A Boy with Leukemia Got to Play Video Games with Twins All-Star Joe Mauer . . . Using the Giant Jumbotron at the Stadium

Eight-year-old Greg Albin of Lino Lakes, Minnesota got a very cool wish granted by the Make-a-Wish foundation. (–Lino Lakes is 20 miles north of Minneapolis.)

Greg was diagnosed with leukemia two years ago. And when he was offered the chance to have a wish granted, he said he wanted to play video games with Joe Mauer, the All-Star catcher for the Minnesota Twins.

Joe could have played him over the Internet, or even gotten together in front of the TV. But he decided to go above and beyond.

First he sent a limo to bring Greg’s family to a Twins game on Friday. Then he gave them a tour of the stadium, signed autographs, and introduced them to his teammates.

Finally, he played Greg in a baseball video game . . . on the stadium’s 5,800-square-foot VIDEO SCOREBOARD.

(–To put that screen’s size in perspective . . . it’s the equivalent of a 1,392-inch TV, and it would take 1,042 42-inch TVs to fill the same space. It’s the 4th largest screen out of the MLB stadiums.)

(MLB.com)