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• Dan Petry Tackles a Challenging Career Quiz

The Detroit Tigers pitcher-turned-broadcaster looks back at batters he faced, including George Brett, whom he cited often....2026
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• The kings of the '80s

More than five years ago, I wrote a post titled "The Kings of the '70s" in which I determined which players had their own Topps cards for every year of the 1970s -- 1970 through 1979. I've wanted to do the same for the 1980s ever since I wrote that post. I realized doing the '70s post that while I adore that decade as the one in which I discovered baseball and I have great fondnes...2026
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• Tops for each team

A Pirates account on Bluesky recently featured the Pirates player for which he had the most cards and then put out the question (I'm paraphrasing), "which Pirates player has the most cards in your collection?" My favorite team isn't the Pirates, so I could only guess. My first thought was Dave Parker, but I knew that wasn't right because he also appeared with the Reds on many junk...2026
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• Obsessive comparing with the king

In my continuing quest to plug the gaps as far as any baseball card set issued during my youth, I recently landed the 1980 Burger King Pitch, Hit & Run set. Like the Burger King team sets of the late 1970s/1980, this set's design was produced by Topps and used the flagship design from the year of issue. As a youngster, I was well-aware of the Burger King team sets, but I don't recall kn...2026
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• Outside The Confines: The trade season is underway

Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images Arizona deals first baseman Josh Naylor to Seattle, and they’re not done yet. Other players who might get dealt this week. It’s Hall of Fame induction weekend. Good morning. Trade season is open. The Diamondbacks traded first baseman Josh Naylor to the Mariners for two pitching prospects, left-hander Brandyn Garcia and right-hander Ashton Izzi. Daniel K...2025
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• Will Salvy break George Brett’s Royals career home run record?

Salvy smash. | Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The record has stood since 1993. When George Brett retired in 1993, he did so with 317 career home runs, all of them coming in a Royals uniform. Brett was not the last of a dying breed—there have been other players, and some active ones, who have played their entire careers for just one organization, but it’s getting rarer. One of those players...2025
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• Let’s get three

Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images Royals turning the triple I’ve always been fascinated with arcane occurrences that regularly pop up in major league baseball. Halter top day remains at the top of the list. Hitting for the cycle has always been a favorite of mine. Sluggger hitting an unwitting fan with a hot dog? That works. No-hitters are always fun, though I’m not sure we’ll ever see an...2025
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for June 14, 2025

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Happy Birthday, Bobby Witt Jr.! Jonathan India exited last night’s game after he appeared to injure his shoulder. David Lesky is running out of things to say about the lack of hitting. I have nothing to say about this offense. Something has to change, but I’m just not sure it will. As I said yesterday, the biggest hope right now is to get to a point when o...2025
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• Father’s Day

It’s different this year. Father’s Day can be a lot of things. Maybe you’ll have a cookout and share some beers and laughs. Maybe you’ll take the boat to the lake and take a spin. If you’re a first-time father, congratulations! There is nothing better in the world. This will be a sad Father’s Day for us as it’ll be our first without our father. After several years of health issues, he passed away...2025
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• Record-breaking Bobby

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Front row seat to history Has there ever been better back-to-back draft selections than George Brett and Mike Schmidt? Brett and Schmidt were selected back-to-back in the second round of the 1971 MLB draft, with picks number 29 and 30. To show how unpredictable the draft (and scouting) is, in the first round Kansas City took pitcher Ro...2025
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• The Best of Bo

The mid to late 1980s were an unusual time in baseball with the arrival of two-sport stars Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders. I’ve read a few things recently stating that Brian Jordan should be considered the best two-sport star of that era, and while I’ll be the first to say that Brian Jordan’s baseball career – 1,456 games, 184 home runs, 821 RBI, career batting average of .282 and almost 33 WAR – is...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 1, 2025

Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images Happy May Day to all. Noah Cameron’s family was on hand for his spectacular MLB debut in last night’s win: Cameron’s dad, Tracy, is from Pattonsburg, Mo., a small town off Interstate 35 northwest of St. Joseph. His mom, Diane, is from St. Joseph. They’ve been Royals fans for “forever,” Diane said, and raised all five of their kids to be, too. Noah is their young...2025
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• Royals fans, let us enjoy the ride in 2025

Ragans deals. | Brad Penner-Imagn Images Each time I find myself flat on my face, I pick myself up and get back in the race Welcome to 2025, Royals fans, the first time since—what?—2016 that there are high expectations for our beloved franchise. That’s the blessing and curse of winning baseball: itt leads you to believe that more winning baseball is on the horizon. And it very well might b...2025
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• Royals Review Roundtable: The 2025 season

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals walks to the on-deck circle | Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images Time to figure out which of the RR writers has the juice! Last year, the Royals went to the playoffs for the first time in almost a decade. This year, they have an opportunity to advance past the Division Round for the first time in a decade. The offseason wasn’t nearly as busy...2025
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• MLB The Show 25 review - It’s good!

Elly De La Cruz #44 of the Cincinnati Reds applies the late tag as Gunnar Henderson #2 of the Baltimore Orioles slides safely into third base | Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images There are multiple fan-requested upgrades to drastically improve the experience in Sony San Diego studio’s annual release. Listen, I was always going to buy this game. I was always going to buy the Digital Deluxe vers...2025
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• Snap me perfect: The Darrell Porter story

The catcher’s autobiography reveals the demons that haunted him. Note: This article deals with drug abuse and suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling with drug or alcohol addiction, please reach out for help. You’re not alone and it’s never too late. Pick up the phone and call the National Drug Helpline at 844-289-0879 or the 24/7 National Drug Addiction Hotline at 855-970-1593. The Roya...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 1, 2025

Photo by Agit Erdi Ulukaya/Anadolu via Getty Images New year, same ol’ quiet offseason Welcome to the new year! Here is the Kansas City Royals news you need today. MLB.com’s Anne Rogers names pitch Noah Cameron as the Kansas City Royals prospect to watch heading into 2025. Cameron, the Royals’ No. 12 prospect, might have made his MLB debut last year if the Royals weren’t making a postseaso...2025
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• Royals trade partner history: The Angels

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Once rivals, the Royals have gotten the better end of the deals. This is a series that looks back at their trade history with each team in baseball. So far, we have looked back at trades with the Braves, Cubs, Diamondbacks, Orioles, and White Sox. Today we look at the history of deals with the California/Los Angeles/Anaheim. Total number of Royals/Angels...2024
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• Brouhaha City

The best of the worst If you’ve been watching the playoffs this season, and I’m sure you have, you’ve heard about the brouhaha that erupted after Game Two of the Braves-Phillies series, triggered by a somewhat innocuous bit of trash talking by the Braves Orlando Arcia after the game. First off, I just wanted to use the word “brouhaha” in a story. Brouhaha seems to be a word that belongs to basebal...2023
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" George Brett Here, the Burger King shot shifts Brett up a little bit."

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"This achievement pushed Salvy past George Brett for the club record for most multi-homer games in Royals history."

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"With a single, triple, and home run, he was just a double shy of becoming the first Royals player since George Brett in 1990 to hit for the cycle."

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"The only player in Royals history with more All-Star selections is George Brett with 13."

2020
"On July 24, 1983, George Brett hit a go-ahead homer at Yankee Stadium, but then went bananas when it was (temporarily) disallowed."

2019
"This year’s panel consisted of, as always, a mixture of former players, executives, owners, journalists, and historians — Sandy Alderson, George Brett, Rod Carew, Bill Center, Dave Dombrowski, Dennis Eckersley, David Glass, Steve Hirdt, Walt Jocketty, Doug Melvin, Eddie Murray, Jack O’Connell, Tracy Ringolsby, Terry Ryan, Ozzie Smith and Robin Yount."

2018
"Probably the best player in franchise history, George Brett, is obviously included in this."

2017
"Hall of Famer George Brett and 17 other former All-Stars will be among 54 baseball dignitaries representing the 30 Major League clubs at MLB Network's Studio 42 when the three-day MLB Draft gets underway on June 12."

2016
"Kansas City Royals legend George Brett will be the grand marshal at Kansas Speedway in May."

2015
"Mays was one, and Ted Williams, Roberto Clemente, George Brett and Ernie Banks are also on the list."

2014
"Earlier this year, Lorde received a Royals jersey from Kansas City legend George Brett: Who knows if the radio stations will decide to extend the ban should the Royals win the World Series."

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• Will Salvy break George Brett’s Royals career home run record?
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• All-Star week potpourri

All the things you need to know With the All-Star break upon us, summer in full swing and the Royals hopefully heating up, I figure it’s a good time to hash together some smaller stories. There have been a lot of similarities between the 2025 version of the Royals to the 1985 squad. After 84 games, the 1985 team stood at 42-42. They played .500 ball much of the first-half before heating up and e...2025
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• Let’s get three
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• Bobby Bonilla’s Mets contract is the gift that keeps on giving

Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images Deferred contracts are not new for Major League Baseball but Bobby Bonilla’s stands out above the rest. Every July 1, Bobby Bonilla cashes a check for $1,193,248.20 from the New York Mets, a team he has not suited up for since the Clinton administration. It has become known as ‘Bobby Bonilla Day,’ a tongue-in-cheek holiday celebrating the American dr...2025
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• What to make of Jac Caglianone’s slow start

Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Guys... He will be fine Royals fans' dreams came true Sunday night when a report came out that Jac Caglianone was being called up to the major league team. “LumberJac” was the best prospect the Royals have had since calling up superstar Bobby Witt Jr in 2022. He made his heavily anticipated debut on Tuesday and finished his first series as a major leag...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves set a new National League record with a homer in 25 straight games

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1942 - Jim Tobin has a huge day as he throws a five-hitter and slugs three consecutive home runs in a 6-5 win over the Cubs at Braves Field. Tobin is the first pitcher in modern history to collect three home runs in a game. 1998 - Ryan Klesko hits a two-run home run against the Cardinals to help the Braves set a new National Le...2025
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• What to make of Jac Caglianone’s slow start
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• Bobby Witt Jr. is on track to do something no Royals player has done in nearly 50 years

Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. (7) hits a single during the third inning against the Chicago White Sox at Kauffman Stadium. | Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images So many hits Hitting a baseball is arguably the hardest thing to do in professional sports, which is why a hit itself is perhaps the most iconic part about baseball. There’s just some inherent aesthetic beauty to a line driv...2025
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• When will we see another Royals player hit for the cycle?

SetNumber: X32250 TK6 The Royals have the longest drought in baseball. With the season still early, and the offense sputtering like an old car, I’ve been looking at more arcane offensive outputs. Specifically, when will another Royals player hit for the cycle? The Royals currently have the longest no-cycle drought in Major League Baseball. The last Royals hitter to hit for the cycle was G...2025
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• MVP debates

Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images How’d that guy win? One of the beauties of today’s advanced baseball stats is it gives nerds like me a chance to go back in time and argue about how badly baseball writers mangled MVP and Cy Young votes in years past. I’ve always been in favor of making ballots public, if for no other reason than to shame homerism for undeserving candidates. Whether tha...2025
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• Vinnie Pasquantino should unleash his inner Billy Butler

Vinnie Pasquantino #9 of the Kansas City Royals hits an RBI double in the first inning against the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium on April 07, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Embrace the double There’s nothing quite as iconic as a big dude stepping up to the plate and whacking a baseball over the fence by swinging a bat very, very hard. Smaller players ...2025
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• Royals fans, let us enjoy the ride in 2025
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• Royals Review Roundtable: The 2025 season
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• Father’s Day
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• The Best of Bo
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 1, 2025
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• Who’s next to 3,000 hits?

Jose Altuve #27 of the Houston Astros hits a single against the Washington Nationals during the second inning of a spring training game at CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches on March 02, 2025 in West Palm Beach, Florida. | Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images And could it be...Bob? Nothing in sports is as quintessential as a hit in baseball. The windup, the release, the swing of the lumber, the c...2025
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• Snap me perfect: The Darrell Porter story
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• It's easier to reach the top

Today is the fifth anniversary of the Dodgers' trade with the Red Sox in which the Dodgers gained Mookie Betts for a bag of beans. It's not a coincidence that at around the same time, Betts moved into the top 10 in terms of the number of cards in my collection. Two World Series wins with one of MLB's flagship teams and being a hell of a bowler will do tat. He's now at No. 10, according...2025
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• A tribute to Morganna the Kissing Bandit

Photo by Dale Brazao/Toronto Star via Getty Images The kissing bandit of baseball Okay, you asked for it and I’ll deliver it. Specifically, Karldared asked for it, but you’re all still getting it. Karl asked me if I’d write a remembrance about Morganna the Kissing Bandit. I thought I had covered this ample territory in an earlier story, but a quick Google check shows it was just a figment ...2025
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• MLB Network Presents: Brett (2024) - Does it hold up?

Kansas City Royals (5) third baseman George Brett in action against the Detroit Tigers at Tiger Stadium during the 1976 season. | Malcolm Emmons-Imagn Images The only Royal Hall of Famer got the documentary treatment for MLB Network at the beginning of the year. Did they handle their subject with grace? Back in January 2024, MLB Network announced that the next MLB Network Presents would be...2024
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• San Francisco Radio Stations Ban Lorde's 'Royals' During 2014 World Series
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• Mike Trout's All-Star Legend Explodes with Career Cycle, Back-to-Back MVPs
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• Royals Advance to 2015 World Series: Celebration Highlights and Twitter Reaction
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• Reggie Jackson Denies Pushing Fan Seeking Autograph at Restaurant
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• MLB Hall of Famer George Brett named grand marshal for Kansas Speedway
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• Salvador Perez named to eighth All-Star Game
Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images Salvy will be the lone Royals representative in Seattle. Selections for the 2023 All-Star Game in Seattle were announced on Sunday, with Royals catcher Salvador Perez earning his eighth selection to the Midsummer Classic. Salvy is hitting .253/.288/.454 and leads all MLB catchers with 15 home runs. The only player in Royals history with mor...2023
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• George Brett on poor projections for Royals: Stats don't measure brain or heart
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• Hall of Famer George Brett on Pine Tar Game, 40 years later

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• Sports card collecting won’t die as long as there’s community, nostalgia, and the thrill of discovery

Friendship and Fun in the Shadow of Money: The National Card Show Comes to the Cleveland. There are thousands of boxes like this sitting on tables on the convention floor. Thousands of boxes that contain thousands of cards, two images on two sides of a piece of cardboard, slipped into a little plastic sleeve, labeled with a price, sitting. A man, one of tens of thousands of people who will be in ...2024
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• Field of Dreams at 35

They’re still coming This summer marked the 35th anniversary of the release of the movie Field of Dreams. We moved to Iowa 35 years ago July and after my dad and I unloaded the U-Haul, I asked him if he wanted to go see this movie that was getting some buzz in the press. Field of Dreams was the last movie we went to together and will probably remain so, given my dad’s age and health. Fitting, as h...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 22, 2023

Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports Nellie is mashing. Jaylon Thompson talks to hitting coach Alec Zumwalt about Nelson Velázquez’s improvement. “We were in Seattle and he first mentioned to us about his hands, where he wanted his hands to be at, and it was based off of what he was watching (from) Bobby,” Zumwalt said. “How Bobby anchors his hands so well. And then literally even yesterday in BP...2023
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• NFL Week 7 Picks: Cowboys Are Surging, but Broncos Are Leading the Polls
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• Salvador Perez, Bobby Witt Jr. hit home runs in 6-1 win to break losing streak

Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez (13) gestures while rounding the bases on his two-run home run against the Texas Rangers during the first inning at Globe Life Field. | Jim Cowsert-Imagn Images And two HRs for Salvy! The Kansas City Royals jumped out to an immediate three-run lead against the Texas Rangers, and while it turns out that is all they would need, Kansas City scored thr...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Braves set a new National League record with a homer in 25 straight games
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• Turkey Time Trivia

Photo by Bruce Bennett Studios via Getty Images Studios/Getty Images Take a break from football Tired of watching football and eating turkey? I’m not yet, but I’m getting there. While were waiting for the hot stove to heat up, here is another round of obscure baseball trivia. General Baseball Trivia There are only three players since 1900 who have hit a home run, stolen a base and thro...2024
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• Yankees vs. Royals: Resuming a historical Rivalry

Sometimes it’s heaven, sometimes it’s hell With the Royals and Yankees squaring off in the playoffs for the first time since 1980 (how is that possible??) I thought it might be fun to take a walk down memory lane. Depending on your age, it could be traumatic. The first time the two teams met was in the 1976 Championship Series. The Royals, in only their eighth season, held off the Oakland A’s for...2024
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• Royals trade partner history: The Angels
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• Cedric Tallis belongs in the Royals Hall of Fame

Time to right a wrong Last year I made a vow to write an annual story about why the Royals’ first General Manager, Cedric Tallis, should be in the Royals Hall of Fame. Like it or not, it’s that time of year. Many of us have speculated as to why Tallis has been snubbed. His credentials are far too impressive for just a plain oversight, so there must be another underlying reason. The most common the...2024
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• Cold Stove thoughts

76 days until spring training There’s not a lot going on in the world of baseball during the post-Thanksgiving week. A few minor trades and signings and a lot of speculation on where several Japanese stars may sign. I thought it would be a good time to enjoy the resurgence of the Detroit Lions before they imploded against the Packers, and to fret about the Chiefs pass dropping woes. I might also m...2023
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• Hail, Hail, the Great Imposter
The story of Barry Bremen. Every once in a while, you stumble onto a sports story that happened years ago that almost defies belief in our current age. The story of Barry Bremen is one of those stories. Even though I was alive and a huge sports fan during Bremen’s 15 minutes, I hadn’t heard about him until a few weeks ago. How is that possible? It wasn’t like the guy was some kind of secret. At v...2023
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