(CNN) The Oakland Athletics are playing to near-empty stadiums this season because of Covid-19, but fans might catch a glimpse of superfan Sal Valencia smiling in the stands. Valencia fell in love with the team when he was a boy and loved watching games with his family and friends up until his death in January 2019. So when the team invited fans to buy photo cutouts to fill the seats at Oakland Coliseum, his wife and daughters jumped at the chance. "We wanted to have something of him out there just so that we could see it," daughter Vanessa Waszczuk told CNN. She and her family live in Arizona, but they still stream A's games online.

Source: CNN July 28, 2020 21:33 UTC