Michael Angeletti says he knew he would catch George Springer’s home run ball before it actually happened.

The Toronto native was sitting in the front row out in left field at Rogers Centre — wearing a Springer jersey —during Game 7 of the American League Championship Series. The game was a do-or-die matchup between the Blue Jays and the Seattle Mariners, who were tied at three games apiece and both just one win away from clinching a historic World Series berth.

The score was 3-1, with the Blue Jays down in the seventh inning, when Springer stepped up to the plate.

“I was actually texting my cousin — telling him I was front row, about to catch the home run ball — to leave me alone,” Angeletti said.

“And I dropped the phone, caught the ball, and here we are.”

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