Leavy, who is not married, used to go with a girlfriend. But they broke up a year ago, and he started going alone to games. That is, until he came up with an idea to give away tickets and involve others.
See, the free tickets he's giving away come with one simple request from Leavy: that those receiving them ”pay it forward" by performing some benevolent act of kindness for others in need.
So Mathis, for example, bought groceries for a woman and shoes for one of his son's classmates after seeing the Cardinals game with Leavy.
Andresen, after taking in Friday's game with Leavy, said: ”Now I'm going to look harder for ways to be nice to people."
Once they have proved to Leavy they have performed some act of kindness, he sends them a T-shirt with a profile of the Marlins Man face and the words ”Pay It Forward" written on the front.
”I'm actually having a positive influence on strangers' lives, and I feel like I'm making a difference," Leavy said. ”When I see the smile on these people's faces, all the problems they have in their life — a guy's sick wife, or his mother's passed away — all their problems are gone for a three-hour sporting event."
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