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Nov 07, 2025
Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia, who missed the World Series because of what the team said at the time was a "deeply personal family matter," said Friday his daughter, Sterling, died Oct. 26.
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Nov 07, 2025
Former Orioles interim manager Tony Mansolino was hired Friday as third base coach of the Braves under new manager Walt Weiss.
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Nov 07, 2025
President Donald Trump has pardoned former MLB great Darryl Strawberry, the 1983 NL Rookie of the Year and an eight-time All-Star, of tax evasion and drug charges dating back to the latter part of his playing career.
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Nov 07, 2025
San Diego reliever Mason Miller, Los Angeles Angels shortstop Zach Neto and Kansas City third baseman Maikel Garcia are among 34 players with two to three years of service time who are eligible for salary arbitration.
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Nov 07, 2025
Prince Harry went to Toronto for events marking the end of World War I and found himself on an apology tour for offending Canadians.
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Nov 07, 2025
Japanese star third baseman Munetaka Murakami, who owns the single-season home run record for a Japanese player in Nippon Professional Baseball, is entering the posting system for MLB teams, sources told ESPN.
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Nov 07, 2025
The Rockies have hired Paul DePodesta to run their baseball operations department, turning to the longtime executive to overhaul a stagnant organization coming off a 119-loss season.
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Nov 07, 2025
We celebrate the past 30 years of playoff baseball with a look back at some of the most memorable moments since the wild-card era began.
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Nov 06, 2025
Kyle Tucker (Cubs) and Kyle Schwarber (Phillies) headline the 13 players who were tendered the $22.025 million qualifying offer Thursday, sources told ESPN.
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Nov 06, 2025
The Rays have declined their $11 million option on closer Pete Fairbanks.
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Nov 06, 2025
The Rockies are finalizing a deal to hire Paul DePodesta to run their baseball operations department, sources told ESPN, turning to the longtime executive to overhaul a stagnant organization coming off a 119-loss season.
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Nov 06, 2025
The Dodgers have picked up Max Muncy's $10 million club option and left-handed reliever Alex Vesia's $3.55 million option for next season, sources tell ESPN.
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Nov 06, 2025
Don Mattingly is leaving his role as bench coach of the Blue Jays, while manager John Schneider will return in 2026 after the team exercised his contract option.
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Nov 06, 2025
The Braves exercised their option on second baseman Ozzie Albies while declining options on pitchers Pierce Johnson and Tyler Kinley.
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Nov 06, 2025
Former reliever Craig Stammen, who was involved with interviewing managerial candidates for the Padres, was himself hired to the position, replacing Mike Shildt.
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Nov 06, 2025
Infielder Justin Turner is a free agent after the Cubs declined a $10 million mutual option. Chicago also agreed to terms with right-hander Colin Rea.
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Nov 06, 2025
Mariners infielder Jorge Polanco is a free agent after declining a $6 million player option for 2026. He will receive a $750,000 buyout.
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Nov 06, 2025
The Padres have hired Craig Stammen, a former relief pitcher who retired just three years ago, to a three-year deal as their new manager, replacing Mike Shildt.
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Nov 06, 2025
The Dodgers' 5-4, Game 7 win over the Blue Jays was the most-watched game since Game 7 of the 1991 World Series between the Twins and Braves. 51 million viewers from the U.S., Canada and Japan tuned in to watch the 11-inning finale.
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Nov 06, 2025
Kiley McDaniel breaks down the 2025-26 free agent class (MLB free agency starts at 5 p.m. ET).
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Nov 06, 2025
How much will the biggest stars get paid this winter? Kiley McDaniel breaks down the 2025-26 free agent class.
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Nov 06, 2025
Will Skubal be dealt? Here's what we're hearing as the 2025-26 hot stove ignites.
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Nov 06, 2025
The future Hall of Famer has hung up his spikes, but as L.A.'s dynasty continues, so will his influence.
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Nov 05, 2025
Pitching coach Jeremy Hefner and and first base coach Antoan Richardson were added by the Braves to new manager Walt Weiss' staff.
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Nov 05, 2025
MLB's spring training schedule will open Feb. 20 with seven games, including the Yankees against the Orioles in Florida, and the Cubs vs. the White Sox in Arizona.
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Nov 05, 2025
The Yankees have exercised left-hander Tim Hill's $3 million club option for next season and declined right-hander Jonathan Loaisiga's $5 million club option, the team announced Wednesday.
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Nov 05, 2025
The Braves have exercised their club option on Chris Sale, who had 165 strikeouts in 125 2/3 innings last season and will make $18 million in 2026, a source told ESPN.
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Nov 05, 2025
The Yankees are exercising left-hander Tim Hill's $3 million club option for next season and will decline right-hander Jonathan Loaisiga's $5 million club option, sources tell ESPN.
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Nov 05, 2025
Will Skubal be dealt? Who could sign Schwarber and Tucker? Here's what we're hearing as the 2025-26 hot stove ignites.
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Nov 05, 2025
Toronto almost dethroned the mighty Dodgers by prioritizing contact. Will other teams follow the model?
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Nov 05, 2025
Pitcher Shane Bieber has opted into his $16 million player option with the Blue Jays for the 2026 season, choosing to forgo free agency.
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Nov 05, 2025
Will Skubal be dealt? Who could sign Schwarber and Tucker? Here's what we're hearing as the 2025-26 hot stove ignites.
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Nov 04, 2025
Pitcher Shane Bieber opted into his $16 million player option with the Blue Jays for the 2026 season, choosing to forgo free agency, according to multiple reports.
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Nov 04, 2025
Derek Shelton used his sudden free time in the wake of his firing by the Pirates to take the notes that helped him land the manager job in Minnesota.
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Nov 04, 2025
SCP Auctions has collected two World Series home run baseballs that a father and son say they caught during Game 7 of the World Series.
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Nov 04, 2025
Catcher Salvador Perez will remain with the Kansas City Royals rather than become a free agent, agreeing Tuesday to a two-year contact.
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Nov 04, 2025
The first team to repeat in a quarter century is an MLB behemoth that isn't going away anytime soon.
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Nov 04, 2025
Tigers right-hander Jack Flaherty is not opting out of his $20M contract for 2026, sources told ESPN, and will return to Detroit, where he has played the past two seasons.
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Nov 04, 2025
New Orioles manager Craig Albernaz is hoping the potential of his roster is still very much there after the team fell to 75 wins and the AL East cellar this season.
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Nov 04, 2025
Brewers first baseman Rhys Hoskins and left-hander Jose Quintana are headed for free agency after Milwaukee declined their 2026 mutual options on Tuesday.
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Nov 04, 2025
Padres veteran pitcher Yu Darvish underwent UCL repair surgery on his right elbow and is expected to miss all of the 2026 season.
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Nov 04, 2025
The Reds have signed RHP Keegan Thompson, 30, to a one-year deal that will pay him $1.3 million while in the major and $350,000 while in the minors.
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Nov 04, 2025
Veteran shortstop Trevor Story will not opt out of his contract and instead will return to the Boston Red Sox in 2026, sources told ESPN.
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Nov 04, 2025
The Boston Red Sox have agreed to a one-year, $7.75 million contract with outfielder Jarren Duran to avoid arbitration for a second straight year.
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Nov 04, 2025
The Mariners are picking up the $7 million club option on closer Andres Munoz for the 2026 season. He has 60 saves over the past two seasons.
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Nov 04, 2025
The Cubs have traded reliever Andrew Kittredge back to the Orioles for cash considerations.
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Nov 04, 2025
The Braves went league-wide in new manager search before promoting longtime bench coach Walt Weiss.
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Nov 04, 2025
We've got you covered on all the major MLB hot stove signings and trades.
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Nov 04, 2025
Los Angeles just won the 2025 World Series -- and we're already looking ahead to next year. Where does your favorite team fall?
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Nov 04, 2025
The White Sox are picking up the $20 million option on center fielder Luis Robert Jr.'s contract for the 2026 season, sources told ESPN.
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Nov 04, 2025
The Cubs and Shota Imanaga both rejected their contract options, making the left-hander a free agent.
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Nov 04, 2025
The Cubs and Shota Imanaga both rejected their contract options, making the left-hander a free agent.
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Nov 04, 2025
From playoff breakouts to World Series heroes, here's a full squad of players who shined brightest under the postseason lights.
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Nov 03, 2025
Victor Conte, the architect of a scheme to provide undetectable performance-enhancing drugs to professional athletes, including baseball stars Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi and Olympic track champion Marion Jones decades ago, died Monday. He was 75.
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Nov 03, 2025
Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge were named as finalists for the National League and American League MVP honors, respectively, by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
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Nov 03, 2025
Back in Los Angeles after winning the World Series in Toronto on Saturday, the Dodgers celebrated their second straight championship with a downtown parade on Monday, a day that included a stop at Dodger Stadium with the Commissioner's Trophy in tow.
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Nov 03, 2025
The Braves on Monday hired Walt Weiss, who has been Atlanta's bench coach since 2018, as their new manager to replace Brian Snitker.
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Nov 03, 2025
The Los Angeles Dodgers are celebrating their second consecutive World Series title in the streets of downtown L.A.
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Nov 03, 2025
Alex Bregman, Cody Bellinger and Edwin Diaz are among the more than 140 players so far to have opted out of their contracts and will become free agents.
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Nov 03, 2025
The Miami Marlins have promoted Gabe Kapler to GM -- the club's sixth GM. Frankie Piliere was also promoted to VP of amateur forecasting and player evaluation and Vinesh Kanthan moved to senior director of baseball operations.
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Nov 03, 2025
Free agency starts at 5 p.m. ET Thursday. Here are some pairings we'd love to see as this winter gets underway.
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Nov 03, 2025
Carlos Delgado, Jeff Kent, Gary Sheffield, Fernando Valenzuela, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Don Mattingly and Dale Murphy will be on the Hall of Fame contemporary era ballot.
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Nov 03, 2025
Nearly 26 million people watched the Dodgers' dramatic 5-4 Game 7 World Series win over the Blue Jays Saturday night, making it the most-watched Fall Classic game since 2017.
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Nov 03, 2025
Free agency starts at 5 p.m. ET on Nov. 6. Here are some pairings we'd love to see as this winter gets underway.
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Nov 03, 2025
Seven epic games, between two formidable teams? The 2025 World Series showed baseball at its best.
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Nov 03, 2025
After an epic series, the first repeat champions of this century could finally exhale.
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Nov 02, 2025
The Cubs had a major-league-high three Gold Glove winners this year, with Pete Crow-Armstrong, Ian Happ and Nico Hoerner taking home the honor.
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Nov 02, 2025
The past six World Series champions have continued an unusual streak: all of them had at least one player named Will Smith.
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Nov 02, 2025
After seven games, plenty of extra innings, and a history-making pitching turn, the first repeat champions of this century could finally exhale.
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Nov 02, 2025
The Dodgers opened as the consensus favorite to win another World Series in 2026, with 375 odds at ESPN BET. They are followed by the Yankees, Astros and Phillies.
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Nov 02, 2025
Here's how the winter looks in Toronto -- and in the other towns whose teams lost their final postseason game.
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Nov 02, 2025
Tears abounded in the Blue Jays' locker room following a heartbreaking Game 7 World Series loss characterized by missed opportunities, bad breaks and what-ifs.
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Nov 02, 2025
A day after throwing 96 pitches in a Game 6 win, Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched 2? scoreless innings in relief to help lead the Dodgers to victory in Saturday's Game 7.
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Nov 02, 2025
The first team to repeat in a quarter century is an MLB behemoth that isn't going away anytime soon.
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Nov 02, 2025
The Dodgers prevailed in one of the greatest World Series Game 7s ever, and the sports world was stoked.
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Nov 02, 2025
Though the Blue Jays lost the World Series in Game 7 on Saturday, Toronto infielder Ernie Clement set an MLB record with 30 hits in one postseason, breaking the mark held by Randy Arozarena, who had 29 hits as a rookie with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2020.
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Nov 02, 2025
The Dodgers enjoyed memorable performances from Miguel Rojas, Will Smith and Yoshinobu Yamamoto as they held off the Blue Jays to repeat as World Series champs.
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Nov 02, 2025
The Dodgers prevailed in one of the greatest World Series Game 7s ever, and the sports world was stoked.
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Nov 02, 2025
Here's how the winter looks in Toronto -- and in the other towns whose teams lost their final postseason game.
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Nov 02, 2025
Los Angeles just won the 2025 World Series -- and we're already looking ahead to next year. Where does your favorite team fall?
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Nov 01, 2025
On Saturday, a champion will be crowned. Will it be an L.A. repeat or Toronto's first title in 32 years? We've got it covered.
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Nov 01, 2025
Blue Jays relievers have started wearing Alex Vesia's No. 51 on the side of their caps in honor of the Dodgers reliever who is away from the team because of a "deeply personal family matter."
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Nov 01, 2025
On Saturday, a champion will be crowned. Will it be an L.A. repeat or Toronto's first title in 32 years? We've got it covered.
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Nov 01, 2025
With everything on the line on Saturday night, the Los Angeles Dodgers will start Shohei Ohtani on short rest in Game 7.
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Nov 01, 2025
The Dodgers and Blue Jays have graced us with a winner-take-all Fall Classic finale -- something no other sport can match.
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Nov 01, 2025
On Saturday, a champion will be crowned. Will it be an L.A. repeat or Toronto's first title in 32 years?
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Nov 01, 2025
The Dodgers and Blue Jays have graced us with a winner-take-all Fall Classic finale -- something no other sport can match.
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Nov 01, 2025
After a 3-for-23 start, Betts finally delivered with the clutch two-run hit that saved the Dodgers' season.
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Nov 01, 2025
The Dodgers escaped with a Game 6 victory over the Blue Jays on Friday night after a wild ninth inning that included a fortuitous ground-rule double and a stunning game-ending double play.
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Nov 01, 2025
Jays right fielder Addison Barger, who was doubled off at second base to end Friday night's Game 6, acknowledged he made a "bad read" off the bat.
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Nov 01, 2025
The Dodgers are learning toward starting Shohei Ohtani on short rest in Game 7 of the World Series, with every pitcher available except Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Toronto will start Max Scherzer, also with nearly everyone available, including Trey Yesavage.
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Nov 01, 2025
It'll all come down to a winner-take-all finale on Saturday night. Here's how the Dodgers won Game 6.
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Nov 01, 2025
Yoshinobu Yamamoto got his second win over the Blue Jays in a week, and the bullpen held off a late threat to close out a 3-1 win as the Dodgers forced a decisive Game 7.
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Nov 01, 2025
It looks like a fastball, until you swing and miss. Here's why the splitter is sweeping baseball.
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Oct 31, 2025
The offseason carousel has started. Here's who is in, who's out -- and who could be in line to replace them.
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Oct 31, 2025
Will the Blue Jays turn the Rogers Centre into a house of horrors for the Dodgers? We've got the potential Halloween clincher covered.
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Oct 31, 2025
George Springer will be the Blue Jays' leadoff hitter for Game 6 after missing the past two games, while the Dodgers are moving Mookie Betts to the cleanup hitter spot.
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Oct 31, 2025
It looks like a fastball, until you swing and miss. Here's why the splitter is sweeping baseball.
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Oct 31, 2025
Game 6 (and maybe 7) is on tap for the Blue Jays and Dodgers. Here's the blueprint for a title.
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