For every Toronto Blue Jays fan who has been following this playoff run, they’ve got a story lined up about an experience they’ve had watching the team this past month.

And then there’s 23-year-old Georgetown, Ont., native Austin Jenkins, who just might be able to top them all.

Last Thursday at 10:30 p.m., Jenkins picked up his phone with a surprise call from his father.

“I got a call out of the blue from my dad asking if I was sitting down,” Jenkins recalled in an interview with Offside. “He told me we were going to Game 1 of the World Series, and I was in complete shock.”

Stepping into the second row of section 103B alongside family and friends, Jenkins didn’t quite know what to expect.

And then a moment that he’ll never forget ended up staring him right in the face.

With the Blue

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