If you think internet forums are just havens for trolls and vile comments, maybe this will change your mind. Maybe you’ll see that kindness can emerge from the unlikeliest of places.
Steve Merriam is a 23-year-old New Jersey native whose father Jim died a few months ago. The two were close, and sports seemed to be the linchpin of their relationship.
Every Saturday throughout Steve’s childhood, the pair would play anything from basketball, to football, to baseball to tennis — always grabbing a bagel and cup of hot cocoa afterward.
But perhaps Steve’s favorite memory with pops — even if most of that memory is fuzzy — came when Jim took him to a Mariners game on Aug.