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              From Winnipeg to World Series: Lifelong Jays fan makes trip of a lifetime
              For the first time in 32 years, the Toronto Blue Jays have a chance to win the World Series and will do it on home field. Winnipeg native and lifelong Jays fan, Paul Dueck is excited to see the action up close.  "It's going to be a pitching battle. These same two pitchers faced each other in game two. So I'm looking forward to hopefully seeing an explosion of runs by the Jays," Dueck said.  Getting tickets wasn't easy, as thousands of fans were hoping for the opportunity to buy them. Dueck said it was his wife who encouraged him to go.  "Last weekend, after game one, my wife was like, 'You've been watching this team since you were three years old. You've got to get out there.' I ended up missing out. I think there were 33,000 people in line to try and buy tickets through Ticketmaster and I didn't get those. I bought them on the secondary market and let's just say that I got hosed a little bit, but I'm I'm happy to be here for sure. Hopefully, getting to see the Jays win the World Series for the first time in over 30 years," Dueck said. "My wife said, 'In 30 years, when you look back, are you going to remember being there or are you going to regret not spending the money?' So, yeah, we made it happen." While there is plenty of excitement heading into game six, Dueck said he ran into other fans going to Toronto. "The cool thing was on the flight, we met around six or seven people from Winnipeg and everyone was wearing Blue Jays gear. The city is already a buzz everywhere you go." On the trip, Dueck brought his wife and three-month-old daughter. "My wife, who's the champion, who kind of pushed me to do it. And then we brought our three-and-a-half-month-old daughter, Reese. She took the 6 a.m. flight and was a champion." The Toronto Blue Jays are the only Canadian team in Major League Baseball, so Dueck is excited to cheer them on.  "Even 'Oh Canada' and watching the team take batting practice, just soaking it all in and hopefully seeing the World Series happen here tonight and celebrate with all the fans afterwards." After a successful year for Toronto, Dueck says the job isn't finished quite yet. "They ought to get to Yamamoto early, the starting pitcher. He's a phenomenal pitcher. He pitched a complete game against us [in game two]. But if we can get to him early, get a couple runs on the board, their bullpen isn't a strength of theirs. So if we can get to those relievers earlier on and sort of kicked Yamamoto out early, that really gives us an advantage. So we got to score early and I think if we score early, we kind of consume momentum and take it home tonight." The Jays will be taking on the Los Angeles Dodgers at Rogers Centre for game six. If the Dodgers win and force a game seven, Dueck will be right back at the stadium cheering on the Jays. The Toronto Blue Jays face the Los Angeles Dodgers for game six on Oct. 31 at 7 p.m. CST. If needed, game seven will be on Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. CST.