A Father And Son Amazingly Caught Both Of The Dodgers' Heroic Game 7 Home Run Balls

Blue Jays fans had their hearts ripped retired by nan Dodgers precocious successful Game 7 of nan World Series past Saturday nighttime but 2 of those diehard supporters didn't spell location empty-handed. Instead, they near Rogers Centre arsenic nan caller owners of some location tally balls that Los Angeles deed precocious successful nan crippled to clinch their 2nd consecutive title.

John Bains and his boy Matthew were sitting successful nan first statement down nan near section wall. John Bains, who is 61, first made a awesome drawback connected Miguel Rojas's solo changeable successful nan ninth inning that tied nan crippled astatine 4-4. The longtime Blue Jays instrumentality made nan saddest play you'll ever spot arsenic he made a awesome drawback and past conscionable had to guidelines location successful stunned soundlessness realizing nan Blue Jays, who had conscionable been 2 outs distant from winning their first title since 1998, were now abruptly successful a necktie game.

Then successful nan apical of nan 11th inning Dodgers catcher Will Smith deed his ain solo location tally that bounced successful nan Blue Jays' bullpen and past landed successful nan hands of Matthew Bains.

For real.

That is conscionable wild. John Bains was seen throwing his location tally shot backmost connected nan section moments aft catching it but he later told Darren Rovell that he did an aged switcheroo and swapped retired an other shot he had successful his pouch successful lawsuit thing for illustration this happened.

“I had a emotion I mightiness person to propulsion nan switch,” Bains said. "It wasn't moreover a World Series ball."

Here's that first location run:

Here is John Bains throwing his spare shot back:

Here is Smith's game-winning location tally and you tin spot that Matthew Bains was sitting conscionable 2 seats complete from his dada erstwhile he sewage nan ball:

That's conscionable wild.

John Bains said they scheme connected keeping nan balls but would deliberation astir trading them astatine a very precocious value if an connection is ever made.

"I'd return $1 cardinal for nan Rojas shot and $1.5 cardinal for nan Smith ball," he told Rovell. "They were some game-changing baseballs."

While nan Bains family astir apt would person loved to person seen their favourite squad triumph nan World Series, they still were capable to person an acquisition that they'll ne'er forget. So they've sewage that going for them, which is nice.

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