In what would quality as a special moment for any major-league player or any parent for that matter, Colorado Rockies closer John Axford watched on as his son, two-year-old Jameson Axford, threw out the first pitch before Friday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Under any circumstances, it's a moment in time that the Axford family would take with them forever and cherish. However, given the circumstances and the struggles young Jameson has had to endure for the past six weeks, it amplified those emotions to an almost unimaginable level. On March 25, Jameson was bitten twice on his right foot by a rattlesnake while playing outside the home the Axford's were renting in Scottsdale, Ariz. A bite doctors there called the worst they'd ever seen. Jameson was found to have several times more venom in his system than that of normal snake bite victims, which resulted in him spending four weeks in the intensive care units at hospitals in Arizona and later Denver. [ Check out Big League Stew on Tumblr for even more baseball awesomeness. ] In the weeks that have passed, he's undergone numerous medical procedures designed to recover damaged tissue, muscle and skin. On Monday, he will...