Bleed Cubbie Blue - Cubs vs. Giants Sunday 6/6 game threadsA Chicago Cubs Fan Community Since February 9, 2005https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47557/cubbieblue.png2021-06-07T08:30:00-05:00http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/rss/stream/222853442021-06-07T08:30:00-05:002021-06-07T08:30:00-05:002021 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 59
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<p>Cubs salvage a win in San Francisco</p> <p id="zvNb4o">Somehow, some way, we’ve entered the Patrick Wisdom Show. I didn’t even know such a thing could possibly exist. With all due respect to Patrick, if you weren’t his mother or maybe that one Little League coach who always sees the best in a young player, you could have expected what has happened with Wisdom this year with the <a href="https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/">Cubs</a>. It goes beyond his four homers in 88 plate major league plate appearances prior to 2021. Sure, Patrick did have two minor league seasons in which he slugged 31 homers (each). But he had over 950 plate appearances across those two seasons. He has seven homers in 36 plate appearances this season. Just keeping the math simple, even a 360 plate appearance season would be a 70 homer pace. </p>
<p id="QPR7tE">We’ve seen these things happen in recent years with different teams and different players. It’s fun to be seeing it up close. I couldn’t be happier for a guy in his age-29 season, getting the longest look he’s ever gotten at the major league level. His previous high in major league plate appearances is 58. It’s hard to imagine he’ll blow right past that this year, even as this team starts to get healthy. With a barrage of Cubs injuries, he’s getting a chance. He’s doing everything possible with that chance. </p>
<p id="0VG5il">Wisdom and his two homers were clearly the top story of this Sunday afternoon game. But, we shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that Kyle Hendricks won his fifth straight start. He continues to not dominate the way we’ve seen him do so in the past. But it’s not like the Cubs are battering their opponents into submission right now. The games are generally low-scoring and close and Kyle has won five of them in a row. I understand why people don’t love the win stat, but it is rarely a fluke when a guy wins five in a row. There are some positive things starting to happen here. </p>
<p id="GPqQYk">The Cubs left San Francisco still occupying first place. If they can do that in San Diego, that’ll be a pretty big accomplishment. It’s early to be worrying about the standings, but you certainly don’t hate being on the right side of the ledger. </p>
<p id="yKsBGw">Before we can move on to San Diego, we have to wrap up San Francisco, so let’s go to the numbers. As you’ll recall, the Heroes and Goats are determined by WPA (Win Probability Added) and are not in any way subjective. Many days WPA will not tell the story of what happened, but often it can give at least a glimpse to who rose to the occasion in a high-leverage moment or who didn’t get the job done in that moment. And now, let’s get to the results.</p>
<p id="y9qIHx"><strong>Game 59, June 6: </strong>Cubs 4 at Giants 3 (33-26)</p>
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<p id="HRO2vm"><strong>THREE HEROES:</strong></p>
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<strong>Superhero: </strong>Patrick Wisdom (.227). 2-4, 2HR (6,7), 3RBI, 2R, 2K</li>
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<strong>Hero: </strong>Craig Kimbrel (.187). IP (3 batters faced), 0H, 0BB, 0R, 2K (Sv 14)</li>
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<strong>Sidekick: </strong>Andrew Chafin (.135). IP (3 batters faced), H, 0BB, 0R, 0K</li>
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<p id="U67Bmd"><strong>THREE GOATS:</strong></p>
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<strong>Billy Goat: </strong>Jason Heyward (-.142). 0-4, K</li>
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<strong>Goat: </strong>Kris Bryant (-.078). 0-4, 2K</li>
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<strong>Kid: </strong>PJ Higgins (-.069). 0-4, 2K</li>
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<p id="Ag4Wte"><strong>WPA Play of the Game: </strong>With two outs and a runner on second in the fourth inning, Patrick Wisdom batted against Johnny Cueto. The Giants were leading 3-1. Wisdom hit the second of his two homers on the day and tied the game. (.217)</p>
<p id="FRKQrM">*Giants Play of the Game: LaMonte Wade Jr. hit a solo homer leading off the game. (.105)</p>
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<p id="iEHBBR"><strong>Up Next: </strong>The Cubs’ West Coast trip moves to San Diego for three games with the Padres. Adbert Alzolay is scheduled to start the opener for the Cubs. Alzolay allowed one run in five innings last week at Wrigley Field against the Padres. Ryan Weathers starts for the Padres. The Cubs scored four runs in five innings against him last week. However, Weathers has only allowed four total runs across four starts in San Diego. </p>
https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2021/6/7/22522074/2021-cubs-heroes-and-goats-game-59Thomas Smith2021-06-06T18:15:00-05:002021-06-06T18:15:00-05:00Cubs 4, Giants 3: Unconventional Wisdom
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<p>The Cubs third baseman had himself an afternoon.</p> <p id="mxqVX8">I have to say this, and please forgive me...</p>
<p id="W6zbHY">Patrick Wisdom: You are <em><strong>ridiculous!</strong></em></p>
<p id="EIZr2e">The player who was discarded by the Cardinals and two other teams smashed two home runs Sunday, leading the Cubs to <a href="https://www.mlb.com/gameday/cubs-vs-giants/2021/06/06/633869">a 4-3 win over the Giants</a>, salvaging the final game of the four-game series in San Francisco.</p>
<p id="B9iHX8">I’ll get to all the good stuff about Wisdom in a moment, but now let’s rewind to the beginning of this game. It didn’t start out well — Kyle Hendricks got touched up for a pair of runs in the first inning, one of them a home run by LaMonte Wade Jr. on the first pitch Kyle threw.</p>
<p id="wTKvLh">The Cubs got one of those runs back in the second inning, <a href="https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2021/2021-06/06/b875f16f-40655448-550479f9-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4">courtesy of Wisdom [VIDEO]</a>.</p>
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<p id="SU7PfI">That baseball went a long way:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cubs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cubs</a> 1 @ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SFGiants?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SFGiants</a> 2 [T2-1o]:<br><br>Patrick Wisdom homers (6): fly ball to CF (solo)<br><br>Hit: 412ft, 105.6mph, 28° <br><br>Pitch: 93.2mph Four-Seam Fastball (RHP Johnny Cueto, 3)</p>— Home Run Tracker (@DingerTracker) <a href="https://twitter.com/DingerTracker/status/1401638272430977025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2021</a>
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<p id="iWmBOc">The Giants put a third run on the board off Hendricks in the bottom of the second to make it 3-1. But after that Kyle settled down and remained in the game until there was one out in the seventh inning, helped out in part by <a href="https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2021/2021-06/06/07f0372b-e1d84a1a-fdc6ae9e-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4">this nice defensive play by Ian Happ [VIDEO]</a>. </p>
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<p id="yBGAlf">Meanwhile, the Cubs were getting back into the game. And who did it? <a href="https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2021/2021-06/06/58ad962d-3c2bd47b-a30e5689-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4">Why, Wisdom again [VIDEO]</a>, after a leadoff walk by Happ and two routine outs.</p>
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<p id="WPjcEU">That one went farther than the first one:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cubs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cubs</a> 3 @ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SFGiants?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SFGiants</a> 3 [T4-2o]:<br><br>Patrick Wisdom homers (7): fly ball to CF (2-run)<br><br>Hit: 422ft, 108.3mph, 29° <br> [2nd of game]<br><br>Pitch: 87.6mph Slider (RHP Johnny Cueto, 4)</p>— Home Run Tracker (@DingerTracker) <a href="https://twitter.com/DingerTracker/status/1401647803970076675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2021</a>
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<p id="9icN76">So the game’s now tied 3-3 and yes, now you can have all the fun stuff about Patrick Wisdom’s week:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Donnie Baseball (Donnie Murphy) still boasts the Cubs' record for most homers in a player's first 15 games. He had 7 in that span out of the chute for Chicago in 2013.<br><br>Wisdom's 6 blasts are tied with five others for 2nd-most through first 15 games in a Cubs uni.</p>— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBastian/status/1401642591121121280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2021</a>
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<p id="aBZ9iZ">That tweet was sent BEFORE Wisdom’s second homer, so he’s now tied that mark — with two games to go before he gets to 15 games in a Cubs uniform.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">According to Elias sport bureau, the Cubs Patrick Wisdom is the 3rd player ever with 7 HR in his 1st 8 starts with a team. Aristides Aquino and Trevor Story also accomplished it.</p>— Jesse Rogers (@JesseRogersESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/JesseRogersESPN/status/1401658095575707649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2021</a>
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<p id="d56wE4">I don’t know how these sorts of things are chosen, but I can pretty much guarantee you that Major League Baseball will announce Monday that Wisdom is National League Player of the Week. For the week beginning last Monday, through Sunday’s game, Wisdom went 10-for-23 (.435) with a double and six home runs.</p>
<p id="8e92Lk">Back to the game — it’s tied going into the fifth. Hendricks led off with his first hit of 2021, a double that rattled around in the left-field corner, then held at third on a single by Anthony Rizzo. Kris Bryant struck out and Happ walked to load the bases.</p>
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<p id="uoZYGU">The Cubs got a huge break on that play. Buster Posey is one of the best catchers in the game today, one of the best of his generation, and he just missed that ball. It looked like he didn’t keep his eye on the ball, something you’d never see a great defensive player do.</p>
<p id="CeQw1t">But he did, and the Cubs had a 4-3 lead.</p>
<p id="YzZMVf">As noted earlier, Hendricks was allowed to begin the seventh inning. After he retired the first hitter and issued a walk, he was removed for Ryan Tepera. Overall it was a good outing for Hendricks, despite three walks. After early struggles, he kept his team in the game.</p>
<p id="HUAuHB">Tepera, though, allowed the first man he faced to reach base on a hit, but then calmly retired the next two to end the inning.</p>
<p id="vcWYSp">Andrew Chafin, who’s become the Cubs’ principal setup man, entered to throw the eighth, and then a very odd thing happened. Chafin got pinch-hitter Austin Slater to hit what should have been a routine fly ball to Happ in center — but Happ just let it drop in front of him. Yes, the sun is tough at that time of day and yes, the winds were swirling, but that ball should have been caught.</p>
<p id="MUQAKN">Chafin was exactly the right guy to have on the mound at that moment. Nothing seems to bother him at all. “Welp — just go get the next guy.” And he did, inducing a double-play ball and another groundout to end the inning. This image sums up Chafin pretty well, I think:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mood. <a href="https://t.co/iFm6rXXJ21">pic.twitter.com/iFm6rXXJ21</a></p>— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBastian/status/1401672575382556675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2021</a>
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<p id="0PAXAd">The ninth inning had a bit of excitement. Mauricio Dubon hit Craig Kimbrel’s first pitch deep to left, where KB made a nice leaping catch at the wall. Then Kimbrel struck out Jason Vosler and Wade to end the game for his 14th save. <a href="https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/9ce63b69-d0dd-483b-949e-6ec5180bce76.mp4">Here’s the final strike [VIDEO].</a></p>
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<p id="sOxqzd">It was the Cubs’ 23rd one-run game of the season. They’re 13-10 in such games, tied with the Mariners for the most one-run wins in MLB so far this year.</p>
<p id="sSD3YF">One bit of bad news from this game — Javier Báez left the game after grounding out to end the top of the seventh. Here’s the report:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cubs shortstop Javier Báez exited today’s game with right thumb soreness.</p>— Patrick Mooney (@PJ_Mooney) <a href="https://twitter.com/PJ_Mooney/status/1401672484047319040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2021</a>
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<p id="ODarNi">Hopefully, it’s nothing serious.</p>
<p id="uW7iRx">Apropos of nothing, here’s a weird stat: The Cubs are 4-0 this year in games started by P.J. Higgins.</p>
<p id="hSeClP">The Brewers also won Sunday, so the Cubs remain tied for first place in the NL Central with Milwaukee, both with 33-26 records. The Reds took a 7-0 lead against the Cardinals, blew it, then got a ninth-inning homer from Jesse Winker (his third of the game) to win 8-7. The Reds swept that four-game set. St. Louis trails the Cubs by 2½ games and Cincinnati is now four games back.</p>
<p id="ScvTBv">The Cubs open a three-game series against the Padres in San Diego Monday evening. Adbert Alzolay will start for the Cubs and Ryan Weathers is scheduled to go for the Padres. Game time is 9:10 p.m. CT and TV coverage will be via Marquee Sports Network, and also on ESPN (outside the Cubs and Padres market territories).</p>
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https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2021/6/6/22521814/cubs-giants-recap-patrick-wisdom-kyle-hendricks-mlb-scoresAl Yellon2021-06-06T16:35:00-05:002021-06-06T16:35:00-05:00Overflow thread: Cubs vs. Giants, Sunday 6/6, 3:05 CT
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<p id="cZqqej">Go get ‘em, Kyle.</p>
https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2021/6/6/22521299/first-pitch-thread-cubs-vs-giants-sunday-6-6-3-05-ctAl Yellon2021-06-06T13:00:00-05:002021-06-06T13:00:00-05:00Chicago Cubs vs. San Francisco Giants preview, Sunday 6/6, 3:05 CT
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<p>The Cubs look to end their three-game losing streak.</p> <p id="bkSMLA">Sunday notes...</p>
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<strong>WINNING, EVEN WHILE LOSING:</strong> Despite the three-game losing streak, the <a href="https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/">Cubs</a> have won nine of their last 13, 11 of their last 16, 15 of their last 22 and are 22-12 (.647) in their last 34 games since April 29 in Atlanta.</li>
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<strong>THE PROFESSOR:</strong> After allowing seven walks in his first three starts (13 innings), today’s starter Kyle Hendricks has walked just four batters in his last eight starts spanning 49⅓ innings since April 23. More on Kyle below.</li>
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<strong>KB, MVP CANDIDATE:</strong> Kris Bryant’s 1.421 OPS against left-handed pitching leads the majors, ahead of Buster Posey (1.275) and Evan Longoria (1.264). Bryant’s .408 BA (20-for-49) against lefties ranks second behind Posey (.425).</li>
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<strong>THE CLOSE ONES:</strong> Saturday’s one-run loss was the Cubs’ 22nd one-run game of the season, tied for the most in the majors with the <a href="https://www.amazinavenue.com/">Mets</a>. The Cubs are 12-10 in one-run contests, and the 12 victories are tied for second-most in the majors (with the Mets) behind the Mariners (13-6).</li>
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<p id="evYeJb">Here are today’s particulars.</p>
<p id="OmIgrW"><a href="https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/">Cubs</a> lineup:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here is today's <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cubs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cubs</a> starting lineup.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CubTogether?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CubTogether</a> <a href="https://t.co/6pw1wqnTbm">pic.twitter.com/6pw1wqnTbm</a></p>— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cubs/status/1401593748279029760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2021</a>
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<p id="nU1Gao">FWIW, the Cubs have won all three games started by P.J. Higgins this year.</p>
<p id="XdtlQz"><a href="https://www.mccoveychronicles.com">Giants</a> lineup:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Giants' lineup vs. Cubs: <br><br>LaMonte Wade Jr. – 1B<br>Buster Posey – C<br>Alex Dickerson – LF<br>Wilmer Flores – 3B<br>Steven Duggar – CF<br>Donovan Solano – 2B<br>Mike Tauchman – RF<br>Mauricio Dubón – SS<br>Johnny Cueto – RHP</p>— Maria I. Guardado (@mi_guardado) <a href="https://twitter.com/mi_guardado/status/1401596002688290822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2021</a>
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<h2 id="lePhfq">Kyle Hendricks, RHP vs. Johnny Cueto, RHP</h2>
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<p id="mwHici">Overall, Kyle Hendricks’ 2021 numbers don’t look good.</p>
<p id="Ab0NWS">But his last six starts do: 2.95 ERA, 1.185 WHIP, three walks and 30 strikeouts in 39⅔ innings. He’s still a bit susceptible to the home run — six of them in that span — but overall that’s more like the Kyle we’ve been used to.</p>
<p id="wvvNSk">The last time he faced the Giants was <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN201908220.shtml">August 22, 2019 at Wrigley Field</a>. He threw seven shutout innings. I’ll take another one of those, please.</p>
<p id="igAbEM">Johnny Cueto is 35 — he’s a couple of weeks older than Jake Arrieta — and his last good full season was 2016, with several injuries ruining his last few years.</p>
<p id="g9N1sP">This year, though, he’s been pretty good, with several outstanding outings. He also has, to date, the best walk rate of his career — just 1.2 per nine innings.</p>
<p id="OmW9oe">He used to face the Cubs often when he was with the Reds — a total of 26 career starts — but has not faced them since <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN201807110.shtml">July 11, 2018</a>. Jason Heyward and Kris Bryant homered off him in that game. Those two players have done pretty well vs. Cueto: Bryant is 5-for-10 and Heyward 7-for-22 (.318) with two doubles and two homers. (The latter is likely why Heyward is in today’s lineup.)</p>
<p id="5czmVf">Today’s game is on Marquee Sports Network. <a href="https://www.marqueesportsnetwork.com/providers/">Here’s a list of providers currently carrying Marquee<strong>.</strong></a> </p>
<p id="CvESDe"><a href="https://www.mlb.com/live-stream-games/2021/06/06">Here is the complete MLB.com Mediacenter for today.</a></p>
<p id="Xe5URc"><a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2021_06_06_chnmlb_sfnmlb_1">MLB.com Gameday</a></p>
<p id="iDRiK8"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2021/SFN202106060.shtml">Baseball-reference.com game preview</a></p>
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<p id="mRtOMf">The 2021 Game Thread procedure will be a bit different than previous years. It will be similar to what we’ve used for Spring Training.</p>
<p id="uNrOo7">You’ll find the game preview posted separately on the front page two hours before game time (90 minutes for some early day games following night games).</p>
<p id="Jy7Er2">At the same time, a StoryStream containing the preview will also post on the front page, titled “Cubs vs. (Team) (Day of week/date) game threads.” It will contain every post related to that particular game, including the First Pitch Thread and the overflow thread, as well as the recap when it’s published. The recap will also live on the front page as a separate post.</p>
<p id="F5ehVY">You will also be able to find the preview, First Pitch Thread and the overflow thread in the box marked “Chicago Cubs Game Threads” at the bottom of the front page (you can also find them in <a href="http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/chicago-cubs-game-threads">this section link</a>). The StoryStream for each game can also be found in that section.</p>
<p id="pjBR1E">The First Pitch thread will post at five minutes before game time, then an overflow thread at 90 minutes after the scheduled game time.</p>
<p id="cWIBoH">Discuss amongst yourselves.</p>
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