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From: thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank)
Subject: Re:  Josh Gibson (and the Negro Leagues in general)
Reply-To: thf2@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1992 14:28:13 GMT

In article <ybmj7y+@lynx.unm.edu> cymorg@vesta.unm.edu (Tanis) writes:
>In article <1992Apr4.134650.4238@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> dxf12@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas Fowler) writes:
>>     It is true that Gibson was phenominal with the bat (he probably
>>would have had an average of .320, with about 48-50 homers in an average
>>year, and once hit a ball out of Yankee Stadium in an exhibition game).  Bill
>>Mazeroski's baseball preview in '88 (could be wrong on the year) listed Buck
>>O'Neil's all-time Negro League team.  O'Neil was a good first baseman in the
>>40s who became a National League coach (the first Black one?) and scout.
>
>	Ok, Some offensive clarification since I have stats on all of 
>the above.  Josh Gibson was a .380 - .420 hitter in the negro leagues with a
>normal .780 - .980 slugging average.  Biz Mackey was around the .350's
>or so with a lot less power....I agree that if you stuck Gibson in the majors
>at that time he woulda been 40-50 easy....he might have even challenged
>Ruth.  In 1924 in Gibson's (supposed) best year he hit 14 hr's and had
>23 rbi's in 190 at bats with a .474 average, while Biz Mackey had a .337
>average with 5 hr's in more at bats (not sure of the exact total)

How well did players who played in both the majors and the Negro Leagues
do?  Maybe we could set up some sort of MLE...

I don't see Gibson challenging Ruth on the basis of those 190 AB.  As a
catcher, he would have had less playing time, and he would have lost some
of that power playing in the larger parks of the day, plus whatever
differences in pitching (though Ruth would have lost some power not being
able to face the affirmative action white pitchers who would have been
displaced by better Negro League pitchers.)

>	Very true.  Oscar Charleston stole about the same number of bases.
>The real differenece between the two was power though, as you mentioned.
>In Oscar Charleston's Best year he did the following (according to Total
>Baseball 1991) as compared to Cool Papa Bell
>
>		    ave. ab  run  hit  2b  3b  hr  rbi  sb
>Oscar Charleston:  .445  238  31  106  21  4   20  28   15
>Cool Papa Bell:    .354  362  39  128  29  7   11  42   24

This is very curious.  You're talking a man that had 61 singles, 21
doubles, 4 triples, 15 stolen bases and an unknown number of walks,
and he only scored 11 runs that weren't off of his home runs?  (As well
as only an additional eight RBI's...)  Either
there are incomplete statistics, or the gap between the best and worst
players in the Negro Leagues is *huge*.
-- 
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From: mem@mv.mv.com (Mark E. Mallett)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: MATT YOUNG TOSSES NO-HITTER, LOSES 2-1
Date: 13 Apr 92 04:08:05 GMT
Organization: MV Communications, Inc.

In article <1992Apr13.031952.14062@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> todd@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Todd Pedlar) writes:
>In article <1992Apr13.022436.20357@mv.mv.com> mem@mv.mv.com (Mark E. Mallett) writes:
>>In article <1992Apr13.001022.29645@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> todd@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Todd Pedlar) writes:
>>>Nope.  You can lose and still get credit for the no no if you pitch the 9 
>>>innings - Hawkins' game was in Chicago, I think, so he only threw 8...
>>I understand "no no" to mean "no hits, no runs."  Is there a dialect
>>of baseball-speak in which this is not so?
>
>picky picky picky...   

Yeah, probably.

I posted the question because yours wasn't the first use of "no-no"
in this context, and because I was curious.  In fact, a local TV
report also said something like "no no-no" regarding Young's game
today.  (Not, of course, that TV reporters are any guide: they, after
all, frequently talk about "excessive rate of speed" and "driving
under the influence.")

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Date: Tuesday, 7 Apr 1992 08:15:06 EDT
From: <KJB6@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Indians Schedule

Does anyone have a copy of the Cleveland Indians schedule they could send to
me or post on the net?

I would greatly appreciated it.


Ken Bauer
Pennsylvania State University - Behrend College
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
From: reynard@susie.cs.scarolina.edu (John Reynard)
Subject: Re: Mets Romp in '92 laffer
Organization: USC  Department of Computer Science
Date:  9 Apr 92 19:23:02 GMT


I will assume this is a joke.  If not get of the drugs man.
From: sgs@milton.u.washington.edu (Steven Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Trivia answer and question (was Re: Notes on Rangers/Mariners series)
Date: 10 Apr 92 20:19:03 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

In article <4613@larry.cs.nps.navy.mil> byrnes@cs.nps.navy.mil writes:
>In article <1992Apr9.195831.24149@u.washington.edu> sgs@milton.u.washington.edu (Steven Smith) writes:
>
>>Trivia: The M's announcers last night said that Palmer has a shot at
>>becoming only the second player ever to hit home runs in each of the
>>first four games of a season.  Question: who was the first?
>
>Willie Mays, 1971. (First three against the Padres, fourth against
>the Cubs).  


This is correct.

I also looked up the answer to the other question I asked in the previous
article, which was:

	What is the record for consecutive wins against one team on the
	road?

Hint: The Rangers completed the weep of the M's last night, giving them
      11 in a row in the Kingdome going back to last year.  They could
      break the AL record this year but not the NL record.

-Steve
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From: ajr@pug.hri.com (MFHorn)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Eckersley NOT better than Fingers
Date: 13 Apr 92 20:32:53 GMT
Article-I.D.: pug.AJR.92Apr13163253
	<1992Apr13.084524.2326@ducvax.auburn.edu>
	<1992Apr13.173241.27509@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: ajr@hri.com
Distribution: na
Organization: Horizon Research, Inc.
In-reply-to: glb50263@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu's message of 13 Apr 92 17:32:41 GMT

In article <1992Apr13.173241.27509@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> glb50263@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Gary L. Blickhan) writes:
> At least Rollie Fingers has a more stylish moustache.  Remember, the 
> moustache was the symbol of the A's success of the early 70's.

Eck shoots his strikeout victims very well.  Sure, it pisses batters
off to no end, but even Ty Cobb used that (being hated) to his
advantage...

Maybe Eck can take moustache lessons from Goose..

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From: hayosh@mot.com (Tom Hayosh)
Subject: Re: Interleague-play, anyone??
Organization: Motorola, CCR&D, Schaumburg, IL
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 22:12:24 GMT

I'm opposed to interleague play.  IMO, conference championships in other
major sports do not carry the same significance that baseball's league
championships do.  I think the cause of this is interleague play.  Instead
of two collections of teams, each with a champion, other sports really
have one collection of teams and one champion.  I have no objection to
an occasional interleague exhibition game played during the season, but
I would not want it to count in the standings.

Tom Hayosh    hayosh@mot.com
Go Tigers!
From: gaa28535@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Gary Abramson)
Subject: Re: Clark, Thigpen, Palmeiro?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 02:12:59 GMT

ky0l+@andrew.cmu.edu (King-Han Yao) writes:


>John Miller, on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball game mentioned that
>Palmeiro played with Clark in college (Mississippi State, I think).  

>Did Bobby Thigpen play on that same team?

>I remember a couple years ago someone mentioning on that college team,
>Will Clark batted third, Thigpen fourth, and Palmeiro fifth.

>Is that true?  or am I just imagining things?

You are correct. Bobby played the outfield.

gary abramson
swish@uiuc.edu
From: keane@giants.zko.dec.com (Brian Keane)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Yankees TV Coverage
Date: 14 Apr 92 13:10:42 GMT
Reply-To: keane@giants.zko.dec.com (Brian Keane)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <1992Apr13.143830.26955@cs.brown.edu>, caw@cs.brown.edu (Christopher A. Wood) writes:

|>Does anybody know if the WPIX's deal with the Yankees has changed since
|>last year?  I don't have the whole season's TV schedule, but so far, I
|>don't think Ch. 11 has done any games (except maybe opening day), and I
|>noticed that this week's schedule includes only one game on Ch. 11 and
|>the rest (6) on MSG.  This concerns me since I can get Ch. 11 here but
|>not MSG.  What's the deal?
|>
|>-- Chris
|>

I don't believe the deal has changed, though I haven't seen a
full season schedule yet.  I've seen two games on PIX so far
(thurs 4/9 vs Boston and Fri 4/10 vs Detroit).

They are on tonight (Tues 4/14) against Toronto.

Brian
Nashua, NH
keane@giants.zko.dec.com
From: rl24@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Robert Lamoureux)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: A status request
Date: 14 Apr 92 13:44:25 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Columbia University

Although I no longer read this newsgroup with any regularity, I hope 
some of you can forward me a little info via e-mail.  Three brief Q's:

1. What is Mark Langston's status?  Last I heard, he left his last start
   early with a "strained left hip," or something.  Is he DL'd, or will
   he be?  If not, will he miss a start?

2. Has LaSorda benched Kal Daniels permanently, or is Daniels hurting
   somehow?  (Or did Tommy just want to check out Benzinger and Karros
   this weekend?

3. Any word yet on what Otis Nixon's status will be with the Braves when
   his suspension is completed?  I know the original plan was to play 
   Deion for a few weeks, then give it back to Otis upon his return;
   however, with Prime Time playing so well (and being about 25 years
   younger than Otis), I'm starting to wonder if he'll ever play as a
   regular again.  Is he destined for the bench when he comes back?  Or
   haven't they decided yet?

Thanks in advance,

Rob (rl24@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu)
From: dtate@unix.cis.pitt.edu (David M Tate)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Sierra and Clemente
Date: 7 Apr 92 13:19:54 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

In article <34986@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> g_waugaman@nac.enet.dec.com (Glenn R. Waugaman) writes:
>
>Am I correct in assuming that the *main* reason Clemente falls short in
>your comparison with Sierra is that he was a free swinger whose OBP
>doesn't measure up to what one might expect from a player with such a high 
>batting average?  I can't argue with that, but I do think some allowances 
>should be made for Clemente in the power department because of the park 
>he played in, Forbes Field.  

This is a good point.  If you check the Thorn and Palmer normalized OPS
numbers (their "PRO+") for Clemente, he starts looking much much better.
His best years were ~170% league average, which he did twice.  Sierra's best
so far is '89, at ~150% league average.  On the other hand, Sierra has been
clearly better in his career so far than Clemente was at the same ages.

The big difference is not so much OBP as power, as you say.  Clemente didn't
walk much, but anybody hitting .350 will have an acceptable (and sometimes
outstanding) OBP...  Clemente's OBP also improved steadily.  Sierra's has
quite a ways to go.


-- 
          David M. Tate            |"The man who hath no music in himself
     dtate@unix.cis.pitt.edu       | Nor is not moved by concord of sweet sound
  A poem should be dumb, / As old  | Is fit for treason, stratagems, and spoils
 medallions to the thumb.-MacLeish | 	Shakespeare, "Merchant of Venice", A.V
From: kettler@mitme5.mit.edu (KETTLER, THOMAS R.)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Sierra and Clemente
Date: 7 Apr 92 01:14:00 GMT
Organization: MIT Lab for Nuclear Science
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1

In article <204487@unix.cis.pitt.edu>, dtate@unix.cis.pitt.edu (David M Tate)      writes...
> 
 (Some of the post deleted)
>What do I mean by that?  Simply this: Sierra has already had three offensive
>seasons better than Clemente's second-best year.  Sierra is 26 this year; 
>Clemente had his 'breakthrough' year at age 26, and all his best seasons came
>later.  There is no reason to believe that Sierra, this year, will have an
>offensive season better than any Clemente ever had.  Sierra's Brock2 projection
>shows him beating Clemente's career totals in everything except triples and
>batting average.  Sierra's established level of ability at 26 is as good as
>Clemente's established level of ability at 28.  Sierra is just plain a better
>offensive player.
> 
>(BTW, this is tantamount to heresy here in Pittsburgh.  I'd be tarred and
> feathered and "rode outta town onna rail" if I were to say things like this
> aloud at Three Rivers...)
> 
>Comments?  Objections?
> 
> 
>-- 
>           David M. Tate           |"The man who hath no music in himself
>      dtate@unix.cis.pitt.edu      | Nor is not moved by concord of sweet sound
>   Poetry is the synthesis of      | Is fit for treason, stratagems, and spoils
>hyacinths  and biscuits. -Sandburg | 	Shakespeare, "Merchant of Venice", A.V
Okay, I will give my objection. Clemente first was stuck at Brooklyn's minor 
league team in Montreal for a while since Brooklyn already had four black 
players when he signed with them. While there, the manager would only leave 
Clemente in when he played so-so but took him out when Clemente had an 
exceptional game so the scouts of the opposing teams would not know how good he
was.

Furthermore, had he not died in that plane crash in 1972 while bringing food to
hurricane victims in Nicaragua, he could have easily played a few more seasons 
and would have definately ended his career with over 3500 hits.

If someone disagrees, flame mail can be sent to kettler@pierre.mit.edu.

					Sincerely yours,

					Thomas R. Kettler "Expos Fanatic"
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
From: jeff344@voodoo.lerc.nasa.gov (Jeff Berton)
Subject: Re: Biased announcers
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 21:41:03 GMT

In article <1992Apr9.164723.1053@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> maverik@nighthawk.lerc.nasa.gov (Bill Haller) writes:
>
>I agree totally with Gary about Ken Harrelson!! He makes me want to turn
>the sound down.  Tom Pacierok is not nearly as bad.  I know many White Sox
>fans will disagree.  I don't think I would mind quite as much if made his 
>"grab some bench" comment every time a White Sox player struck out.
>
Who wants to listen to dull announcers when you can get cliche play-by-play?
Fer crissake, I've caught fish that are smarter'n you!

--------- Jeff Berton;  jeff344@voodoo.lerc.nasa.gov;  (216) 977-7031 --------
---------- Aeropropulsion Analysis Office, NASA Lewis Research Center --------
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From: ALWHC@CUNYVM.BITNET
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: If they played today would they be so great?
Date: 6 Apr 92 19:42:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: CUNYVM.92097.154214ALWHC
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center

There is a lot of talk about how today's athlete is better conditioned than
athletes who played before. There has also been a lot of talk about how the
former baseball stars such as Mays, Mantle, Gehrig, Williams, etc. etc. played
in different "eras" and their stats are relative to the era that they played i

in, that is why we no longer have .400 hitters, Triple Crown winners etc.
because the game has changed. Is this to say that if a Mantle or a Mays played
today the numbers they put up would mirror a Canseco or a Puckett, or someone
like Eric Davis would have put up #s like Willie Mays had he played in that
era?Would George Brett or Don Mattingly have hit .400 if they played then?
The questions could go on and on.Opinions are welcome, this is ,after all
a discussion group.

Regards;
Al
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From: lsmith@cs.umn.edu (Lance "Cogsworth" Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Mets Romp in '92 laffer
Date: 12 Apr 92 02:12:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Apr12.021252.8913
Distribution: na
Organization: The Little Idiots of the Poor


Anyone catch the latest edition of This Week in Baseball? One segment has
some of the returning Mets trying to remember last year's starting line up.
Lots of errs. (The one they seem to have the most problem with was Tommy
Herr.) 

Anyway at one point one of the players says something along the lines of:

      "Third base? Did we have a third baseman last year?" 

Well, I thought it was pretty funny...

(The down side was seeing a new edition of TWIB made me expect a Saturday
 broadcast of a baseball game. Instead I got professional skating and the
 rain delayed Masters. Thank you, O' might eye! At least they're promising
 a game next week.)
-- 
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   (lsmith@cs.umn.edu)   | This turf of dynasty, this dugout of Kirby,
   The Cat That Walked   | This other Nicholet, major league paradise,
        By Himself       | This dome built by Minnesota for herself"   Kelly II
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Subject: Re: Where's Kevin Tapani?
From: kvigen@morita.gac.edu (Karl K Vigen)
Date: 14 Apr 92 13:44:08 -0600

In article <1992Apr14.085647.4363@hemlock.cray.com>  writes:
> 
> In article <167C5DBDD.CAVGEOE@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu>,  
CAVGEOE@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu writes:
> > In article <1992Apr10.050445.5105@news2.cis.umn.edu>
> > ewk@seasnake.micro.umn.edu (Eric Kimmel) writes:
> > >
> > >He's starting the HOME opener tomorrow night...and I'm going!  He's  
started
> > >the home opener the last 2 years.  Tom Kelly isn't one to worry about  
who
> > >is the #1, #2 or #3 pitcher.  They're part of the team, not  
individuals.
> >  
> > Isn't this screwing around with your rotation for the home opener bad
> > strategy?  I mean, why give more starts to a worse pitcher?  A #4
> > starter has less chance to get extra starts in than a #3.
> 
> Tapani will start Wed (in Mil) on his normal 4 days rest.
> Krueger will start Thurs (v Chi) on 7 days rest.  (Putting Tap
> in the #3 spot and Krueger #4).
> 
> Given that both Tap and Krueger pitched well in their starts (both
> Twins wins), the strategy seems to be working so far.
> 

With the Twins, you can't really distinguish Tap as a whole lot better  
than Krueger.  I think he is, but for the Twins, it really doesn't matter  
which order the 1-4 ptichers pitch.  (This also means he pitches the first  
game in Chicago on Fri, I think.  Good thinking, TK)
From: v083qpkr@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Jeffrey C Toth)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Bobby Bonilla
Date: 7 Apr 92 22:19:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

You know, everyone keeps talking about Bobby Bonilla, and how he is supposed to
save the Mets this year and how he was a stupid get for the Mets.  Well, I
think he was a needed change for the Mets.  The problem with the entire
organization is that all of them are individual minded.  Even in '86 they were
more individual minded but luckily had the talent to win.  

Bonilla is here to help the club and so far he has.  I know one game doesn't
make it a smart buy for the Mets.  What they need is to shake up the
organization and start to put the team ahead of the individual and that is what
they are doing with there off-season acquisitions.

Jeff
From: steele@athena.cs.uga.edu (Frank Steele)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Deion "Coarse Grit Power" Sanders
Date: 15 Apr 92 20:07:36 GMT
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

Braves note:

Deion Sanders, who is following up a hot spring training with a sizzling
April, has told Atlanta press that he wants to be a "full-time baseball
player." Sanders is, of course, an All-Pro cornerback with the Atlanta
Falcons during the off-season. Unfortunately for "Prime Time," he still
has a year on his contract with the Falcons....

By the way, Deion had ANOTHER triple today, and hit his first-ever home run
against a left-hander (Chris Hammond) to lead off the Braves' 3-1 loss to
the Reds. He now is near the NL lead in about 7 different categories, including
SLG, BA, OBP, and a few others....I keep expecting the law of averages to take 
over, but, so far, nothing.....

Frank
steele@athena.cs.uga.edu
From: raczka@vela.acs.oakland.edu (christopher raczka)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Season opening highlights
Date: 6 Apr 92 22:17:30 GMT
Reply-To: raczka@vela.acs.oakland.edu (christopher raczka)
Distribution: world
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI

Just had to watch opening day coverage on ESPN
well, the Blue Jays behind Jack Morris shutdown Detroit

I did catch the FRIST homeruns this year ...

In the NL, Fred McGriff (Padres) slammed one
and in the AL it was Kirby Puckett

The games aren't over yet today, but so far the PLAY OF THE DAY
has to be Cory Snyders catch robbing Socisca of a Home run in LA

chris
-- 
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From: dxf12@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas Fowler)
Subject: Re: Quick Series trivia question
Reply-To: dxf12@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas Fowler)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 20:09:44 GMT


In a previous article, s5170748@deimos.ucc.umass.edu (THAN LEE) says:

>
>  Who were the only brothers to hit homeruns in the same World Series game?
> Names and teams, please.  And (for bonus points) the year.

   Well, I think only one Waner was in Pittsburgh in'27; what about Larry
and Norm Sherry of the Dodgers in '59?  After all, Larry won MVP of
that Series.
-- 
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Real home: Canton, Ohio             :  finer than the last."--Charles Dickens
 Trying to follow in the path of our :     "A baby is an inestimable
Lord;anything close will be a success:  blessing and bother."--Mark Twain
From: s5170748@deimos.ucc.umass.edu (THAN LEE)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: baseball quiz #1
Date: 17 Apr 92 19:52:00 GMT
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <gdvhqpW00VIDIAsGQm@andrew.cmu.edu>, Scott Michael White <sw36+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes...
>BASEBALL QUIZ #1
> 
>1.    WHO IS THE ONLY PLAYER TO HAVE PLAYED 500 GAMES FOR A TEAM IN EACH
>DIVISION?

    Hmmm...Joe Carter and Jack Clark each qualify for THREE divisions, but...

>2.     WHO WAS THE 1983 AMERICAN LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR?

    Cal Ripken, Jr.

>3.      WHO PLAYED THE LONGEST TIME (MOST YEARS) IN A METS UNIFORM?

    Jerry Koosman

>4.       WHAT TEAM HAD THE BEST NATIONAL LEAGUE  REGULAR SEASON WINNING
>PERCENTAGE IN 1981?

    Cincinnati Reds

>5.       NAME 4 PLAYERS THAT HAVE BEEN ROOKIE OF THE YEAR UNDER MANAGER
>TONY LA RUSSA.

    Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire, Walt Weiss, and ??? Ozzie Guillen.

Than Lee
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