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1985 After months of debate, King County Executive Randy Revelle and team owner George Argyros sign a new lease calling for the Mariners to play in the Kingdome through the 1996 season. The deal contains a provision that allows the M's to leave Seattle after the 1987 season if attendance stays below 1.4 million and season ticket sales fall under the 10,000 mark.

1986 In Game 5 of the World Series at Fenway Park, Bruce Hurst throws a complete game to beat the Mets, 4-2, earning his second victory of the Fall Classic and bringing the team within one win of ending their 68-year World Championship drought. New York will dash the Red Sox Nation's hopes with two come-from-behind wins at Shea Stadium.

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1993 "Touch 'em all Joe, you'll never hit a bigger home run in your life" - Tom Cheek, radio voice of the Blue Jays. Thanks to Joe Carter's dramatic ninth-inning three-run homer over the left-field wall, the Blue Jays beat the Phillies 8-6 to win their second consecutive World Championship. The Toronto outfielder becomes just the second player to end the World Series with a home run, joining Bill Mazeroski, whose Forbes Field's round-tripper beat the Yankees in 1960.

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1993 Mike Piazza, the sixty-second round pick of the 1988 draft, is the BBWAA's unanimous choice for the Rookie of the Year award in the National League. The Dodger catcher is the first player to hit over .300 (.318), connect for more than 30 homers (35), and drive in at least 100 runs (112) in the Senior Circuit as a freshman since Wally Berger accomplished the feat in his initial major league season with the Braves in 1930.

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1995 Former Astros GM Bob Watson is named the Yankees' new general manager, replacing Gene Michael. Watson will stay in the position for just two seasons, but during his tenure, the team will win its first World Series since 1978, establishing the groundwork for the very successful Bronx Bomber clubs of the late 1990s.

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1996 After the Yankees lose the first two games of the Fall Classic at the Stadium, David Cone limits the Braves to four hits and one run in six innings en route to New York's 5-2 win. The contest marks the first of 14 consecutive World Series victories en route to the Bronx Bombers' four titles in five years.

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1998 The Dodgers hire Davey Johnson to manage the second-place club, taking over the reins from Bill Russell. The former Mets, Reds, and Orioles skipper, who has finished first with every team he has ever led, will see his streak end in LA when he compiles a 163- 161 (.503) record.

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2000 Although lacking big league managerial experience, Pirates hitting coach Lloyd McClendon is named the team's skipper, replacing the recently-fired Gene Lamont. During the new manager's five-year tenure in the Pittsburgh dugout, the struggling Bucs will compile a 336-446 (.430) record.

2002 Cal Ripken Jr. breaking Lou Gehrig's consecutive games streak in 1995 is voted as baseball's most memorable moment by the fans participating in the Major league Baseball and MasterCard promotion. Hank Aaron's 715th homer to pass Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier, Mark McGwire breaking Roger Maris' single-season home run record, and Lou Gehrig's farewell speech round out the top five events selected by the fans.

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2002 Joining Roberto Clemente and Thurman Munson, Darryl Kile will become the third player to appear on the 2003 Hall of Fame ballot before the mandatory five-year waiting period. The 33-year-old Cardinal pitcher, who died of heart disease, was found dead in his Chicago hotel room in June.

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2002 In Game 4 of the World Series, Barry Bonds is walked intentionally three times, setting a new record for a Fall Classic game. Angels starting pitcher John Lackey, who issues all the free passes to the Giants left fielder, does not factor in the decision in San Francisco's 4-3 victory at Pac Bell, which deadlocks the series at two.

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2005 For the 14th time in World Series history, a walk-off home run ends the contest when Scott Podsednik's ninth-inning blast in Game 2 at Chicago's U.S. Cellular Field beats the Astros, 7-6. Bill Mazeroski remains the only player to accomplish the feat in the seventh game of the Fall Classic.

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2005 On the verge of the first World Series game in Texas, much to the Astros' chagrin, MLB rules Houston must play Game 3 of the Fall Classic with its Minute Maid Park roof open. The team had a much better record (38-17) in the enclosed ballpark during the regular season than in games started in the open air (15-11).

 

2006 Extending his scoreless streak to 24.1 postseason innings, dating back to 2003 with the Twins, Kenny Rogers blanks the Cardinals for eight innings when the Tigers beat the Cardinals 3-1 to even the World Series at a game apiece. The "Gambler's" recent playoff success comes under suspicion as TV cameras spot a dark substance on the right-hander's pitching hand in the first frame, which he claims to be only mud.

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2010 The Giants capture their twenty-first National League flag when they defeat the Phillies, 3-2, in Game 6 of NLCS at Citizens Bank Park. The decisive blow is Juan Uribe's two-out tie-breaking home run off Ryan Madson in the eighth inning.

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2012 "I love Fidel Castro, I respect Fidel Castro. You know why? A lot of people have wanted to kill Fidel Castro for the last 60 years, but that m**r is still here." - OZZIE GUILLEN, praising the Cuban dictator during an interview with Time magazine. With three years and $7.5 million remaining on his contract, the Marlins, after one season, fire their controversial manager Ozzie Guillen, who had verbal feuds with Nationals' rookie Bryce Harper and his own players, including closer Heath Bell during a disappointing last-place finish. The 48-year-old Venezuelan-born skipper did not endear himself to the Miami fan base after praising Fidel Castro in an early-season interview, which led to a five-game suspension by MLB for his comments about the Cuban dictator.

2014 After aggressively trying to sign their manager to a third contract extension, the Rays announce Joe Maddon has exercised an opt-out in his contract. During his nine-year tenure with Tampa Bay, a franchise perceived as perennial losers before his arrival, the popular skipper compiled a 754-705 record, leading the team to the playoffs four times, including winning two AL East titles and one appearance in the World Series.

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2015 The Royals win their second straight American League flag when they eliminate the Blue Jays in Game 6 of the ALCS played at Kauffman Stadium. Kansas City scores the go-ahead run in their 4-3 victory in the bottom of the eighth inning when Lorenzo Cain races home from first base on Eric Hosmer's RBI single.

2018 The Dodgers become the first team to use an all right-handed lineup in a World Series game due to the dominance of Red Sox southpaw starter Chris Sale facing left-handed swingers, who batted a paltry .170 against him during the regular season. The strategy proves effective when Los Angeles pounds out five hits and scores three runs during the left-hander's four innings of work, but the team still loses Game 1 of the Fall Classic at Fenway Park, 8-4.

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On October 23 in Baseball History...

• • 1910 - Philadelphia's Jack Coombs won his third game of the World Series, beating the Chicago Cubs 7-2 as the Athletics took the championship in five games. Eddie Collins had three hits, including two doubles, for the A's.
    
  • 1920 - The Chicago grand jury indictment adds the names of former featherweight boxing champ Abe Attell, Hal Chase, and Bill Burns as go-betweens in the 1919 World Series scandal. Ed Cicotte, Joe Jackson, Lefty Williams and Happy Felsch sign confessions, which they later recant.
    
  • 1923 - Babe Ruth makes a postseason appearance in a New York Giants uniform as the Giants defeat the minor-league Baltimore Orioles 9-0. Ruth hits a home run over the right field roof at the Polo Grounds. The game is a benefit for destitute former Giants owner John Day.
    
  • 1935 - Gabby Hartnett is selected by the BBWAA as the NL MVP, with Dizzy Dean the runner-up.
    
  • 1945 - Branch Rickey announces the signing of Jackie Robinson by the Dodgers organization.
    
  • 1974 - The Cubs trade sweet-swinging Billy Williams, a fixture at Wrigley Field for 16 years, to the A's for second baseman Manny Trillo and pitchers Darold Knowles and Bob Locker.
    
  • 1979 - Billy Martin is involved in a barroom altercation with Joseph Cooper, a Minnesota marshmallow salesman. Cooper requires 15 stitches to close a gash in his lip.
    
  • 1981 - The Los Angeles Dodgers beat New York 5-4 in the third game of the World Series, narrowing the Yankees' lead to 2-1.
    
  • 1984 - Rick Sutcliffe, who was 16-1 for the Cubs after arriving from Cleveland two days before the June 15 trading deadline, is a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young Award winner.
    
  • 1985 - John Tudor hurled a five-hit, 3-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals, giving the St. Louis Cardinals a 3-1 lead in the World Series.
    
  • 1986 - Bruce Hurst's complete-game victory gave the Boston Red Sox a 4-2 win and 3-2 lead in the World Series against the New York Mets. Hurst scattered 10 hits with one walk and six strikeouts.1991: Mark Lemke hits his second triple of the night in the ninth inning and then scores on a close play on Jerry Willard's sacrifice fly for Atlanta's 3-2 win over the Twins.
    
  • 1993 - In one of the most dramatic endings in World Series history, Joe Carter hits a three-run, ninth inning home run off Mitch Williams for an 8-6 win and Toronto's second straight World Championship. Paul Molitor, who hits .500 in 24 at bats, is MVP while Philadelphia's Lenny Dykstra, who hit .348 with four home runs, did everything except pitch.
    
  • 1996 - The Braves jump to a 6-0 lead, but the Yankees mount their biggest comeback in World Series history with a three-run home run by Jim Leyritz that ties the game in the eighth inning. After Bernie Williams is intentionally walked with runners on first and second in the 10th, Steve Avery walks Wade Boggs to bring in the deciding run.
    
  • 1997 - The Marlins move within one win of their first World Series title as Moises Alou hits his second three-run home run of the Series against Cleveland's Orel Hershiser. Rookie Livan Hernandez pitches into the ninth inning of Game Five and Florida holds off the Indians 8-7.

Baseball Birthdays on October 23...

• • 1860 - Jones, Jack (DA)
  • 1866 - Sullivan, Mike
  • 1881 - Winham, Lave
  • 1882 - Cree, Birdie
  • 1886 - Blackburne, Lena
  • 1889 - Mills, Jack
  • 1889 - Bedient, Hugh
  • 1890 - Conway, Owen
  • 1894 - Bressler, Rube
  • 1907 - Grissom, Lee
  • 1910 - Sullivan, Billy
  • 1920 - Stephens, Vern
  • 1922 - Blackwell, Ewell
  • 1929 - Barmes, Bruce
  • 1930 - Drake, Solly
  • 1931 - Bunning, Jim
  • 1933 - Striker, Jake
  • 1937 - Allen, Bob
  • 1937 - Butler, Cecil
  • 1939 - Williams, George
  • 1944 - Rittwage, Jim
  • 1949 - Thayer, Greg
  • 1952 - Poff, John
  • 1952 - Tate, Randy
  • 1953 - McLaughlin, Bo
  • 1954 - Castino, John
  • 1956 - Silverio, Luis
  • 1957 - Lowry, Dwight
  • 1959 - Hinshaw, George
  • 1961 - Presley, Jim
  • 1965 - Leiter, Al
  • 1972 - Guevara, Giomar
  • 1975 - Belitz, Todd
  • 1976 - Riske, David
  • 1979 - Smith, Bud

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BIRTHDAYS
1857 Ned Williamson (Chicago White Stockings), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1894)


1929 Jim Brosnan baseball player and writer (Long Season), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 2014)


1950 Rawly Eastwick (Cincinnati Reds), born in Camden, New Jersey

1957 Ron Gardenhire manager, born in Butzbach, Hessen, West Germany

1961 Rafael Belliard infielder (Atlanta Braves), born in Pueblo Nuevo, Dominican Republica


1966 F. P. Santangelo outfielder (Montreal Expos), born in Livonia, Michigan

1968 Ken Ryan pitcher (Red Sox,Philadelphia Phillies), born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island

1969 Arthur Rhodes pitcher (Baltimore Orioles), born in Waco, Texas

1973 Mike Matthews player, born in Woodbridge, Virginia

1982 Macay McBride player, born in Augusta, Georgia

 

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1908
"Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out with the crowd;
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,
I don't care if I never get back."
- JACK NORWORTH'S original lyrics. Bill Murray introduces Take Me Out to the Ballgame, the immortal tune inspired by an NYC subway sign that read "Baseball Today – Polo Grounds." The songwriting team of Albert Von Tilzer (music) and Jack Norworth (words), who created Baseball's anthem, has never seen a game.

1911 After six days of rain, the World Series resumes with A's right-hander Chief Bender, beating the Giants and Christy Mathewson, 4-2, at Shibe Park. The victory, fueled by three consecutive two-baggers in the three-run fourth frame, gives Philadelphia a 3-1 game lead in the Fall Classic.

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1951 Former Reds and Dodger owner Larry MacPhail suggests four new major leagues, including one on the West Coast. The innovative baseball executive, responsible for introducing night baseball and commercial air travel, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1978.

MacPhail,Branch Rickey & Leo the Lip
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1972 Jackie Robinson, weakened by heart disease complications and diabetes, dies of a heart attack in his North Stamford (CT) home. The 53-year-old nearly blind baseball pioneer and social activist's death comes nine days after his appearance at the World Series, where he threw the ceremonial first pitch before Game 2 at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium.

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1985 In the bottom of the seventh in Game 5, Royals’ starter Danny Jackson becomes the first pitcher to throw an immaculate inning in World Series history. The 23-year-old southpaw needs only nine pitches to strike out Terry Pendleton (swinging), Tom Nieto (looking), and Brian Harper (swinging) en route to going the distance in the team’s 6-1 victory over the Cardinals at Busch Stadium.

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1987 The Twins, amidst the deafening crowd noise of the hanky-waving fans in the Metrodome, stave off elimination when the team scores eight runs in the fifth and sixth frames of Game 6 to beat the Cardinals, 11-5. Minnesota's southpaw-swinging Kent Hrbek hits a sixth-inning grand slam off left-handed Ken Dayley to put the contest out of reach for the Redbirds.

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1992 In Game 6, Canada wins its first-ever World Series when the Blue Jays beat the Braves at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, 4-3. Toronto's 41-year-old right fielder Dave Winfield's 11th-inning double is the key hit in Toronto's victory.

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2000 Orlando Hernandez (8-0, 1.90) loses his first postseason game when the Mets defeat the Yankees on Benny Agbayani's tiebreaking eighth-inning double, 4-2. New York native John Franco gets the win, ending the Yankees' record 14-game World Series winning streak.

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2000 Roger Clemens is fined a reported $50,000 for throwing the jagged barrel of a shattered bat in the direction of Met catcher Mike Piazza in the first inning of Game 2 of the World Series. Yankee manager Joe Torre and the right-hander both deny the incident was intentional.

2002 The Giants take the lead in the Fall Classic when they demolish the Angels 16-4 in Game 5 played at Pac Bell. Jeff Kent leads the attack with two home runs and four RBIs and ties a World Series record by scoring four times.

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2006 After seven months of negotiations, the Players' Association and MLB officials come to terms on a five-year collective bargaining agreement. The longest accord in baseball history, which will end in 2011, ensures the game will have a span of 16 years without a work stoppage

2007 In a 13-1 rout of the Rockies, Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia becomes the second player, and the first rookie to hit a leadoff home run in a World Series opener. The 24-year-old freshman, the 31st major leaguer to homer in his first Fall Classic appearance, joins Orioles' outfielder Don Buford, who went yard in 1969 as a leadoff batter in Game 1 off Tom Seaver of the Mets.

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2011 With the help of a mismanaged Cardinal bullpen, Mike Napoli gives his team a 3-2 Series lead when he hits a two-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning of the Rangers' 4-2 victory in Game 5 in Arlington. The Texas catcher, who bats eighth in the order, becomes only the second player to have four multi-RBI games in a World Series, joining Yankee legend Mickey Mantle, who accomplished the feat against Pittsburgh in 1960.

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2012 In the Giants' 8-3 victory over the Tigers at AT&T Park, Pablo Sandoval becomes the fourth major leaguer to hit three home runs in a World Series game. The San Francisco third baseman, with his first, third, and fifth-inning round-trippers in the opening contest of the Fall Classic, joins Yankees outfielders Babe Ruth (1926, 28) and Reggie Jackson (1977) and Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols (2011) in accomplishing the feat.

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2014 Paul Konerko and Jimmy Rollins are named co-recipients of the Roberto Clemente Award, an honor bestowed on major leaguers for their commitment to the community. The former White Sox first baseman and Phillies shortstop have been heavily involved in improving children's lives by raising money, obtaining school supplies and back-to-school clothes, supporting juvenile diabetes and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis research, and funding the fight against child abuse, among many other charitable efforts.

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2020 Randy Arozarena sets the record for most playoff home runs in a single postseason after going deep for the ninth time, belting a fourth-inning round-tripper in the Rays' 8-7 victory in Game 4 of the World Series against the Dodgers at Globe Life Field. The Tampa Bay DH surpasses the eight compiled by Barry Bonds (Giants, 2002), Carlos Beltran (Astros, 2004), Nelson Cruz (Rangers, 2011), and Corey Seager (Dodgers, 2020).

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On October 24 in Baseball History...

• • 1911 - The World Series between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Athletics was resumed after six days of rain, and Chief Bender beat Christy Mathewson 4-2 to give the A's 3-1 lead.
    
  • 1939 - The AL MVP is Joe DiMaggio, with Jimmie Foxx the runner-up.
    
  • 1956 - The AP names Cincinnati manager Birdie Tebbets as its NL Manager of the Year.
    
  • 1963 - Sandy Koufax is the unanimous winner of the Cy Young Award.
    
  • 1972 - Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson dies of heart disease at age 53. Robinson had become the first black major league player of the 20th century with the 1947 Dodgers.
    
  • 1981 - The Los Angeles Dodgers came back to beat the New York Yankees 8-7 in a sloppy 3{-hour marathon and tied the World Series 2-2. The Yankees blew a 6-3 lead. On one play, Reggie Jackson lost the ball in the sun and it bounced off his shoulder for a two-base error.
    
  • 1985 - Danny Jackson's five-hitter cut St. Louis' lead to 3-2 in the World Series as the Kansas City Royals took Game 5, 6-1. Willie Wilson's two-run triple highlighted a three-run second inning and chased starter Ken Forsch.
    
  • 1986 - Bill Russell, 38, announces his retirement. He is the last member of the Dodgers' Garvey-Lopes-Russell-Cey 1970s infield and is second on the club's all-time list with 2,183 games played.
    
  • 1987 - Kent Hrbek's grand slam highlighted a 15-hit barrage as the Minnesota Twins pounded the St. Louis Cardinals 11-5 at the Metrodome to force the World Series to a seventh game.
    
  • 1991 - The Braves take the lead in the Series with a 14-5 rout of the Twins. Atlanta blows open a 5-3 game with nine runs in the last two innings.
    
  • 1992 - The Toronto Blue Jays took baseball's championship outside the United States for the first time ever, beating the Atlanta Braves 4-3 in 11 innings in Game 6 of the World Series.
    
  • 1994 - Atlanta's Greg Maddux became the first pitcher to win three straight Cy Young Awards, unanimously sweeping the NL honor. Maddux was 16-6 with a 1.56 ERA, the third-lowest in 75 years.
    
  • 1995 - Eddie Murray singles home pinch-runner Alvaro Espinoza in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Indians their first win in a World Series in 47 years. The Tribe's 7-6 victory over the Braves fittingly occurs in the first-ever Series game at Jacobs Field.
    
  • 1996 - The Yankees lay claim to the last game in the history of Atlanta's Fulton County Stadium. The Yankees, who finish the postseason with an 8-0 road record, are helped by poor Atlanta outfield defense and some great plays from their own outfielders as Andy Pettitte outduels John Smoltz 1-0 in Game Five.

Baseball Birthdays on October 24...

• • 1857 - Williamson, Ned
  • 1857 - Pierson, Dick
  • 1858 - Griffin, Sandy
  • 1858 - Kuehne, Bill
  • 1860 - Faatz, Jay
  • 1865 - McNabb, Edgar
  • 1870 - Routcliffe, Phil
  • 1871 - Sockalexis, Chief
  • 1871 - Smith, Heinie
  • 1885 - Young, Del
  • 1887 - High, Hugh
  • 1887 - Stack, Eddie
  • 1888 - Perryman, Parson
  • 1892 - Niehaus, Dick
  • 1895 - Pierotti, Al
  • 1899 - Christensen, Cuckoo
  • 1900 - Bluege, Ossie
  • 1904 - Smythe, Harry
  • 1905 - Russell, Jack
  • 1905 - Small, Charlie
  • 1906 - McClanahan, Pete
  • 1907 - Bowler, Grant
  • 1908 - Onis, Ralph
  • 1927 - Hogue, Cal
  • 1927 - Greengrass, Jim
  • 1928 - Bullard, George
  • 1929 - Brosnan, Jim
  • 1933 - Bell, Bill
  • 1937 - Goetz, John
  • 1944 - Jeter, Johnny
  • 1950 - Eastwick, Rawly
  • 1952 - Moreno, Omar
  • 1952 - Torres, Angel
  • 1952 - Walton, Reggie
  • 1956 - Serum, Gary
  • 1957 - Hayes, Bill
  • 1957 - Jurak, Ed
  • 1957 - Gardenhire, Ron
  • 1959 - Johnson, Dave
  • 1959 - Brewer, Mike
  • 1959 - Ortiz, Junior
  • 1961 - Clay, Danny
  • 1961 - Ziem, Steve
  • 1961 - Belliard, Rafael
  • 1962 - Larkin, Gene
  • 1963 - Grant, Mark
  • 1967 - Santangelo, F.P.
  • 1968 - Ryan, Ken
  • 1969 - Rhodes, Arthur
  • 1973 - Matthews, Mike
  • 1974 - Guerrero, Wilton

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