Sean Kirst: Buffalo fans, a big-league team and an empty seat
By Sean Kirst
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Brothers Robert Petrusek, holding a picture of his grandmother Charlotte, right, and Brandon Petrusek, of Buffalo are going to the Blue Jays game in honor of their grandmother who was a huge baseball fan.
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Jimmy Rossotto: A teenage hero to his young cousins.
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Mike O'Sullivan of Buffalo is going to the Blue Jays game because his dad Jack would have loved to see this historic moment. He's holding a photo of his father finishing a marathon shoeless because of blisters in Pennsylvania back in the late '90s.
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Jimmy Rossotto: A teenage hero to his young cousins.
Family image
Mike O'Sullivan of Buffalo is going to the Blue Jays game because his dad Jack would have loved to see this historic moment. He's holding a photo of his father finishing a marathon shoeless because of blisters in Pennsylvania back in the late '90s.
Adie Kiefer was at school when she received a text from her excited mother. Joann Kiefer-Warren had an early graduation present for Adie, 18, a senior at Williamsville South, and she could not wait to tell her what it was:
Many readers sent in replies to Sean Kirst's question: If you had the chance to attend a major league game in Buffalo with any one person in your life, living or dead, who would it be?
Mike O'Sullivan of Buffalo is going to the Blue Jays game because his dad Jack would have loved to see this historic moment. He's holding a photo of his father finishing a marathon shoeless because of blisters in Pennsylvania back in the late '90s.
Brothers Robert Petrusek, holding a picture of his grandmother Charlotte, right, and Brandon Petrusek, of Buffalo are going to the Blue Jays game in honor of their grandmother who was a huge baseball fan.
Mike O'Sullivan of Buffalo is going to the Blue Jays game because his dad Jack would have loved to see this historic moment. He's holding a photo of his father finishing a marathon shoeless because of blisters in Pennsylvania back in the late '90s.
Mike O'Sullivan of Buffalo is going to the Blue Jays game because his dad Jack would have loved to see this historic moment. He's holding a photo of his father finishing a marathon shoeless because of blisters in Pennsylvania back in the late '90s.
Mike O'Sullivan of Buffalo is going to the Blue Jays game because his dad Jack would have loved to see this historic moment. He's holding a photo of his father finishing a marathon shoeless because of blisters in Pennsylvania back in the late '90s.