Bob Reaume, owner of Bob Reaume Sports in Windsor, Ont., holds a new Toronto Blue Jays World Series ball cap and a new American League Champions t-shirt, on Tuesday.

It’s just past the 12th inning when Chris Kulman looks down from the big-screen TVs illuminating the near-empty bar and proclaims, “This is the longest I’ve stayed up in years.”

At 1:03 a.m., his wife calls to ask where he is.

“The game is still on,” he laughs into his iPhone. “Don’t worry, I’m not dead.”

Windsor, Ont., is not a hotbed of Toronto Blue Jays support. This is Detroit Tigers country. For those who have switched allegiances to the Blue Jays for the World Series, the reasons go well beyond sports.

At 80, Kulman is a lifelong Tigers devotee. Tonight he’s setting aside his loyalties. There are two reasons. Thre

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