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A young and tragically ill boy loves his local sports team<\/a> \u2013 Albany River Rats \u2013 but they relocate.\u00a0 What do the parents do?\u00a0 What any loving parent would do who had to watch their boy possibly lose\u00a0this one thing he loves\u00a0in a lifetime of so many heartaches and struggles: sell the house and move with the team!\u00a0 Bravo parents, and keep on rooting along Zach!\u00a0 You\u2019re of the stuff that motivates us all.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"