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Jayson Gerken on the Long-Shot TikTok That Reached the Rays
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A lifelong Rays fan fighting stage four cancer posted one long-shot TikTok. Then he woke up to 20,000 views.
In this episode of The New York Weekly Podcast, we sit down with Jayson Gerken, a lifelong Tampa Bay Rays fan who has faced five cancer diagnoses and whose TikTok asking the team for playoff tickets went viral.
In this episode: - Jayson explains how he was born and raised a Rays fan. - He shares how the team has been a light through more than 20 years of treatment. - He describes the deal with his dad that started it all. - He talks about the night his video took off and how the Rays answered.
"I've got everything to gain and nothing to lose." — Jayson Gerken
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