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Minnesota Twins beat writer for @StarTribune . Bradley University alumnus. Follow me on Threads: Strib_Bobby

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4 years
Trevor Bauer's postgame t-shirt: "Houston cheated." #Reds
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Trevor Bauer on the #Astros ' press conference yesterday: "We don’t think it affected the game. You’re either lying or you’re a (bleeping) idiot. And don’t become a billionaire owner of a team by being a (bleeping) idiot. So, you’re lying." #Reds
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An emotional Jesse Winker thanked the Reds and Reds fans. He says he’s excited to play in Seattle and compete for a playoff spot.
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Joey Votto kneeling during the national anthem alongside Amir Garrett, Alex Blandino and Phil Ervin. #Reds
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3 years
Joey Votto wearing a #Reds pride hat in his post-game interview tonight.
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Trevor Bauer had a 7-minute response to a Q about the #Astros today: "I'm not going to let them forget the fact they are hypocrites. They are cheaters. They've stolen from a lot of other people, and the game itself was completely unfair." #Reds
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4 years
Joey Votto: "I think we're a (bleeping) nightmare and I think everybody knows that. #Reds
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2 years
Reds attendance for the season: 1.388 million over 79 home dates. It's the lowest attended season in Great American Ball Park history and the franchise's lowest since 1984.
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2 years
NEWS: Joey Votto announced he will have season-ending surgery for a rotator cuff tear on Friday.
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4 years
Joey Votto wrote an op-ed in the @Enquirer . “Only now am I just beginning to hear. I am awakening to their pain, and my ignorance. No longer will I be silent.” #Reds
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3 years
Nick Castellanos on Yadier Molina, "That guy could've punched me in the face and I'd still ask him for a signed jersey." #Reds #QuoteOfTheYear
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3 years
This doesn’t fit the “inciting a benches-clearing incident” category?🤔
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5 years
Yasiel Puig on Joey Votto: "He’s the best guy I’ve ever met in my life. ... He's having dinner with me every day, talk to me every day, text me." #Reds
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2 years
Joey Votto will play in his 1,989th career game today, passing Larry Walker for the most games played by a Canadian-born player.
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2 years
Personal news: Proud to become a new member of the #girldad club. So thankful Gianna and her mom are healthy.
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Bobby Nightengale
4 years
Trevor Bauer: "Tell TA he's soft for not bat flipping." #Reds #WhiteSox
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4 years
Trevor Bauer's postgame t-shirt: "Houston cheated." #Reds
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Nick Castellanos says he will take time after the season to figure out whether he will opt out of his contract. He called this year his “happiest and most consistent” season in the Majors. #Reds
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Amir Garrett: "I want everybody to think that the Cincinnati #Reds are, like, the cockiest team ever. We're some bat flippin', show boatin', son of guns and I want everybody to know that."
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2 years
Joey Votto and Ian Happ will wear two-way mics during the Field of Dreams game, MLB announced.
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Reds reliever Alexis Díaz since the start of July: 16 1/3 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 6 BB, 27 K, 0.55 ERA. Older brother Edwin Díaz since the start of July: 18 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 37 K, 0.00 ERA.
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Joey Votto: "People are crying in there. People are smiling. People are hugging. It's a meaningful moment because it can be the sort of thing that you only get once, but it's also the sort of thing that you can talk about the rest of your life." #Reds
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2 years
Congrats to Reds official scorer Ron Roth, who will score his 1,000th game tonight. He’s been an MLB official scorer for 44 years.
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3 years
#Reds GM Nick Krall on rumors of a Luis Castillo trade: "They are completely false. We intend to have him as a member of our rotation for 2021."
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3 years
Joey Votto's last 7 hits are all homers. Incredible.
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4 years
Joey Votto: "In the back third of the game, I was yelling to my teammates, I don’t want to hit anymore. I’m done. Somebody end it. And I meant it. I didn’t want another at-bat. ... Not because I didn’t get hits, because I wanted to get some fried chicken." #Reds
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2 years
Reds home opener pregame ceremonies: - Jonathan India presented NL Rookie of the Year award by NFL OROY Ja’Marr Chase. - Joe Burrow will throw out the first pitch to Zac Taylor.
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2 years
Justin Dunn, who grew up in Long Island, was asked how many tickets he secured for family and friends to watch his season debut at Citi Field: "Let's just say I played for free today, man."
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5 years
Looking forward to the 30 for 30 episode on the past half-hour for the #Reds .
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3 years
Nick Castellanos exits after the 4th inning. He finishes the 2021 season with a .309 batting average, 38 doubles, 34 homers and 100 RBI. #Reds
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3 years
Joey Votto ranks second in the National League with 26 homers this season. And he missed a month with a broken thumb. #Reds
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4 years
Shogo Akiyama said the #Reds dugout was telling him, "run," "go," and "I love you" in Japanese when he was on 1st base. "I'm really thankful for them trying to learn Japanese. ... Whenever there’s a broadcast in Japan, they cheer even harder." #Reds
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Bobby Nightengale
3 years
Wade Miley heads into the All-Star break with a 7-4 record and a 2.80 ERA. Definitely deserves some All-Star team consideration when MLB replaces unavailable NL pitchers on the roster. #Reds
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Bobby Nightengale
2 years
Jose Barrero trading a signed bat for his first career home run ball with a Brewers fan named Charlie.
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3 years
Joey Votto was named the NL Player of the Month in July and Jonathan India was selected as the NL Rookie of the Month. #Reds
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2 years
Joey Votto, who is expected to rejoin the Reds in Toronto, was asked what sights he wanted to see in his hometown: "The center of the baseball. ... Maybe the second deck, somewhere around there."
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4 years
Trevor Bauer said he had to give the #Cubs props for chirping all night, including when he was leaving the game. "It was impressive that you can chirp at someone after you shove it up your ass for 7 2/3 innings." #Reds
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3 years
There are 20 MLB players with an OPS above 1.000 since the All-Star break. The #Reds have four of them: Joey Votto, Kyle Farmer, Jonathan India and Jesse Winker.
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2 years
Joey Votto doing everything he can to make the Reds Opening Day roster as he mashes a 465-foot homer to center field.
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4 years
BREAKING: Cincinnati #Reds are headed to the postseason for the first time since 2013.
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3 years
There’s a “Hey Reds, please re-sign Nick Castellanos sign” behind diehard #Reds fan @KirkHerbstreit on College GameDay.
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Trevor Bauer was asked if he's done enough to win Cy Young: "I don't know how you could see it any other way." #Reds
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4 years
Trevor Bauer: "I'm disappointed. It (bleeping) sucks." #Reds
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10 months
Former Twins prospect Spencer Steer is batting .283 with 13 HR and 48 RBI in 79 games after his walk-off homer tonight.
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The dictionary doesn't have enough words to describe how special this team is. #ATOBTTR
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2 years
Nick Castellanos quoted in this story: “What sucks is in a great city like Cincinnati where the fan base is impeccable, it's suffocating because of ownership. I'm not saying that they are bad people. The system is bad.”
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2 years
With tanking being such a topic during CBA negotiations, I found it interesting that almost immediately after it was over, two teams started trading players away. I’m sure fans in Oak and Cincy (and elsewhere) did too. So I wrote about it. Story here:
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4 years
Sonny Gray: "All I can tell you is that we packed for a month." #Reds
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Yasiel Puig on his game-winning run: “Some stupid things you do in baseball work for myself and work for the team.” #Reds
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NEWS: The Reds are in agreement with free-agent outfielder Tommy Pham on a one-year deal with a mutual option for 2023, according to a source. The deal is pending a physical.
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Since July 2019, Sonny Gray owns a 1.79 ERA with 134 strikeouts in 105 2/3 innings. Incredible. #Reds
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5 years
MLB hopes players weekend can attract younger fans. What else can it do? Trevor Bauer shares some of his thoughts. #Reds
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4 years
Nick Castellanos, as expected, did not inform the #Reds that he planned to opt out. He will return in 2021. Reds expected to extend Trevor Bauer a qualifying offer by the deadline tomorrow.
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2 years
Take a bow, Luis Castillo. The best pitcher available at the trade deadline tossed 7 1/3 shutout innings against the Blue Jays in Game 1 of the Wild Card Series. Big fist pump after striking out the side in the seventh inning.
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4 years
After tonight's #SFGiants loss, the #Reds cannot finish lower than the No. 7 seed in the postseason. They will not play the #Dodgers in the Wild Card series.
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4 years
One opposing player told Joey Votto that he hated the #Reds grounds crew. Votto laughed. "I thought, ‘That’s exactly what we want.' We want the opposing team to hate, be annoyed by them. ... They've carried us at times when we need energy."
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2 years
Jonathan India on the Reds trading Jesse Winker and Eugenio Suárez: “Definitely frustrated, for sure. I think most of the guys in here are frustrated, but hey, it’s a business." More reaction from India and Joey Votto:
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4 years
Thom Brennaman said he made a comment that he's deeply ashamed of in an on-air FSO apology. "I pride myself and think of myself as a man of faith. I don't know if I'm going to be putting on this headset again." #Reds
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Bobby Nightengale
7 years
Frank Mason III exits practice in style. #kubball
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5 years
MLB Network will televise Marty Brennaman’s final game Thursday. Fox Sports Ohio’s TV feed with WLW’s audio. #Reds #Brewers
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3 years
Amir Garrett has made three relief appearances this spring: Nine batters, nine strikeouts. #Reds
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3 years
After the 14-1 win tonight, #Reds hold sole possession of 1st place in the NL Central for the first time since May 7, 2017.
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4 years
Trevor Bauer through his first 3 starts: 19 1/3 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 32 K. That’s a 0.93 ERA. #Reds
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#Reds pitcher Tejay Antone had Tommy John surgery today. He captioned the photo on Instagram “Can’t stop, won’t stop #roadto101 .”
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4 years
#Reds rotation vs. Brewers: Luis Castillo on Monday, Sonny Gray on Tuesday, Trevor Bauer on Wednesday.
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3 years
Jonathan India: "That was a good way to start my Major League career." #Reds
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3 years
#Reds have a sellout at GABP tonight. Attendance is 40,854.
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4 years
Amir Garrett did it better.
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A's on NBCS
4 years
Laureano charges the Astros dugout and the brawl breaks out
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The view from where Joey Votto’s 466-foot homer landed. #Reds
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Nick Castellanos said the top thing he was excited about doing during All-Star week was watching the Home Run Derby tonight with his son, Liam. #Reds
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1 year
The Reds are promoting prospect Matt McLain to the majors for their upcoming series against the Rockies. He was their first-round pick in 2021.
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2 years
That was great entertainment from Alek Manoah. Elite multitasking.
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4 years
Joey Votto: "I don't think we've played our best ball yet." #Reds
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5 years
Busch Stadium crowd gave Marty Brennaman a standing ovation after the 5th inning when he was shown on the video board. #Reds
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4 years
Sonny Gray last night: 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 9 K. Luis Castillo tonight: 6 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 11 K. #Reds
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4 years
Johnny Bench in a statement: “Joe wasn’t just the best second baseman in baseball history, he was the best player I ever saw and one of the best people I’ve ever known." #Reds
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3 years
Nick Castellanos on #Reds being hit by 70 pitches, most in MLB: "I guess that’s just pitchers understanding that the majority of our lineup has the ability to hit a baseball over the fence. They don’t want to miss over the plate."
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Nick Castellanos rips another single into left field. He's batting .463 during his 21-game hit streak with 15 multi-hit games in that stretch. #Reds
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Tucker Barnhart said when he was in the hospital on paternity leave in Indy, he followed the #Reds through the gameday app because the broadcast was blacked out on his phone. MLB blackout restrictions are no fun for anybody.
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The Reds, who have one player on their active roster making more than $3 million, win 5-0 and take two games in their three-game series against the Mets and their $359 million payroll.
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Yasiel Puig on why he didn’t appeal his 2-game suspension: “I don’t want to talk to Joe Torre again. ... We’re going to be on the phone for two hours and nothing is going to work." #Reds
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Eugenio Suárez reacts to his trade to the Mariners. He says it was a complete surprise to him. On leaving the Reds: “It’s not easy. It’s tough. But I understand.”
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Curt Casali: "It just makes me really sad that the fans in Cincinnati can’t see this right now because I’ve been dying to play in front of them." #Reds
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Trevor Bauer on his season with the #Reds : “I had probably more fun this year playing baseball than I’ve had in, shoot, a long time. Probably since college, maybe even more fun than college. That’s really the lasting impression."
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Jesse Winker bought Joe Morgan's jersey last offseason and wore it today. “I just thought for the red carpet thing, I’d pay tribute to him and just represent Cincinnati in a way that I thought everybody would be proud of.” #Reds
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2 years
Tyler Naquin’s last at-bat with the Reds was a homer.
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1 year
Joey Votto on fanbase's frustration: "We deserve it. We have to play better. It's a failure of ours to leave such a supportive fanbase dissatisfied. We are aware of it. The cynicism, in my opinion, is completely justified."
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3 years
#Reds announce they will increase crowd capacity at GABP to 40% beginning April 30.
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5 years
From the #Reds : Fox Sports Ohio's TV ratings are up 37% from the same point last year. Their average household rating ranks 4th in MLB this year.
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3 years
It’s too bad the TV cameras didn’t get video of Lucas Sims tossing each ball aside. Didn’t make sense that it took so long for the umps to call for the tarp. #Reds
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Bobby Nightengale
3 years
In the first All-Star Game voting update, Nick Castellanos (568K) and Jesse Winker (462K) rank 2nd and 3rd among NL outfielders. Ronald Acuña Jr. (834K) leads the OFs. #Reds
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There are 5 active Black starting pitchers in MLB. Two of them, Hunter Greene and Marcus Stroman, start against each other Wednesday. “It’s important for us to always to be ourselves and be authentic. ... There are so many kids that look up to Hunter.”
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2 years
Shogo Akiyama was informed he will not be on the Reds’ Opening Day roster.
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3 years
#Reds pick up three games in the NL Central standings in three days.
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1 year
Devastating. The WBC is the first time Alexis and Edwin Díaz played on the same baseball team in their lives.
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Alexis Diaz was brought to tears after his brother Edwin suffered an injury after Puerto Rico's win
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2 years
Jonathan India, the 2021 NL Rookie of the Year, taking some swings in batting practice.
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3 years
#Reds have scored 46 runs in their first five games, a club record (at least dating to 1901). The previous record was 44 runs by the 1976 Big Red Machine team.
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3 years
2020 wasn’t all bad. #newlyweds @CManio18
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Eugenio Suárez on the #Reds ’ 6-1 start: “It’s more than good vibes. It’s very good vibes.”
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Trevor Bauer said he hasn't spent much time thinking about free agency. "Honestly, the most I’ve thought about it is just little creative ways to troll the fanbases on social media." #Reds
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“I have to give them props, they actually chirped all night and yelled at me all night. Normally when they get behind, they shut up real quick.” #Cubs #Reds
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