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Girl with 3D printed hand wants to throw first pitch at every MLB park

By Alex Butler

Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Major League Baseball teams are lining up to let 7-year-old Hailey Dawson throw out a first pitch at their games.

Dawson has a rare disease called Poland Syndrome and was born without three fingers. She had a 3D printed hand, which works with fishing line.

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Hailey has already thrown out the first pitch for the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles. She wants to throw out the first pitch at every MLB ballpark.

On Thursday, something really special happened. Teams responded quickly to her wish, asking her to come to their games and take the mound. Bleacher Report posted a link to a video featuring Dawson, which the teams responded to in droves.

Those teams included: the San Diego Padres, Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, Kansas City Royals, Philadelphia Phillies, Seattle Mariners, Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds, Oakland Athletics and others.

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The Florida Gators and Sacramento River Cats also asked Dawson to come to their games to throw out the first pitch.

Dawson began her run of throwing out first pitches at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, according to Sporttechie.com.

The New York Daily News reported that the little girl from Las Vegas had her "flexy" hand created by the University of Nevada Las Vegas' engineering program.

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Dawson has six different hands with various designs, according to Sportstechie.com.

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