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Dejected Toronto Blue Jays fans after the Blue Jays lost to the LA Dodgers in Game 7 of the World Series on Saturday in Toronto.

Minutes after the heartbreaking end of the World Series, the TV cameras panning over the stadium crowd caught a young boy with bright red hair, his head buried in his arms. A guy who must have been his father laid a consoling hand on his back.

The father was looking away into the distance, saying nothing. There was nothing to say. This was unbearable. We were so close. Then a couple of dagger-in-the-heart home runs, a swing, a broken bat and it was all over.

No words could ease the hurt that the boy was feeling. One day, though – not soon, but in the generosity of time – he may come to understand that he witnessed something rare and beautiful these pa

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