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Western New York Native Wins World Series With Texas
It is a great day to be a baseball fan here in Western New York.
The 716 is celebrating an Amherst Native winning the World Series with the Texas Rangers.
Texas Ranger catcher Jonah Heim was behind the plate for the final out in Game 5 of last night's World Series, which Texas won.
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This season he batted .258 this past regular season, hitting 18 home runs and had 95 RBIs. During this postseason, he batted .212 with 3 home runs and 8 RBIs.
He is in the final year of his contract with the Rangers and is up for arbitration. He is expected to get around $3.4 million dollars if he doesn't sign a long-term deal with Texas.
Heim was the first position player from Western New York to play in the World Series since Dave Hollies did with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1993. Hollins grew up in Orchard Park.
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Heim is the first Western New York native to win a World Series since Mark Guthrie did it back in 1991 with the Minnesota Twins.
Heim is proud to be from the 716 and shows it. Check out his Buffalo skyline tattoo.
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