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• First Pitch, New Season: Nationals and Phillies kickoff in NL East Showdown

Washington expects breakout season from MacKenzie Gore | Jim Rassol-Imagn Images The Washington Nationals open their season with a matchup against the Phillies Introduction My name is Austin Harrelson, and I am the newest writer here at Federal Baseball! Baseball has always been more than just a game to me- it’s a story unfolding with every pitch and every hit. As a sports journalist cov...2025
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• Milwaukee Brewers 2025 bold predictions and storylines to watch

Curt Hogg / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images BCB staff make bold predictions, pick storylines to watch with Opening Day on deck Our contributors at Brew Crew Ball are excited to get the 2025 season underway after an offseason that saw quite a bit of turnover across the league. Here are our bold predictions and storylines to watch for the Brewers in 2025. Bold...2025
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• Bryce Harper Raises Eyebrows With His Remark for Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Amid His $565M Drama
Bryce Harper named Vladimir Guerrero Jr. a must-watch player as the Toronto Blue Jays star pushes for a massive contract. Will he get it?...2025
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• Cub Tracks returns to form

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The Cubs dropped one at Sloan Park, thanks in part to Michael King’s good pitching and their quiet bats. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, ov...2025
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• 2025 NL East Season Preview: Philadelphia Phillies

Photo by Nick Wosika/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Phillies wrested the division crown from the bedraggled Braves in 2024. Can they hold them off in 2025? So long as the current divisional alignment holds, the Phillies will be the Atlanta Braves’ main rivals in my mind’s eye. Since I’ve been watching baseball, they’ve won the NL East six times — the Braves have won it 12 times, and ...2025
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• ‘Making Bryce Harper and Aaron Judge Look Small’ – Shohei Ohtani Stuns Top Broadcaster With His 1 Unique Quality
According to Colin Cowherd, Shohei Ohtani is nearing GOAT status. The long-time sports anchor says he’s never seen anything like Ohtani....2025
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• Milwaukee Brewers 2025 bold predictions and storylines to watch
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• 5 things for Braves fans to get excited about for 2025

Photo by Casey Sykes/Getty Images Which aspects of Braves baseball are you looking forward to most this year? Two things can be true at once. The Atlanta Braves had a very disappointing offseason that included a shocking and, in my opinion, egregious decision to duck under the luxury tax instead of adding around their core in the middle of a World Series window. But, despite this, the Bra...2025
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• The All Oft-Injured Team

Photo by Dave Kaup/Getty Images A major dis from Sir Charles During the 1961-62 baseball season, the great Wilt Chamberlain averaged, AVERAGED, 48.5 minutes per game while playing in a league leading 80 games. Since an NBA game is only 48 minutes long, you must be asking if this is a misprint. No, it is not. Wilt played every minute of every game, plus most of the overtime minutes. In fact...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Max Fried strikes out Russell Wilson

Photo by /Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Current Yankee strikes out “former Yankee” Braves Franchise History 1901: Jimmy Collins leaves the Boston Beaneaters to manage the Boston Americans of the American League. The Beaneaters also lose Hugh Duffy, who becomes manager of Milwaukee’s new AL team and catcher Billy Sullivan who signs with the White Sox. 2018: Atlanta Braves pitcher Max Fr...2025
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• Which NL East position player will disappoint the most this year?

Which of the Braves’ foes will hit the wall this year? The Braves look to have a great lineup coming back in 2025. Once Ronald Acuña returns from injury, they’ll really get rolling. But it’s not enough to see the Braves succeed; someone else needs to fail. I wonder which of the NL East best position players will take a step back this year. Here’s a summary of the NL East’s notable pos...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 27, 2025
Bryce Harper, 1B (PHI) Scary moment for the Phillies as Bryce Harper was hit on the arm by a pitch in Wednesday's Grapefruit League game against the Blue Jays. It was his first game of the spring as he missed time with an illness. The good news is the Phillies training staff is categorizing the injury as a triceps contusion and don't intend to send the slugger for X-rays. Philadelphia will undoubt...2025
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• Phillies' Bryce Harper narrowly avoids serious injury

Crisis seems to have been averted for the Phillies and Harper....2025
• Effectively Wild Episode 2288: Season Preview Series: Red Sox and Athletics

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether certain injuries can improve players, old-but-good guys not getting gigs, the offensive disparity between the Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues, and Bryce Harper’s Phanatic tattoo. Then they preview the 2025 Boston Red Sox (31:16) with The Boston Globe’s Alex Speier, and the 2025 Sacramento Athletics (1:25:13) with Jason […]...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Free the hair!

Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images The Yankees’ most old-fashioned policy has ended Start spreading the news! The Yankees are changing one of their silliest and longest-standing rules about player grooming: they will now allow players to have “well-groomed” beards. On the face it it (pun very much intended) this is not massive news, but considering how set in their ways the Yankees have b...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 27, 2025

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images Lucas Erceg, fireman. Lucas Erceg is prepared to pitch in any role that he’s needed: That might be in the ninth inning for save opportunities, or it might come in the seventh or eighth. Having Estévez helps Quatraro be able to do that. “I don’t really care what my role is going to be,” Erceg said. “I’ve been telling all my friends and family, there’s nothi...2025
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2288: Season Preview Series: Red Sox and Athletics
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• Phanatic fanatic: Harper sports tattoo of mascot
Phillies star Bryce Harper arrived at spring training sporting a tattoo on his right arm of the team's iconic Phillie Phanatic mascot zooming around on an all-terrain vehicle....2025
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• Bryce Harper honors Phillies' mascot with forearm tattoo
The Phillies star embraced the team mascot with some new body ink....2025
• Bryce Harper takes Phillie Phanatic bromance to next level

Bryce Harper has been overt in his love of the Phanatic. That love has been taken to another level with his new tattoo....2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 16, 2025

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Were you part of the Royals international amateur class? Cole Ragans joined MLB Network Radio to discuss his offseason throwing program: Baseball America has a scouting report on Kansas City’s international amateur class ($): Dominican shortstop Ramcell Medina, signing for $950,000, has been an up-arrow player. Early on, Medina looked like he might end up a...2025
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• 'An Absolute Blast': Harper and Trout Recall Days as Teammates in Fall League
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"Bryce Harper said he's "more than open" to returning to the Phillies' outfield under the right circumstances."

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"6 mph line drive that first baseman Bryce Harper flagged down with a dive of his own for the third out."

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"Austin Cox induced Bryce Harper to hit into a game-ending double play to earn his first career MLB save, preserving the 7-5 win."

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"NLCS: Bryce Harper Leads Phillies to World Series"

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"Bryce Harper may be an exception, as when speaking to The Athletic’s Matt Gelb and other reporters following the Phillies’ season-ending loss to the Marlins, Harper stressed that “we can’t just keep…"

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"Phillies star Bryce Harper donates $500,000 to coronavirus relief in Las Vegas and Philadelphia"

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"Cole has smashed the seven-year, $245M contract righty Stephen Strasburg signed with the Nationals earlier this week, and he nearly matched the $330M guarantee outfielder Bryce Harper received from the Phillies last offseason."

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"Are the Cubs gearing up for a run at Bryce Harper?"

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"A benches-clearing brawl broke out between the Giants and Nationals in the eighth inning Monday afternoon after San Francisco right-hander Hunter Strickland hit Bryce Harper in his right hip with a fastball."

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"Forget Bryce Harper for a moment."

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"Bryce Harper will probably win MVP, if only because he was with the Nationals on Opening Day."

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"Washington Nationals poster boy Bryce Harper may not drink alcohol, but that doesn't mean he's afraid to get doused with beer along with his teammates to celebrate a huge occasion."

• Bryce Harper Raises Eyebrows With His Remark for Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Amid His $565M Drama
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• Cub Tracks returns to form
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• 2025 NL East Season Preview: Philadelphia Phillies
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• 5 things for Braves fans to get excited about for 2025
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• Outside The Confines: Who’s on first?

Photo by Mark Taylor/Getty Images The issues surrounding baseball stadiums. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reveals his contract demands. The decline of first base. The Mariners’ front office are criticized and other news from around MLB. Good morning. Jeff Passan looks at the issue of two major league teams playing in minor league stadiums this season. He examines what it means for the Athletics...2025
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• Nationals History: The Bryce Harper hype was unprecedented and he lived up to it

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images The Washington Nationals got their hands on the most hyped prospect of my lifetime Bryce Harper was the most hyped baseball prospect of my life. At just 16 years old, he was labeled the Lebron James of baseball. Harper had created a mythology around his name by the time the Washington Nationals drafted him in 2010. He was hitting 500 foot home runs at 15 and th...2025
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• Bryce Harper offered to surrender first base for Philadelphia Phillies to sign All-Star slugger

Bryce Harper has transformed himself into one of the best defensive first basemen in the league since taking over the position in July 2023....2025
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• My 24 favorite Washington Nationals for my 24th birthday

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports Here are my 24 favorite Washington Nationals of all time as I get to 24 years of age. Today is my birthday! In honor of that, I wanted to write about some of my favorite Nationals players of all time. The team has been a huge part of my life and these players have been part of my journey. Here is the list. Max Scherzer Max Scherzer is unquestionably my favori...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Max Fried strikes out Russell Wilson
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• Milwaukee Brewers 2025 bold predictions and storylines to watch
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• Cub Tracks returns to form
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• Preseason Prep - February 27, 2025
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• 2025 Fantasy Baseball Sabermetric Notes: 1st Basemen
In our continuing series on the Sabermetric analysis that shapes our player projections in our 2025 Player Projections Draft Advisor. Today we'll take a look at some of the indicators that are defining our 2025 first baseman projections: Andrew Vaughn Andrew Vaughn's 2024 season confirmed his solid power potential. He posted a HardHit% of 43.1% (league average: 36.5%) and a Barrel% of 9.3% (lea...2025
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-February 15, 2025
Welcome Back! Around the League Alex Bregman-Red Sox-3B Alex Bregman signed a three-year, $120 million deal with the Boston Red Sox, including opt-outs after the 2025 and 2026 seasons. He reportedly chose this higher average annual value contract over longer-term offers from the Tigers and Cubs. Bregman is expected to transition to second base, a position he last played in 2018. This is going t...2025
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• A view from the basement of the NL East

Brad Penner-Imagn Images Sizing up the top three teams in the NL East as the Nationals look to make up ground on the divisions elite For the Nationals to get back into contention, they are going to overtake some of the titans of the National League in their own division. The NL East is an unforgiving landscape, where teams like the Mets, Phillies and Braves come into most seasons with cham...2025
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• What do you get when you hire Hyers?

Photo by Ric Tapia/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Kevin Seitzer’s departure was a bit of a shock, but the addition of Tim Hyers seems somewhat obvious in retrospect I’ll be honest, I thought the Braves’ axing of Kevin Seitzer early this offseason was one of the more unexpected, shocking things to happen to this team in its current, post-rebuild, contending era. If you asked me for my top...2025
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• 2025 is a big year for Sean Murphy

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Reviewing the catcher’s first two years in Atlanta and looking ahead to what we can expect from him in 2025 Picture this – you wake up. It’s March 29th, 2024. After yesterday’s Opening Day was rained out, your Atlanta Braves are set to begin the 2024 season in Philadelphia. Fresh off a 104-win 2023 campaign backed by the greatest offense ...2025
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• My 24 favorite Washington Nationals for my 24th birthday
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• MLB Draft 2025: Is Ethan Holliday worth the hype?

Steve Sisney/For The Oklahoman / USA TODAY NETWORK Ethan Holliday is the most famous player in the 2025 draft, but is he the best? Ethan Holliday is the most famous player in the 2025 MLB draft, and it is not even close. He is also one of the best. Holliday could be the second of Matt Holliday’s children to be selected number one overall. It is already easy to envision the Beltway rivalry ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 27, 2025
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• Top 10 Washington Nationals walk up songs

Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images Remembering the most iconic walk up songs in Nationals history Yesterday, I came up with the idea to rank the greatest walk up songs in Nationals history. To refresh my memory, I asked people in the Nats Central Twitter community what their favorite walk up songs were. They came back with some great answers, some of which I had forgotten about. After much consid...2025
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• Nationals history: Bryce Harper’s 2015 MVP season was the greatest in Nats history

Evan Habeeb-Imagn Images For the 20th anniversary series, we will take a look back at when a 22 year old Bryce Harper had a season for the ages While Bryce Harper is a polarizing figure in DC these days, you can’t tell the story of the Washington Nationals without him. He was a generational talent the Nats got their hands on. Bryce was on the cover of Sports Illustrated at 16 years old, be...2025
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• Why the New York Mets Will Be Unstoppable in the Postseason
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• Nationals' Bryce Harper Hits Home Run Using America-Themed Bat on July 4th
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• Bryce Harper: The first $500 million player?
Bryce Harper: The first $500 million player?...2015
• Bryce Harper and Jonathan Papelbon Exchange Words, Brawl in Dugout
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• Harper scores four without hit, at-bat
Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper put together a performance unlike any other in Major League history Thursday night at Nationals Park, all without a hit or an official at-bat....2015
• Harper, Donaldson win Hank Aaron Award
Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson and Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper have been named winners of the 2015 Hank Aaron Award....2015
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• Giants, Nats scrap after Harper hit by pitch
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• Preseason Prep - February 27, 2025
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• A Game of Groans

Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Much like the smash hit TV series about a quest for power, the 8th season of the White Sox rebuild is letting fans down. But even after a historically bad start, showrunner Jerry Reinsdorf appears keen to do nothing but watch it burn. Chaos is a Ladder Jerry Reinsdorf — the beleaguered owner of the Chicago White Sox — grimaced in disgust as he watched his team ...2024
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• Brewers Pitchers Get Worked On Labor Day Something Aw Phil
Hope everyone had a good Labor Day. I stood on my lawn hugging a tree for 20 minutes until someone told me I was thinking of Arbor Day. I told them I just love trees, not letting on that I absolutely confused the two days. On Labor Day, we give thanks to all the women out there who took hours to birth us. During labor, your hoohay may have been dilated--*intern whispers in ear*--Okay, that's not w...2021
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• The case for the Nationals to win it all
Once again, the Washington Nationals resemble as much of an impressive fantasy baseball draft as they do a ballclub that actually exists in real-life. They are a stunning collection of mostly mid-prime talent that has sent 12 representatives to the All-Star Game over the past three years. Led by a former MVP winner in Bryce Harper and the two-time reigning NL Cy Young recipient in Max Scherzer, th...2018
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• Giants Show You Can Never Count Them Out in October in NLDS Game 1 Win
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• First Pitch, New Season: Nationals and Phillies kickoff in NL East Showdown
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• This Day in Braves History: Max Fried strikes out Russell Wilson
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• Nationals history: Scherzer is almost perfect

Brad Mills-Imagn Images In this edition of the 20th anniversary series we will re-live Max Scherzer’s no-hitter When Max Scherzer signed with the Nationals for seven-years $210 million, it was seen as an overpay. However, Scherzer quickly dispelled that notion in a dominant first season. Today, we will talk about his no-hitter that somehow left a sour taste in Nationals fans mouths. The d...2025
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• The next four games could sway the direction of the NL East

Photo by Heather Barry/Getty Images The Braves appear to be peaking at the right time and the Phillies recovered from their stumble in Atlanta last week. We could be in for a very exciting series in Philadelphia this weekend. I probably sound like a broken record at this point but yeah, this is a crucial series coming up between the Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies. The Braves...2024
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• Takeaways from the Braves-Phillies series

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images Atlanta's pitching staff carried the load in this series and helped push the Braves to a crucial series win over the Phillies. The first part of this homestand for the Atlanta Braves has gotten off to a very good start, as the Braves managed to outduel the Phillies over the course of this three game series in order to gain some ground on ...2024
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• Bryce Harper reacts to Astros scandal, notes Aaron Judge losing 2017 AL MVP
Monday was another eventful day at spring training sites throughout Florida and Arizona when it came to ballplayers weighing in on the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal. To no surprise, most of the reactions from major leaguers were in the venomous and vitriolic vein. Perhaps that is partly why Bryce Harper’s measured response when asked Monday about the fallout from the Astros’ cheating ways ...2020
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• Report: Other teams speculate Bryce Harper will return to Nationals
As prized free agent outfielder Bryce Harper continues to draw out his free agency, teams across the league are reportedly expecting the star outfielder to return to the Washington Nationals. According to Andy Martino of SportsNet New York, speculation around the industry from multiple teams is that they continue to believe the 26-year-old outfielder stays in Washington D.C. Throughout the offseas...2019
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• Here's why Nats could still reunite with Harper
As the calendar flipped to 2019 and the start of Spring Training rapidly approaching, speculation has continued about a potential reunion between Bryce Harper and the Nationals....2019
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