Fall Victim's Son Throws Out First Pitch at ALDS Game

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Wearing a cap, jersey and glove with plenty of room for growth, six-year-old Cooper Stone was escorted to the pitcher's mound by his mom, Jenny, and Texas Rangers president and baseball Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan. As the PA echoes and organ music gave way to a roaring crowd, the two elders clapped as left-handed Cooper launched the ceremonial first pitch at Friday's Game 1 of the American League Division Series between the Rangers and the Tampa Bay Rays.

Cooper, who less than three months earlier had watched as his father fell to his death attempting to catch a souvenir ball tossed in their direction by Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton, now wore Hamilton's number 32 as he pitched the ball to his hero crouching between the mound and home plate.

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