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Sports Illustrated
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Andy Nesbitt

A Father and Son Amazingly Caught Both of the Dodgers' Heroic Game 7 Home Run Balls

Blue Jays fans had their hearts ripped out by the Dodgers late in Game 7 of the World Series last Saturday night but two of those diehard supporters didn't go home empty-handed. Instead, they left Rogers Centre as the new owners of both home run balls that Los Angeles hit late in the game to clinch their second straight title.

John Bains and his son Matthew were sitting in the first row behind the left field wall. John Bains, who is 61, first made a great grab on Miguel Rojas's solo shot in the ninth inning that tied the game at 4-4. The longtime Blue Jays fan made the saddest play you'll ever see as he made a great catch and then just had to stand there in stunned silence realizing the Blue Jays, who had just been two outs away from winning their first title since 1998, were now suddenly in a tie game.

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