WEST GARDINER, Maine -- Jackson Hickey will be on the mound Tuesday night at Fenway Park, not as a replacement for the battered Red Sox staff but to throw out the first pitch.
The 11-year-old resident will be center stage on disability awareness night prior to Boston's game against Tampa Bay. Jackson's mother, Jayne, entered her son's name into a contest promoted by Exceptional Parents Magazine and got a response within 24 hours.
"I filled out (a form) and I saw the Red Sox were an option," she said. "I said 'I'd really like to make his dream come true.'"
The magazine honors a special family each year and selected the Hickeys for their compelling story.
The trip to Fenway will be Jackson's first. He was born with Down Syndrome and diagnosed with autism at age 5. Like the rest of his family he's an avid Red Sox fan and reacted with joy when he heard of his trip to the game about a month ago.
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