The first Make A Wish Wednesday at Falcon Park was a success for one local child. Jonathan J. Moore, of Auburn, was given the chance to spend the afternoon at the park before an Auburn Doubledays game on Wednesday.

The eight-year-old, who is in remission from Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and is autistic, arrived at Falcon Park about four hours before game time with his parents Tom Moore and Kathy Coomber, as well as his friend DJ Coomber.

Jonathan and DJ played catch with some of the Doubledays players and watched batting practice before getting some ballpark food and going on a tour of the team's clubhouse. Jonathan's favorite part of the day was understandably, hanging out in the coach's office and playing with some of Doubledays Manager Dennis Holmberg's toys.

“It was a wonderful day for him,” Kathy said. “He had a lot of fun - he loved playing with the talking deer.”

Along with the joys of talking into Holmberg's deer head mounted on the wall in the office, Jonathan got to take home some souvenirs - including a baseball bat signed by the team and catcher JP Arencibia's batting gloves, which he also signed.

Jonathan got to throw out the first pitch and the two boys also got to take part in an on-field game after the fourth inning, where they took turns throwing big stuffed fish into a net held by Abner, the Doubledays mascot. DJ and Jonathan were a perfect 3-for-3 in the fish toss.

“It's been a really cool day,” DJ said. “We got to play with the toys and see the players before the game.”