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Bridget throws first pitch
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All eyes at Fenway Park were on Bridget Johnson on Sunday night as the local sixth-grader had the privilege of throwing out the first pitch in a game between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees.It marked another milestone for Bridget as she continues her miraculous recovery from an Aug. 1 horseback riding accident that nearly claimed her life and resulted in the loss of her left leg at the knee.“To see her walk out there on the field in front of 42,000 fans, it was like everything came full circle for me,” said her father Ron Johnson, the first-base coach for the Red Sox. “She walked out there and she looked great. She had on jeans and you couldn’t even tell there was anything wrong with her leg.