The first pitch at Wednesday's New York Yankees-Oakland Athletics game will be both history-making and heart-tugging. That's because 13-year-old Nick LeGrande — with the help of Google's technology wizards — will throw out the first pitch from 1,800 miles away in Kansas City.

No, it's not the longest game of long toss ever, it's actually what's believed to be the first telerobotic first pitch ever. Let us explain: LeGrande is a Little League star who is suffering from a rare blood disorder called severe aplastic anemia. Because of that, he's not allowed to be around big crowds and he certainly can't play baseball right now.

So Google, with A's relief pitcher Ryan Cook acting as the go-between, devised a way for LeGrande to throw out the first pitch with a robotic pitching machine that mirrors his movements. Cook will catch the first pitch. LeGrande, though he lives in Kansas City, is an A's fan.

Michael Gray from the San Francisco Chronicle's Drumbeat blog explains how the first pitch will happen:

(Getty Images)We are now in the era of coaching where Walt Weiss becomes the manager of the Colorado Rockies with only high school coaching experience. And where Jason Kidd can retire from the NBA one week and be a leading candidate for a head-coaching job the next.

So when you hear about former MLB all-star Mike Mussina getting a coaching gig, you wonder if it's something high profile and sexy.

Actually, Mussina was hired Tuesday as the head BASKETBALL coach at his alma mater, Montoursville High School at Montoursville, Penn. That's near Williamsport, the city best known as the home of the Little League World Series.

Mussina, 44, played basketball at Montoursville High in addition to baseball and football. According to the Sun Gazette, he scored 1,382 points in his basketball career. He struck out 2,813 batters during his MLB career with the Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees (from 1991-2008), so obviously he made the right choice pursuing baseball.

J.J. Hardy might have felt like he went back in time.

On Tuesday night, the Baltimore Orioles shortstop launched what looked like a home run off Los Angeles Angels pitcher Jason Vargas. That was until centerfielder Peter Bourjos flew above the wall to make a marvelous catch and rob the Orioles of two runs. It was quite the impressive grab on its own. But when you start to notice the coincidences, things get eerie.

Remember that catch Mike Trout made in Baltimore last year to steal a home run? Who was hitting then? Oh, right, J.J. Hardy. Wasn't that in the first inning just like Hardy's not-quite homer on Tuesday? It was. And also in June.

Here's the video comparison of the two catches — hit to different sides of the field, but pretty similar otherwise: