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Video of young Guardians fans reacting to Homer’s game tie-in during a field trip is priceless
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Video of young Guardians fans reacting to Homer’s game tie-in during a field trip is priceless

There’s a certain alchemy that comes with the simultaneous experiences of being in high school — the formative years of many people’s sports fandom — and watching postseason baseball.

Why do New York elders worship the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers? Why do their Gen-Xers love the 1986 New York Mets? Why are the 2004 Boston Red Sox loved by Massachusetts millennials?

The answer can be found in this video that circulated on social media Thursday night after the Cleveland Guardians defeated the New York Yankees 7-5 in a mesmerizing Game 3 of the ALCS.

According to Tiffany Valentin, who tweeted the video, the high school students from Amherst, Ohio – a small city about 30 miles west of Cleveland – are currently on a field trip to Washington, DC. While at Dave and Buster’s, the students watched pinch-hitter Jhonkensy Noel tie the game in the ninth inning with a towering two-run home run — and went completely and utterly berserk.

Regardless of how the ALCS turns out for the Guardians — who still trail 2-1 in the series after designated hitter David Fry’s walk-off home run in the 10th inning — these students will have a memory that lasts a lifetime. Greatness plus timing equals immortality.