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September 20, 2009 - September 26, 2009 Archives
8:53 PM Sat, Sep 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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As the Red Sox try to figure out what they have in Jed Lowrie, he is giving them reasons to hope, and to worry. As CC Sabathia tore through the Red Sox lineup for seven innings, Lowrie emerged as the......
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8:47 PM Sat, Sep 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
NEW YORK _ The Red Sox got somewhat of a surprised guest in the clubhouse Saturday morning when reliever Hideki Okajima walked through the doors. He returned to Boston on Friday due to a sore right side and received......
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8:44 PM Sat, Sep 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
NEW YORK -- Red Sox utility infielder Nick Green remains in Boston due to disk problem in his back that is causing weakness in his leg. He's been rehabbing and playing catch up to 90 feet at Fenway Park while......
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8:39 PM Sat, Sep 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
With every passing week, Victor Martinez becomes a more important part of the Red Sox. And Jason Varitek's role shrinks ever smaller. Today, Martinez caught Daisuke Matsuzaka for the first time, meaning that he has now caught every one of......
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8:36 PM Sat, Sep 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer NEW YORK _ Red Sox reliever Billy Wagner has been in plenty of big-game situations during his big-league career, so when he enters a game in which Boston is trailing the Yankees by one......
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8:30 PM Sat, Sep 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
Daisuke Matsuzaka was good, but C.C. Sabathia was better in a possible playoff preview today at Yankee Stadium, and that minute edge made all the difference as the Yankees took their second straight from the Red Sox, 1-0. While Matsuzaka......
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3:19 PM Sat, Sep 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
BOSTON Ellsbury, cf Pedroia, 2b Martinez, c Youkilis, 1b Lowell, 3b Ortiz, dh Baldelli, rf Lowrie, ss Anderson, lf Matsuzaka, sp NEW YORK Jeter, ss Damon, lf Teixeira, 1b Rodriguez, 3b Matsui, dh Swisher, rf Cano, 2b Cabrera, cf Molina,......
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3:16 PM Sat, Sep 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
NEW YORK _ The day after arrived and Jon Lester felt better than he thought he would. That's a good sign for the left-handed pitcher and the Red Sox, especially given the fact Lester was sprawled on the ground......
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12:02 AM Sat, Sep 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK _ The offensive struggles continue for Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek. He went 0-for-4 Friday night against the Yankees and is 1-for-11 on the club's current three-city road trip. Overall he's hitting .208 with 14 homers and......
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11:52 PM Fri, Sep 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
NEW YORK _ Red Sox relief pitcher Hideki Okajima has returned to Boston to receive treatment for a sore right side, according to manager Terry Francona. Francona said Okajima's side began to bother him during the last series in......
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8:34 PM Fri, Sep 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
NEW YORK _ Yankees starter Joba Chamberlain retired the first 11 Red Sox batters he faced before Victor Martinez drilled a two-out solo homer in the top of the fourth inning. Martinez hit a 2-0 offering from Chamberlain and......
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8:18 PM Fri, Sep 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
NEW YORK _ Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester was removed from the game in the bottom of the third inning after being hit by a line drive. X-rays taken at Yankee Stadium were negative and he suffered a contusion......
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7:43 PM Fri, Sep 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
NEW YORK -- Turning 28 wasn't much of a big deal for Rocco Baldelli on Friday. Finally being on the active roster for a series at Yankee Stadium was for the Rhode Island native. The two other times the Red......
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7:28 PM Fri, Sep 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
NEW YORK -- The State of David has had a complete turnaround and it couldn't have come at a better time for the Boston Red Sox. Not only is David Ortiz, the Sox' designated hitter, performing at the plate, he's......
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6:48 PM Fri, Sep 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
NEW YORK -- The Red Sox arrived here from Kansas City at 4:30 a.m. on Friday and the players looked a little weary prior to batting practice. With that said, manager Terry Francona had already decided he was going to......
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6:03 PM Fri, Sep 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Email
NEW YORK -- Prior to his arrival in Boston, Billy Wagner spent the last three full seasons playing for the Mets. From across town, the veteran left-handed reliever knew how special of a place Yankee Stadium was and he enjoyed......
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5:10 PM Fri, Sep 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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BOSTON Ellsbury, cf Pedroia, 2b Martinez, 1b Youkilis, 3b Ortiz, dh Bay, lf Drew, rf Varitek, c Gonzalez, ss Lester, sp NEW YORK Jeter, ss Damon, lf Teixeira, 1b Rodriguez, 3b Matsui, dh Posada, c Cano, 2b Swisher, rf Cabrera,......
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3:28 PM Fri, Sep 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Here's a strange report for the weekend of a Yankees-Red Sox series: A fourth-grade teacher in Van Buren, N.Y., who is also a Red Sox fan is being accused of forcing a 9-year-old boy to go to the bathroom and......
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3:19 PM Fri, Sep 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Mark Teixeira said this offseason that his wife helped him decide to choose the Yankees, but now -- according to WEEI.com's Rob Bradford -- relief pitcher Billy Wagner is crediting his wife with changing his mind and getting him to......
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2:49 PM Fri, Sep 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
An Associated Press-Knowledge Networks poll released today found that 2 of 5 baseball fans would rather watch a regular-season NFL game than a MLB playoff game. And more than half of the 559 adults surveyed said they would like to......
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2:21 PM Fri, Sep 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Rico Brogna -- the Massachusetts native who played for the Sox in 2000 and also made stops with the Tigers, Mets, Phillies and Braves -- signed to play football at Clemson before deciding to sign in the majors. Now, The......
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8:40 AM Fri, Sep 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Sean McAdam of The Boston Herald reports today that, according to multiple unnamed clubhouse sources, the Red Sox plan to start Jon Lester, and not Josh Beckett, in Game One of the American League Divisional Series. The Sox have not......
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12:56 AM Fri, Sep 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Dan Barbarisi Email
With Texas reeling and falling fast out of the wildcard picture, the Red Sox hope to clinch a playoff spot in New York. David Ortiz vowed that they'll do so -- just to make sure they don't mess up their......
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12:50 AM Fri, Sep 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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Earlier this season, Clay Buchholz was pitied for being matched up game after game against big names like Roy Halladay, CC Sabathia, and Justin Verlander. The way he's pitching lately, opposing pitchers should cringe when they are matched up with......
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9:48 PM Thu, Sep 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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In a move that gives them flexibility on who will pitch the first game of a first-round playoff series, the Red Sox have shuffled their rotation for the coming week. The Sox will use spot-starter Tim Wakefield to give Jon......
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7:30 PM Thu, Sep 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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A playground see saw, with the Red Sox on one end and the Yankees on the other, just about sums up the battles between New York and Boston this season The Red Sox won the first nine games as the......
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3:15 PM Thu, Sep 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
The number of big league ballplayers ejected from games is way down this season, says The Wall Street Journal. Through Sunday, a mere 62 players had been thrown out, down 30 percent from last season. The Seattle Mariners haven't had......
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2:47 PM Thu, Sep 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Random observation of the day: Back on July 31, when the Red Sox traded Justin Masterson and two minor leaguers for Victor Martinez, Manny Delcarmen said this about the popular Masterson: "The toughest job is seeing how I'm going to......
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2:42 PM Thu, Sep 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Victor Martinez has been a great addition for the Red Sox since they acquired him in a deal at the trade deadline. Through 46 games with the Red Sox, Martinez has hit .330 with six home runs and has been......
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12:36 AM Thu, Sep 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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A two game skid against the bottom-feeding Kansas City Royals? It happens. Three straight? That would have been embarrassing heading into a weekend series in New York. Ace Josh Beckett wasn't about to allow that to happen. Beckett bent-but-didn't-break over......
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12:27 AM Thu, Sep 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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At the beginning of June, when onetime 50-home run man, David Ortiz could count his home runs on one hand, projecting 25 home runs by the end of the season would have seemed ludicrous for the Red Sox DH. But......
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7:46 PM Wed, Sep 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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In what may be a trial run for the playoffs Victor Martinez is catching Josh Beckett tonight against the Kansas City Royals. Beckett normally works only with Jason Varitek. But Varitek is hitting under .200 since August 1, and Martinez......
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7:23 PM Wed, Sep 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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Hunter Jones was at home in South Florida when the call came. It was the Boston Red Sox. The reliever was needed in Kansas City, the next day. As a member of Boston's 40-man roster, the lefty reliever had kept......
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7:03 PM Wed, Sep 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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Tim Wakefield is penciled in to make his next start Tuesday at home against Toronto, seven days after the hobbled knuckleballer's last performance. The Red Sox are using Wakefield intermittently, spotting him in occasionally to give other starters an extra......
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6:57 PM Wed, Sep 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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Victor Martinez is the superstitious sort. Perhaps not to the degree that he'd cower at black cats or walk far around ladders, but at least to the point that when he has a league-high 21-game hit streak going, he won't......
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1:17 PM Wed, Sep 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Red Sox manager Terry Francona, during his regular radio appearance on WEEI's Dale and Holley show, was asked about struggling relief pitcher Manny Delcarmen. "I need to find out what he can do and if you run away from guys......
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12:37 PM Wed, Sep 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Randy Aaron Barker is a big Boston Red Sox fan. How big? This big: Even though Barker is serving a 10-day jail sentence in Van Buran County, Iowa, for interference with official acts and violation of a protective order, a......
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8:11 AM Wed, Sep 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling said last night on the Joe Buck cable TV show that he will not run for the U.S. Senate seat from Massachusetts left vacant by the death of Edward M. Kennedy. "Regardless of the......
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12:13 AM Wed, Sep 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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This wasn't the way Paul Byrd drew it up when he came out of retirement. His manager and his teammates were lauding him for lasting deep into tonight's game, for managing to hang in there and pitch a lot of......
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11:41 PM Tue, Sep 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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When your control pitcher comes out without his control, and when their young, fireballing phenom has his blazing heat in perfect working order, it adds up to a long, long night. Smarting from an ugly loss in the series opener......
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7:43 PM Tue, Sep 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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Despite his nightmarish September, there are no plans to give struggling reliever Manny Delcarmen any time away from the mound to help his confidence or give him time to rebuild his imperfect mechanics, said manager Terry Francona. "We want him......
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1:36 PM Tue, Sep 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- John Smoltz is happy to be pitching, period. Whatever the St. Louis Cardinals want the 42-year-old right-hander to do in the postseason is fine with him. Smoltz is 1-1 with a 3.21 ERA in a late-season......
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8:32 AM Tue, Sep 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
It's another lost season in Kansas City, where the Royals are assured of their 14th losing season in 15 years (you might have forgotten, but the Royals were a competitive team in 2003). But now, when it means nothing to......
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12:48 AM Tue, Sep 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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Perhaps it should be enough that Tim Wakefield is pitching at all. To expect miracles from a 43-year-old man starting once every two weeks, with a herniated disk in his back, pitching in the driving rain, seems like unfair expectations.......
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12:34 AM Tue, Sep 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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What a mess. A game that started out so well for Boston careened into a rain-soaked debacle in the later innings, and the woeful Kansas City Royals came from behind to topple the Red Sox, 12-9. "It's brutal. Gave the......
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8:55 PM Mon, Sep 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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The big man in the cowboy boots walked around the clubhouse like a proud papa, beaming and giving out bear hugs every time he ran into one of his former charges. And there were many, all around the clubhouse, because......
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8:22 PM Mon, Sep 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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If Nick Green can't make it back from his injury, it raises an interesting question: would Chris Woodward or Jed Lowrie make a potential playoff roster as a utility infielder? Lowrie still hasn't fully recovered from surgery on his left......
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7:42 PM Mon, Sep 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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Sunday afternoon, Chris Woodward told his wife he had some good news, and he had some bad news. The good news? An injury to Nick Green meant that the utility infielder was being added to the Red Sox active roster,......
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6:42 PM Mon, Sep 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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The tarp is still on the field, and the rain is still falling, but the Red Sox are outside for stretch under a light drizzle at Kansas City's Kauffman Stadium. The team is optimistic that they will play tonight, but......
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7:45 AM Mon, Sep 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Yankees lost the final game of their three-game series at Safeco Field on Sunday, and their lead over the Red Sox in the American League East fell to four in the loss column, with a three-game series in Yankee......
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5:47 PM Sun, Sep 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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When Daisuke Matsuzaka made his triumphant return with six scoreless innings at Fenway last week, it was a great moment. But great moments don't mean much if they're singular events, quickly followed by disappointment. Today, Matsuzaka made his flash of......
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3:11 PM Sun, Sep 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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Tim Wakefield remains on track to start Monday, and the strength in his problematic left leg is actually improving slightly. Wakefield demurred when team trainers wanted to test the strength in his leg Saturday, but they pressed the issue, and......
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