condition doesn't let him play the game he loves or be around large crowds, at least for the time being. Nick sobbed when doctors told him he'd have to stay away from the game for a while, his mom says in the video above.

Despite all that, however, Nick's going to throw the first pitch at Wednesday's Yankees-A's game. But here's the catch: The two MLB teams face off in Oakland, while Nick will be 1,800 miles away in his hometown of Kansas City.

The beautiful sports moment is made possible via telerobotics. What's that, you say? Well, here's the deal.

Google Fiber's Kansas City headquarters set up a miniature baseball stadium at their office space, located near the LeGrande home and the hospital where Nick receives treatment. Nick will go to the specially created field and throw his pitch. His friends, doctors and Little League teammates will all be there.

Meanwhile, his movements will be instantly transmitted from Kansas City to a robot perched atop the pitcher's mount at the Oakland Coliseum, where the A's and Yankees will have just warmed up. The robot will also give him a view from the mound in Oakland. As Nick throws in Kansas City, the robot will process his motion and mimic it to deliver a similar pitch into the glove of A's reliever Ryan Cook.

"This is going to be the most important throw he's ever thrown up to this date," says one of Nick's brothers.

"He's going to be talking about this for years," adds his mother.

There's more in the video above, which you should definitely watch. But be warned: When we watched here, the room got just a little bit dusty. Anyway, check it out and let us know what you think in the comments. We'll update with footage from Oakland after the first pitch goes down.

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