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Vol. III,
Issue #2 - July 2015
**
Bruce Foster Challenge - Playoffs - Semi-Finals - Part 2
**
(Well the Skokie Wolfmen, following Mr. Foster's strategies playing
in a draft league with the card set
known as the "All Time Greats", wins their division and enter
into the playoffs. On this page is the results
of each game
including a short summary and box score ... Skokie
plays against The Wrong Stuff.)
WOLFMAN's
COMMENTS
The
Wolfmen's opponent in the first round of the Great Salt Lake
League Playoffs was the
winner of the Central Divsion known as "The Wrong Stuff" who
finished at 91-71 for the season, one win less than the Wolfmen.
So Skokie had home field advantage. How the SOM On-line
Baseball System works during the playoffs is the first two games of
this series are played the first night (which was April 27th) at
Skokie's home park. Then the next two games are played on the second night
at "The Wrong Stuff's" park, and if
needed, the last 3 games alternating between the teams, are
played on the next 3 individual nights.
Now, on April 27th, from a personal note, I flew to visit and stay in
Australia for a month, doing what I do for my livelihood giving
public talks and workshops thanks to the help of a dear friend
who setup all of these activities within four large cities in
the eastern part of Australia. Therefore, I was so busy I didn't have
time each evening to manage my team. I setup my basic strategies
with my lineups and starting pitchers before I left the country but actually Bruce Foster
was overseeing the managing of the team. When I wrote to
him from Australia via email, to see what he was doing with our
club, if he had used any special strategies, he responded:
"No, I just played your lineup!!" (i.e. - he was using
what I had and helped only if there were any player injuries).
Getting back to our opponent in this round. Here is a summary of
how "The Wrong Stuff" made it to the playoffs but if you want to
see the full teams stats for the season, I have included the
link to view these stats on SOM's website below. As we can
see from the settings of their ball park, they picked sluggers
and hitters who batted left handed. As a team they hit for a
higher average than us at .275 with 265 homers including 58 by
Willie McCovey; 57 by Eddie Matthews and 41 by Oscar Gamble.
Maury Wills stole 49 bases as well. D. Erstad (.308), T.
Oliva (.305) and B. Dickey (.302) were their average hitters.
Pitching wise, with a team 4.18 ERA which ain't bad for an All
Star team, Don Sutton was their ace (20-15 with a 3.26 ERA) and
they relied upon Bruce Sutter who pitched an amazing 231 innings
in relief (as there is no usage limitation) who was 21-10 with
14 savings and a 3.51 ERA. Also Randy Johnson won 19 games
with 373 strikeouts and a 3.86 ERA. So this was certainly
a formidable team to play in the first round.
During the
season, Skokie was 7-5 against "The Wrong Stuff" going 3-3 at
their park (each series we played here one of the teams swept) and 4-2 in
Skokie's park. Most of the games which Skokie won were low
scoring or won by one run.
So this was
my first time to experience the playoffs in the SOM's on-line
play. We went with our same rotation we used all year, Greg
Maddux, Dutch Leonard, Pete Alexander and Johan Santanta - lets
see what happened :-)
To view the stats of the "Stuff" head over to:
http://onlinegames.strat-o-matic.com/team/1396616
Playoff Games
Round 1 - Summary and Box Scores
(April 27th-28th, 2015)
| Monday, April
27 -- played in Petco Park '2005 (Singles
L-1/R-1; Homers L-1/R-1) |
|
Semi-Finals Game
1 |
|
Stuff |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
|
Wolfmen |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
- |
5 |
10 |
2 |
Greg Maddux came through with a solid 9
innings and Terry Harper had 2 base hits as the Skokie
Wolfmen defeated the The Wrong Stuff by a score of 5 to 2 at
Petco Park '05.
Maddux(1-0) was in control of the game from the outset. He
was stingy on the mound, allowing just 4 hits and 1 walk in
9 innings. Skokie had 10 hits for the afternoon.
Don Sutton(0-1) ended up with the loss. 'Maddux just
dominated us' losing pitcher Sutton said. 'Hopefully we can
get to him the next time around'
The
Wrong Stuff
|
|
Skokie
Wolfmen
|
|
Hitters |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BA |
|
Hitters |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BA |
|
M. Ott CF
|
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
E. Combs CF
|
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
.250 |
|
D. Erstad LF
|
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
.250 |
|
T. Harper RF
|
4 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
.500 |
|
E. Mathews 3B
|
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
N. Lajoie 2B
|
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
.500 |
|
W. McCovey 1B
|
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.250 |
|
E. Delahanty 3B
|
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
.250 |
|
O. Gamble DH
|
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
.250 |
|
G. Brown DH
|
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
B. Dickey C
|
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
C. Torriente LF
|
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
.667 |
|
T. Oliva RF
|
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
W. Hershberger C
|
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
R. Schoendienst 2B
|
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.333 |
|
W. Parker 1B
|
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
.250 |
|
M. Wills SS
|
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
B. Wallace SS
|
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
.333 |
|
Totals |
32 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
|
|
Totals |
34 |
5 |
10 |
3 |
|
|
Pitchers |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
PC |
ERA |
|
Pitchers |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
PC |
ERA |
|
D.
Sutton (L, 0-1) |
8 |
10 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
117 |
1.13 |
|
G.
Maddux (W, 1-0) |
9 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
1 |
123 |
2.00 |
|
Totals |
8 |
10 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
|
|
|
Totals |
9 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
1 |
|
|
ATTENDANCE- 47,914
T- 2:50
LEFT ON BASE- Stuff: 4 Wolfmen: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Stuff: 1 Wolfmen: 0
ERRORS- M.Wills-2, N.Lajoie, W.Hershberger
DOUBLES- W.McCovey(1st), E.Combs(1st), T.Harper(1st),
C.Torriente-2(2nd),
W.Parker(1st), B.Wallace(1st)
HOME RUNS- O.Gamble(1st)
STOLEN BASES- C.Torriente(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- N.Lajoie
WALKS- M.Ott, C.Torriente
STRIKE OUTS- M.Ott, D.Erstad, E.Mathews-2, W.McCovey-2,
O.Gamble, B.Dickey,
M.Wills, N.Lajoie, G.Brown, W.Hershberger, W.Parker
GIDP- E.Delahanty
| Monday, April
27 -- played in Petco Park '2005 (Singles
L-1/R-1; Homers L-1/R-1) |
|
Stuff |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
|
Wolfmen |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
4 |
6 |
0 |
Dutch Leonard was able to finish
what he started and was credited with a complete game as
the Skokie Wolfmen defeated the The Wrong Stuff 4 to 2
at Petco Park '05.
Leonard(1-0) put on a good performance. He surrendered
only 4 hits and 7 walks in 9 innings. Neither team
managed to score after the 3rd inning.
Randy Johnson(0-1) was the loser. He was pinned with the
loss despite not allowing an earned run in his 6 and 2/3
innings of work.
The Wrong Stuff
|
|
Skokie Wolfmen
|
|
Hitters |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BA |
|
Hitters |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BA |
|
G. Clines DH |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
M. Kreevich CF |
4 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
.250 |
|
M. Wills SS |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
A - W. Parker 1B
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.250 |
|
M. Ott CF |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
T. Harper RF,LF
|
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.286 |
|
E. Mathews 3B |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
.125 |
|
N. Lajoie 2B |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.375 |
|
W. McCovey 1B |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
.250 |
|
E. Delahanty LF,3B
|
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.286 |
|
B. Dickey C |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
J. Cardenal DH |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
.250 |
|
D. Erstad LF |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.250 |
|
W. Hershberger C
|
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
S. Collins RF |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
T. Phillips 3B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
G. Beckert 2B |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.000 |
|
B - E. Combs CF
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.250 |
|
Totals |
30 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
|
|
G. Burns 1B |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
.333 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
C - C. Torriente RF
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.667 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
B. Wallace SS |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
.400 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals |
29 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
|
|
Pitchers |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
PC |
ERA |
|
Pitchers |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
PC |
ERA |
|
R.
Johnson (L, 0-1) |
6.2 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
0 |
103 |
0.00 |
|
D.
Leonard (W, 1-0) |
9 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
8 |
0 |
147 |
2.00 |
|
S.
Nahem |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
0.00 |
|
Totals |
9 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
8 |
0 |
|
|
|
B.
Sutter |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
0.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals |
8 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
11 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Kreevich In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Phillips In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Burns In 8th Inning
ATTENDANCE- 48,000
T- 2:39
LEFT ON BASE- Stuff: 8 Wolfmen: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Stuff: 1 Wolfmen: 0
ERRORS- E.Mathews
DOUBLES- E.Mathews(1st), D.Erstad(1st), M.Kreevich(1st)
TRIPLES- N.Lajoie(1st)
WALKS- G.Clines, M.Ott-2, S.Collins, G.Beckert-3,
T.Harper, B.Wallace
HIT BY PITCH- E.Delahanty
STRIKE OUTS- G.Clines, M.Ott, E.Mathews-2, B.Dickey-2,
D.Erstad-2, M.Kreevich,
T.Harper, N.Lajoie, E.Delahanty, J.Cardenal-2,
W.Hershberger,
T.Phillips-2, G.Burns, B.Wallace
GIDP- W.Hershberger
| Tuesday,
April 28 at League Park 1934 (Single L-15 / R-11;
Homer L-16 / R-2) |
|
Semi-Finals Game
3 |
|
Wolfmen |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
9 |
0 |
|
Stuff |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
2 |
At League Park '34 the
Skokie Wolfmen outscored the The Wrong Stuff 4 to 1.
The game started off with Skokie taking the lead in the
first scoring a single run on 3 hits. Skokie banged out 9
hits on the afternoon.
Pete Alexander(1-0) was the winner allowing 1 run in 8 and
2/3 innings. Joe Klink got the save, his 1st. Bret
Saberhagen(0-1) ended up with the loss. He allowed a few too
many baserunners giving up 8 hits and 4 walks in 5 innings.
Skokie
Wolfmen
|
|
The Wrong
Stuff
|
|
Hitters |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BA |
|
Hitters |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BA |
|
E.
Combs CF |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
.429 |
|
M.
Ott CF |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
T.
Harper RF |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.182 |
|
D.
Erstad LF |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.250 |
|
N.
Lajoie 2B |
5 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
.385 |
|
E.
Mathews 3B |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.083 |
|
E.
Delahanty 3B |
5 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
.333 |
|
W.
McCovey 1B |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
.417 |
|
G.
Brown DH |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
O.
Gamble DH |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.250 |
|
C.
Torriente LF |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
.429 |
|
B.
Dickey C |
4 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
.167 |
|
W.
Hershberger C |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
T.
Oliva RF |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
.286 |
|
B
- A. Ashby C |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
R.
Schoendienst 2B |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.143 |
|
W.
Parker 1B |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.200 |
|
M.
Wills SS |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.100 |
|
A
- T. Phillips PR,1B |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
Totals |
35 |
1 |
10 |
1 |
|
|
C
- G. Burns 1B |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.333 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
B.
Wallace SS |
4 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
.444 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals |
36 |
4 |
9 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pitchers |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
PC |
ERA |
|
Pitchers |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
PC |
ERA |
|
P.
Alexander (W, 1-0) |
8.2 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
132 |
1.04 |
|
B.
Saberhagen (L, 0-1) |
5 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
94 |
3.60 |
|
J.
Klink
(S, 1) |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0.00 |
|
B.
Sutter |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
52 |
0.00 |
|
Totals |
9 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
|
|
Totals |
9 |
9 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
0 |
|
|
A-Pinch Ran For Parker In 5th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Hershberger In 5th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Phillips In 8th Inning
INJURIES:
Willard Hershberger INJURED (for 5 more games) in 5th inning
Wes Parker INJURED (for 3 more games) in 5th inning
ATTENDANCE- 46,534
T- 3:28
LEFT ON BASE- Wolfmen:11 Stuff: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Wolfmen: 0 Stuff: 1
ERRORS- B.Saberhagen-2
DOUBLES- E.Combs-2(3rd), W.McCovey(2nd), T.Oliva(1st)
TRIPLES- E.Delahanty(1st)
STOLEN BASES- N.Lajoie(1st), D.Erstad(1st), M.Wills(1st)
WALKS- E.Combs-2, T.Harper, C.Torriente, W.Parker
HIT BY PITCH- W.Parker
STRIKE OUTS- E.Combs, T.Harper, N.Lajoie, G.Brown-2,
C.Torriente-2, M.Ott,
D.Erstad-2, E.Mathews, W.McCovey
GIDP- W.Parker
| Tuesday,
April 28 at League Park 1934 (Single L-15 / R-11;
Homer L-16 / R-2) |
|
|
Semi-Finals Game
4 |
|
Wolfmen |
0
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
10
|
10
|
1
|
|
Stuff |
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
6
|
0
|
Johan Santana was able to finish what he started and was
credited with a complete game and catcher Alan Ashby had 2
base hits and 2 RBI at League Park '34 as the Skokie Wolfmen
beat the The Wrong Stuff 10 to 3.
Skokie scored 5 runs in the top of the 4th inning with the
help of 3 hits. The highlight belonged to Jose Cardenal, who
helped quiet the crowd when he doubled clearing the bases.
Skokie had a total of 10 hits for the game.
Santana(1-0) allowed 3 runs on the game. Ray Sadecki(0-1)
suffered the loss. He was knocked around pretty good, giving
up 5 runs in 3 and 1/3 innings.
Skokie
Wolfmen
|
|
The Wrong
Stuff
|
|
Hitters |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BA |
|
Hitters |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BA |
|
E.
Combs CF |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
.333 |
|
G.
Clines DH |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
C.
Torriente RF |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
.364 |
|
M.
Wills SS |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.071 |
|
N.
Lajoie 2B |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.333 |
|
M.
Ott CF |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
.154 |
|
E.
Delahanty LF,3B |
4 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
.375 |
|
E.
Mathews 3B |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
.133 |
|
J.
Cardenal DH |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
.286 |
|
W.
McCovey 1B |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.313 |
|
G.
Burns 1B |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.250 |
|
B.
Dickey C |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
.313 |
|
A
- T. Harper LF |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
.214 |
|
D.
Erstad LF |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.188 |
|
B.
Wallace SS |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.333 |
|
S.
Collins RF |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
T.
Phillips 3B,1B |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
|
G.
Beckert 2B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.250 |
|
B
- G. Brown 1B |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
.091 |
|
Totals |
33 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
A.
Ashby C |
4 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
.400 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals |
35 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pitchers |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
PC |
ERA |
|
Pitchers |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
PC |
ERA |
|
J.
Santana (W, 1-0) |
9 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
124 |
3.00 |
|
R.
Sadecki
(L, 0-1) |
3.1 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
49 |
13.50 |
|
Totals |
9 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
|
|
|
M.
Williams |
1.2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
28 |
10.80 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S.
Nahem |
4 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
79 |
6.23 |
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
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Totals |
9 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
7 |
5 |
1 |
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A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Burns In 2nd Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Phillips In 3rd Inning
INJURIES:
George Burns INJURED (for 0 more games) in 2nd inning
Tony Phillips INJURED (for 4 more games) in 3rd inning
ATTENDANCE- 46,298
T- 3:13
LEFT ON BASE- Wolfmen: 6 Stuff: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Wolfmen: 1 Stuff: 2
ERRORS- J.Santana
DOUBLES- J.Cardenal(1st), G.Brown(1st), M.Ott(1st),
B.Dickey(1st)
HOME RUNS- T.Harper(1st), M.Ott(1st), E.Mathews(1st)
WALKS- E.Delahanty, J.Cardenal-2, T.Harper, B.Wallace-2,
G.Brown, E.Mathews
HIT BY PITCH- C.Torriente
STRIKE OUTS- E.Combs, N.Lajoie-2, T.Harper, B.Wallace,
G.Clines, M.Wills, M.Ott,
E.Mathews, W.McCovey-2, D.Erstad, G.Beckert-2
GIDP- G.Burns, D.Erstad
Series Summary:
This Series boiled down to really only one factor, the four aces
of the Wolfmen pretty much totally shut down the hitters and
bombers of "The Stuff". Skokie had 3 complete games with only
Alexander needing a little help (1/3 inning of relief).
Just as you saw in the previous part of this article, our
relievers were not used so much. Skokie had no one hitter
who was dominate in the series either, as different players
contributed to help produce the runs we needed. The
lopsided victory in Game 4, just showed in this league to win
you must have very good starting pitcher. The "Stuff's"
4th starter, Sadiecki was mediocre compared to the average
starting pitcher and Skokie crushed him. While Skokie at
times could score 10 runs or more due to our small ball play and on-base,
the average runs scored for this team was four or five runs,
with the strength of our starting pitcher and relatively good
defense, it was usually enough to win. However, this series did
emphasize one weakness of the team which was injuries - which
Skokie did have quite a few and constantly struggled with them during the season.
Well, Skokie then
waited to see who they would face in the league World Series. In
the other semi-final round the Marchin Nomads, the 2nd place
team in Skokie's division who had given Skokie a challenge the
whole year was the wild card team and they were facing the
"Lambing Ewes", two pretty offensive teams with lots of power.
Skokie had a 13-11 record against the Nomads but verse the Ewes,
they had a hard time competing and shutdown their strong hitters
as they went 3-9.
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