SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR) -- The Syracuse Mets dedicated Friday evening's ball game to the city's first responders. "We've been doing this for years, and we work so closely with our first responders, and doing one night is not enough for all the great work we do," Jason Smorol, general manager of the Syracuse Mets, said.

The Syracuse Fire Department has had a long-standing relationship with the city’s Minor League Baseball team, taking on the important job of overseeing many fireworks shows at the ballpark. "We've never secured a fireworks permit in our life," he said. "That's secured by the pyrotechnic company. They're like, 'Yeah, it's 25 bucks,' and we said 'Hey, that's great.'" City officials and the fire department have spent the past year crunching numbers, realizing additional funding

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