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Blue Jays rally behind grieving staff member

Text messages lit up her phone.

Former Blue Jays Lloyd Moseby, Kelly Gruber, Ricky Romero and Casey Janssen sent messages in English, some which were blurry upon first read.

George Bell sent one in Spanish.

Current Jays players and wives took the time to write.

That’s how important a role Holly Purdon Gentemann plays in the every day role of Blue Jays players.

“John Gibbons sent me a text saying how the ‘team is like a second family, we spend so much time at the park we spent more time there than with our own family,” said Holly on Monday night.