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esponse short. And what more needed to be said anyway? Getting the call =
to the big leagues at 28 years old understandably stirred some emotions.=
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<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">=C2=A0</=
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<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:21.5999999999999=
98px"><span style=3D"font-size:18px;">=E2=80=9CThey=E2=80=99re through t=
he roof,=E2=80=9D he said.</span></p>
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98px">
<span style=3D"font-size:18px;">After =E2=80=9Cgrinding=E2=80=9D through=
 the Minor Leagues, which included a lost season in 2020 because of the =
COVID-19 pandemic, France was told Wednesday by Triple-A Sugar Land mana=
ger <strong>Mickey Storey</strong> he was heading to the big leagues. He=
 flew to Seattle on Thursday and joined the Astros on Friday, one day be=
fore he=E2=80=99ll start against the Mariners at T-Mobile Park.</span></=
p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">=C2=A0</=
p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:21.5999999999999=
98px"><span style=3D"font-size:18px;">=E2=80=9CThey gave me a good amoun=
t of time [to get ready],=E2=80=9D France said. =E2=80=9CI obviously tol=
d my wife, my mom and dad, so they had to keep it quiet for a good bit a=
nd they were like, =E2=80=98When are they going to release that you=E2=80=
=99re going up?=E2=80=99 I said, =E2=80=98I have no idea, but please don=
=E2=80=99t say anything.=E2=80=99 It=E2=80=99s been fun.=E2=80=9D</span>=
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<span style=3D"font-size:18px;">The circumstances around France=E2=80=99=
s promotion were anything but a feel-good story for the Astros, who anno=
unced Friday that right-hander<a href=3D"https://e.mail.mlblists.com/cli=
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ine; color: #002d62;" rel=3D"noopener" data-location=3D"t2"> <strong>Lui=
s Garcia</strong> needed to undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery</a>=
. He got injured one day after fellow starting pitcher <strong>Jos=C3=A9=
 Urquidy</strong> injured his shoulder Sunday and was placed on the 15-d=
ay injured list. He=E2=80=99s been shut down from throwing.</span>
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<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">=C2=A0</=
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<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:21.5999999999999=
98px">
<span style=3D"font-size:18px;">That created some opportunity in Houston=
=E2=80=99s rotation, with <strong>Brandon Bielak</strong> getting called=
 up and moving to the rotation. He=E2=80=99ll start Sunday=E2=80=99s ser=
ies finale in Seattle. And then there=E2=80=99s France, who wasn=E2=80=99=
t so sure he was going to get his shot considering the starting pitching=
 depth the Astros once had.</span></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">=C2=A0</=
p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:21.5999999999999=
98px"><span style=3D"font-size:18px;">=E2=80=9CIt was going to take some=
thing strange to happen,=E2=80=9D France said. =E2=80=9CIt=E2=80=99s unf=
ortunate circumstances for how I got up there, but at the end of the day=
, it is what it is.=E2=80=9D</span></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">=C2=A0</=
p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:21.5999999999999=
98px">
<span style=3D"font-size:18px;">France spent last season at Triple-A Sug=
ar Land, going 3-4 with a 3.90 ERA in 34 games (15 starts). This season,=
 he=E2=80=99s 2-1 with a 2.33 ERA and 1.03 WHIP in five games (three sta=
rts), with 26 strikeouts in 19 1/3 innings. He has 447 career strikeouts=
 in 362 1/3 Minor League innings.</span></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">=C2=A0</=
p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:21.5999999999999=
98px">
<span style=3D"font-size:18px;">France was with the Space Cowboys in Alb=
uquerque, N.M., on Wednesday when he got the news. He threw a bullpen at=
 9 a.m. the next morning and stayed with the team for the start of its 1=
1 a.m. game. A 2 p.m. flight didn=E2=80=99t leave until 4:30, forcing hi=
m to run between gates in Denver to make his connection to Seattle.</spa=
n></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">=C2=A0</=
p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:21.5999999999999=
98px"><span style=3D"font-size:18px;">=E2=80=9CI think that=E2=80=99s th=
e fastest mile I=E2=80=99ve ever ran,=E2=80=9D he said. =E2=80=9CI ended=
 up getting into the hotel at like 12:30 a.m. [PT Friday],=E2=80=9D he s=
aid. =E2=80=9CLuckily, the first bus [from the hotel to T-Mobile Park] w=
as at 2. I got some good sleep and was nice and rested."</span></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">=C2=A0</=
p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:21.5999999999999=
98px"><span style=3D"font-size:18px;">The charter flights and luxury hot=
els of the big leagues will be a rewarding reminder for France of how fa=
r he=E2=80=99s come. And he=E2=80=99ll be able to share it with family. =
His wife and 3-month-old baby will be in the stands Saturday, along with=
 his parents and a few other friends. The emotions will be thick once ag=
ain.</span></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">=C2=A0</=
p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:21.5999999999999=
98px"><span style=3D"font-size:18px;">=E2=80=9CI don=E2=80=99t think I e=
ver gave up hope, but I knew it was going to be tough,=E2=80=9D France s=
aid. =E2=80=9CIt unfortunately had to come to some circumstances that we=
ren=E2=80=99t exactly ideal for the guys, but it is what it is.=E2=80=9D=
</span></p>
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cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-t=
able-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class=3D"row-con=
tent stack" align=3D"center" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D=
"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0=
;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:600px" width=3D"600"><tbody><tr><td cl=
ass=3D"column column-1" width=3D"100%" style=3D"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-t=
able-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding=
-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;=
border-left:0"><table class=3D"divider_block block-1" width=3D"100%" bor=
der=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"10" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" sty=
le=3D"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class=3D"pad"><div =
class=3D"alignment" align=3D"center"><table border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"=
0" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" width=3D"100%" style=3D"mso-t=
able-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class=3D"divider_inner" style=3D=
"font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:3px solid #002d62"><span>=E2=80=
=8A</span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></=
table></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table class=3D"row row-6" align=3D"center" width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" =
cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-t=
able-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class=3D"row-con=
tent stack" align=3D"center" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D=
"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0=
;background-color:#d5d5d5;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:600px" width=3D=
"600"><tbody><tr><td class=3D"column column-1" width=3D"100%" style=3D"m=
so-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;pad=
ding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-r=
ight:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0">
<table class=3D"text_block block-1" width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellpadd=
ing=3D"10" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-table-ls=
pace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class=3D"pad"><=
div style=3D"font-family:sans-serif"><div class style=3D"font-size:14px;=
font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;mso-line-height-al=
t:16.8px;color:#002d62;line-height:1.2"><p style=3D"margin:0;mso-line-he=
ight-alt:16.8px"><span style=3D"font-size:18px;"><strong>TRIVIA</strong>=
</span></p></div></div></td></tr></table>
<table class=3D"paragraph_block block-2" width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cel=
lpadding=3D"10" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-tab=
le-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class=3D"p=
ad"><div style=3D"color:#000;direction:ltr;font-family:Arial,Helvetica N=
eue,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0=
;line-height:120%;text-align:left;mso-line-height-alt:21.599999999999998=
px"><p style=3D"margin:0">
The Astros have had a ton of success in Seattle, going 57-33 there since=
 their first trip to the Pacific Northwest in 2004. All but three of tho=
se meetings have been since 2013, when the Astros joined the American Le=
ague West and shared a division with Seattle. Which Astros player has hi=
t the most career home runs at T-Mobile Park (formerly Safeco Field)?</p=
></div></td></tr></table>
<table class=3D"paragraph_block block-3" width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cel=
lpadding=3D"10" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-tab=
le-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class=3D"p=
ad"><div style=3D"color:#000;direction:ltr;font-family:Arial,Helvetica N=
eue,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0=
;line-height:120%;text-align:left;mso-line-height-alt:21.599999999999998=
px">
<p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px">A. <strong>Jose</strong> <stron=
g>Altuve</strong></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px">B.<strong> George Springer</str=
ong></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px">C.<strong> Chris Carter</strong=
></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0">D. <strong>Marwin</strong> <strong>Gonzalez</stron=
g></p>
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cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-t=
able-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class=3D"row-con=
tent stack" align=3D"center" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D=
"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0=
;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:600px" width=3D"600"><tbody><tr><td cl=
ass=3D"column column-1" width=3D"100%" style=3D"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-t=
able-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding=
-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;=
border-left:0">
<table class=3D"divider_block block-1" width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellp=
adding=3D"10" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-table=
-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class=3D"pad"><div class=3D"alignm=
ent" align=3D"center"><table border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D=
"0" role=3D"presentation" width=3D"100%" style=3D"mso-table-lspace:0;mso=
-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class=3D"divider_inner" style=3D"font-size:1px;=
line-height:1px;border-top:3px solid #002d62"><span>=E2=80=8A</span></td=
></tr></table></div></td></tr></table>
<table class=3D"text_block block-2" width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellpadd=
ing=3D"10" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-table-ls=
pace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class=3D"pad"><=
div style=3D"font-family:sans-serif"><div class style=3D"font-size:14px;=
font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;mso-line-height-al=
t:16.8px;color:#002d62;line-height:1.2"><p style=3D"margin:0;mso-line-he=
ight-alt:16.8px"><span style=3D"font-size:18px;"><strong>THIS WEEK IN AS=
TROS HISTORY</strong></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table>
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ding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-table-ls=
pace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class=3D"pad" style=3D"width:100%;pad=
ding-right:0;padding-left:0"><div class=3D"alignment" align=3D"center" s=
tyle=3D"line-height:10px"><a href=3D"https://e.mail.mlblists.com/click?E=
cmNydXpAc2FwYXNlcXVpcG1lbnQuY29t/CeyJtaWQiOiIxNjgzNDEyNjA1ODUyNjdmMzM3Nj=
czNmQzIiwiY3QiOiJtbGItZWRpdG9yaWFsLTNjOGFjYmVlNTNhOWQzZjM1Zjc1MWUxYjZjYj=
hlNzBlLTEiLCJyZCI6InNhcGFzZXF1aXBtZW50LmNvbSJ9/HWkhfTUxCTE5FV19OTkJBTTA1=
MDYyMDIzYzkwMzIzN2IxLG1sMTMsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubWxiLmNvbS92aWRlby81LTYtOTgt=
d29vZC1mYW5zLTIwLWMyNjE4MDk2/qP3BhcnRuZXJJZD16aC0yMDIzMDUwNi05MDMyMzYtTU=
xCLTEtQSZxaWQ9MTAwMDAwMDM4JnV0bV9pZD16aC0yMDIzMDUwNi05MDMyMzYtTUxCLTEtQS=
ZidF9lZT0yM2NHViUyQkJ1Mmw4eWRsUVN6RTNjJTJCZjlpaWRSSSUyQnBEekd5RDFoTHZwNU=
pnJTJGR1hOJTJGMiUyRjZQdkpSUFhzVDZHdVk0JmJ0X3RzPTE2ODM0MTI2MDU4NTM/sv34a3=
df1a5" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"outline:none" tabindex=3D"-1" data-loc=
ation=3D"t3"><img class=3D"big" src=3D"https://images.mail.mlblists.com/=
images/659317d3afb552c13bede3fb48da2f0d/editor_images/GettyImages-725061=
.jpg" style=3D"display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:600px;max-width:=
100%" width=3D"600" alt=3D"Kerry Wood" title=3D"Kerry Wood"></a></div></=
td></tr></table>
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ing=3D"10" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-table-ls=
pace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class=3D"pad"><=
div style=3D"font-family:sans-serif"><div class style=3D"font-size:14px;=
font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;mso-line-height-al=
t:16.8px;color:#000;line-height:1.2">
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:21.5999999999999=
98px">
<span style=3D"font-size:18px;">Cubs rookie right-hander <a href=3D"http=
s://e.mail.mlblists.com/click?EcmNydXpAc2FwYXNlcXVpcG1lbnQuY29t/CeyJtaWQ=
iOiIxNjgzNDEyNjA1ODUyNjdmMzM3NjczNmQzIiwiY3QiOiJtbGItZWRpdG9yaWFsLTNjOGF=
jYmVlNTNhOWQzZjM1Zjc1MWUxYjZjYjhlNzBlLTEiLCJyZCI6InNhcGFzZXF1aXBtZW50LmN=
vbSJ9/HWkhfTUxCTE5FV19OTkJBTTA1MDYyMDIzYzkwMzIzN2IxLG1sMTMsaHR0cHM6Ly93d=
3cubWxiLmNvbS9uZXdzL2tlcnJ5LXdvb2QtYXN0cm9zLXJlY2FsbC0yMC1zdHJpa2VvdXQtZ=
2FtZS1jMjc0ODUxMTEy/qP3BhcnRuZXJJZD16aC0yMDIzMDUwNi05MDMyMzYtTUxCLTEtQSZ=
xaWQ9MTAwMDAwMDM4JnV0bV9pZD16aC0yMDIzMDUwNi05MDMyMzYtTUxCLTEtQSZidF9lZT0=
yM2NHViUyQkJ1Mmw4eWRsUVN6RTNjJTJCZjlpaWRSSSUyQnBEekd5RDFoTHZwNUpnJTJGR1h=
OJTJGMiUyRjZQdkpSUFhzVDZHdVk0JmJ0X3RzPTE2ODM0MTI2MDU4NTM/sr91ec16211" ta=
rget=3D"_blank" style=3D"text-decoration: underline; color: #002d62;" re=
l=3D"noopener" data-location=3D"t4"><strong>Kerry Wood</strong> tied <st=
rong>Roger Clemens=E2=80=99</strong> Major League record by striking out=
 20 Astros</a> on May 6, 1998, during an afternoon game at Wrigley Field=
. Making only his fifth Major League start, Wood was 20 years old and sh=
owed the kind of stuff the Cubs saw when they made him the fourth overal=
l pick in the 1995 Draft.</span>
</p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">=C2=A0</=
p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:21.5999999999999=
98px">
<span style=3D"font-size:18px;">Wood was so dominant that he nearly thre=
w a no-hitter and probably should have. The only hit he gave up came on =
an infield single in the third inning off the bat of Astros shortstop <s=
trong>Ricky Gutierrez</strong>. The only other baserunner he allowed cam=
e when he hit <strong>Craig Biggio</strong> with a pitch, which isn=E2=80=
=99t a shocker considering nobody in the modern era was hit by more pitc=
hes than Biggio.</span></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">=C2=A0</=
p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:21.5999999999999=
98px"><span style=3D"font-size:18px;">The Astros put only seven balls in=
 play, including five grounders that never left the infield.</span></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">=C2=A0</=
p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:21.5999999999999=
98px">
<span style=3D"font-size:18px;">=E2=80=9CThe scouting report at the time=
 from the Minor League guys said the guy=E2=80=99s got a decent fastball=
 and an OK curveball, and he=E2=80=99s a two-pitch pitcher,=E2=80=9D Big=
gio said. =E2=80=9CThat=E2=80=99s not the guy we saw that day.=E2=80=9D<=
/span></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">=C2=A0</=
p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:21.5999999999999=
98px">
<span style=3D"font-size:18px;">Overshadowed that day by Wood was Astros=
 starter <strong>Shane Reynolds</strong>. The veteran had a spectacular =
outing of his own, working eight innings and allowing just two runs (one=
 earned) and eight hits, while striking out 10 batters.</span></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">=C2=A0</=
p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:21.5999999999999=
98px">
<span style=3D"font-size:18px;">=E2=80=9CI remember it like it was yeste=
rday,=E2=80=9D Reynolds recalled. =E2=80=9CI felt like I threw a pretty =
good game. I think for a while he and I had the record for combined stri=
keouts in a game. I don=E2=80=99t know if that=E2=80=99s changed; I hadn=
=E2=80=99t paid attention to it. It was an all-around really well-pitche=
d, well-played baseball game where he just had stuff that was absolutely=
 unhittable. And we had a whole lot of really good hitters.=E2=80=9D</sp=
an></p>
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-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class=3D"pad"><div class=3D"alignm=
ent" align=3D"center"><table border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D=
"0" role=3D"presentation" width=3D"100%" style=3D"mso-table-lspace:0;mso=
-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class=3D"divider_inner" style=3D"font-size:1px;=
line-height:1px;border-top:3px solid #002d62"><span>=E2=80=8A</span></td=
></tr></table></div></td></tr></table>
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cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-t=
able-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class=3D"row-con=
tent stack" align=3D"center" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D=
"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0=
;background-color:#d5d5d5;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:600px" width=3D=
"600"><tbody><tr><td class=3D"column column-1" width=3D"100%" style=3D"m=
so-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;pad=
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ight:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0">
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adding=3D"5" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-table-=
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;color:#002d62;direction:ltr;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,=
sans-serif;font-size:18px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-hei=
ght:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">
<strong>TRIVIA ANSWER</strong><br>
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href=3D"https://e.mail.mlblists.com/click?EcmNydXpAc2FwYXNlcXVpcG1lbnQuY=
29t/CeyJtaWQiOiIxNjgzNDEyNjA1ODUyNjdmMzM3NjczNmQzIiwiY3QiOiJtbGItZWRpdG9=
yaWFsLTNjOGFjYmVlNTNhOWQzZjM1Zjc1MWUxYjZjYjhlNzBlLTEiLCJyZCI6InNhcGFzZXF=
1aXBtZW50LmNvbSJ9/HWkhfTUxCTE5FV19OTkJBTTA1MDYyMDIzYzkwMzIzN2IxLG1sMTMsa=
HR0cHM6Ly93d3cubWxiLmNvbS92aWRlby9nZW9yZ2Utc3ByaW5nZXItYmVsdHMtdHdvLWhvb=
WVycw/qP3BhcnRuZXJJZD16aC0yMDIzMDUwNi05MDMyMzYtTUxCLTEtQSZxaWQ9MTAwMDAwM=
DM4JnV0bV9pZD16aC0yMDIzMDUwNi05MDMyMzYtTUxCLTEtQSZidF9lZT0yM2NHViUyQkJ1M=
mw4eWRsUVN6RTNjJTJCZjlpaWRSSSUyQnBEekd5RDFoTHZwNUpnJTJGR1hOJTJGMiUyRjZQd=
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