Column: Blue Jays make big league history in Buffalo, even if few see it
By Sean Kirst
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Greg Grigas, left, and Tom Saracki, right, enjoy a beer at the Union Pub before the Toronto Blue Jays home opener at Sahlen Field in Buffalo on Tuesday, Saracki's 55th birthday.
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Jason Gallant of Toronto and his fiancee, Melanie Isaacs of Kenmore, snap a selfie before the Toronto Blue Jays home opener at Sahlen Field in Buffalo.
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A family image of Roy "Rube" Marshall.
Provided by Judy Moller
"The Buffalo Blue Jay," a drink special at the Union Pub in honor of the Toronto Blue Jays home opener at Sahlen Field; the bar is about 150 yards from home plate.
Even from Iowa, in a kind of classic pandemic-era way, Judy Lynn Schmeling Moller was as close Tuesday to actually seeing Sahlen Field as many of the baseball pilgrims who wandered casually outside the facade or grabbed a drink or a meal at the nearby Union Pub.
Greg Grigas, left, and Tom Saracki, right, enjoy a beer at the Union Pub before the Toronto Blue Jays home opener at Sahlen Field in Buffalo on Tuesday, Saracki's 55th birthday.
Jason Gallant of Toronto and his fiancee, Melanie Isaacs of Kenmore, snap a selfie before the Toronto Blue Jays home opener at Sahlen Field in Buffalo.
"The Buffalo Blue Jay," a drink special at the Union Pub in honor of the Toronto Blue Jays home opener at Sahlen Field; the bar is about 150 yards from home plate.