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01-02-2021, 02:55 PM
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May 15
(note: I had intended to do updates biweekly or at least at the beginning of the month but I set up something wrong, the first week's stats were a bit wonky, and I had to manually recalculate them. Things seem to be working OK now though)
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National W L GB Strk L10 Boston 19 8 - W1 8-2 St. Louis 13 9 3 1/2 L1 5-5 Chicago 12 9 4 L2 6-4 Philadelphia 12 10 4 1/2 L2 6-4 Brooklyn 9 10 6 W2 4-6 Pittsburgh 7 11 7 1/2 L2 1-9 New York 8 14 8 1/2 W2 6-4 Cincinnati 5 14 10 W2 3-7 American W L GB Strk L10 Cleveland 12 7 - L1 6-4 New York 11 7 1/2 W3 5-5 Boston 14 9 - L2 4-6 Chicago 12 9 1 W2 7-3 Detroit 10 11 3 L1 6-4 St. Louis 11 13 3 1/2 W1 3-7 Washington 10 12 3 1/2 W1 6-4 Philadelphia 6 18 8 1/2 L3 3-7 The AL has actually had a bit of a race in the early going with the Yankees stumbling out of the gate. The Red Sox were the early leaders but now find themselves in a virtual 3-way tie with the Indians and New Yorkers. Joe Della is hitting HRs for fun right now (.373, 14, 33) for the Yankees but is being paced by Bill Velazquez (.479, 5, 13). We still expect to see the Yankees go away with this but it's interesting so far! Around the League ----------------------------- Boston (N): As noted, Brewer has been electric. Slightly less electric have been the returns from the blockbuster trade with the Giants over the offseason. 1B Stephen Lutes was expected to provide pop in the middle of the order but hasn't (.264, 1, 14). He at least has been health so far. CF Curt Holdaway has, to be fair, looked like the same top tier fielder he was in the Polo Grounds but also hasn't shown the power he showed last year (.281, 2, 14). Boston (A): The club cut ties with SP Danny Vergano (0-0, 9.45), who was designated for assignment and then plucked off of waivers by the Washington Senators. It's a tough ending for a man who, as recently as last year, started 12 games for the club and held a positive walk to strikeout ratio (although his 4.54 ERA indicated that maybe he wasn't all that effective). Brooklyn: With 1B Joe Davis (.277, 1, 10) and RF Shawn Whitaker (.264, 2, 10) not hitting like it's 1950 in the middle of the lineup, it's been up to 5 hole hitter SS Ken Davidson (.293, 5, 15) to pick up the slack. Davidson, whose previous high of 14 homeruns was set last year, has fully half of the Dodgers' 4-baggers this year. Chicago (N): Still looking to bolster a rotation that was considered the main reason they fell to the Yankees in the World Series last year, the Cubs purchased veteran P Ricardo Reyes (1-2, 6.75) from the Braves earlier today. Reyes, who won 18 games for Boston in 1946, has fallen on hard times recently; last year he really bottomed out with a 5.40 ERA and 103 walks in 125 innings pitched. Still only 27 (he turns 28 in June), the Cubs hope they can tame those control problems. Chicago (A): 2B Artie Wilson (.371, 3, 15) has spearheaded a somewhat surprising attack that sees the Chisox just a game out of first place. Wilson is reportedly not popular in the clubhouse but when you're hitting the way he's been hitting, that doesn't matter too much. Cleveland: The Indians have the best 1-2 pitching punch in the league, with Robert Berryman (3-2, 1.95) and Patrick Stahl (5-0, 1.84) both sporting sub-2.00 ERAs. The rest of the rotation has frankly been kind of trash but those two are still good enough to rank the Tribe 1st in the league in starter ERA (3.45). Cincinnati: The Reds are in full-on rebuild mode - well, make that "build" mode since there was little to rebuild from in the first place. Out the door are 2B Justin Rambow (.298, 2, 8 with Cincy), sold to the Phillies and RF Art Ryther (.333, 0, 4 with CIN), traded to the Braves, and in are 3B Justin Knepler (.214, 1, 2 in 4 games with CIN so far) from Boston and, using the money they raised from the Rambow sale, SP Chris Gillen from the Dodgers (0-1, 2.70 so far). Detroit: The Tigers are floating around .500 but don't blame that on 1B Roger Bernard (.325, 7, 12). In not-so-great news, the team lost SP Leo Cervera (0-2, 10.50), a 15 game winner in 1948, for the season with an arm injury. Cervera also missed most of last year and his career, at least as a reliable starter, may be done. New York (N): In addition to Mares, LF Sam Brooks (.317, 7, 12) has been hitting baseballs out of the park a lot this year. That's good because the Giants have somehow managed to score just 92 runs (4th in the league) off of 38 HRs (far and away 1st). New York (A): The Big Apple sports the two 30-dinger teams in Major League Baseball this season (the Yanks have 33 of them). Unlike the Giants, though, the Yankees have managed to score a lot of runs with and without the longball - their 123 runs scored leads the league. They're also 1st in the league in runs allowed, which would seem to indicate they've been unlucky so far this year... Philadelphia (N): Last year the Phillies rode their pitching staff to a surprising pennant run. This year they're in the mix in spite of that staff. Alex Torres, who was 15-2 last season, has allowed more runs than innings pitched so far (1-3, 10.74) and if anything the bullpen has been even worse, ranking 2nd worst in the NL in ERA (3.95). Philadelphia (A): The bottom fell out of a team that did not have a lot of, um, bottom to begin with. 1B Nelson Aranda (.301, 4, 17) is right around the only position player who's not in a slump right now. The team is getting on base at just a .320 clip, which is worse in the AL and also really, really bad in 1950 terms (although in real life the Cubs OBPed just .315 that season). St. Louis (N): It would be blasphemy to think of the Cardinals as anything but a great offense / bad defense club, and 1950 has been no different. On the offensive end, LF Stan Watson is just off the pace for .400 (.388, 3, 19). On the pitching side, SP Tony Ojeda has an ERA reminiscent of that airplane company in Seattle's models (0-3, 7.77), which is considered bad luck. St. Louis (A): The acquisition of 3B Chad Cannon (.356, 4, 21) turned out to be a key one for the surprisingly not-terrible Browns. The knock on Cannon has always been his defense, of course, but so far he's only committed one error in the field and has otherwise been downright adequate out there. Washington: In a league that's hitting homerun after homerun, the Senators have clubbed just 5 of them, which is by far the lowest total in either circuit. LF Zion Martin (.256, 2, 8) "leads" the way in that category. Meanwhile, it's interesting to note that C Nick Zehner (.178, 0, 9) is now the Sens' all-time leader in games played with 362.
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01-04-2021, 06:53 PM
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June 1
Races Shaping Up In Both Circuits
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National W L GB Strk L10 Boston 28 14 - W1 6-4 St. Louis 23 13 2 W2 7-3 Chicago 21 16 4 1/2 W2 5-5 Brooklyn 20 16 5 W1 7-3 Philadelphia 20 18 6 L2 6-4 Pittsburgh 11 22 12 1/2 L1 3-7 New York 12 24 13 L1 2-8 Cincinnati 11 23 13 L2 4-6 American W L GB Strk L10 Cleveland 24 10 - W3 8-2 New York 22 11 1 1/2 W5 9-1 Detroit 19 16 5 1/2 L2 7-3 Boston 18 17 6 1/2 L2 3-7 Chicago 18 18 7 W1 4-6 St. Louis 17 22 9 1/2 W1 4-6 Washington 14 22 11 L1 2-8 Philadelphia 11 27 15 L1 4-6 The Cleveland Indians, meanwhile, have shot out of nowhere, although even with their lofty record the Yankees are right there to take over if they slip up just a little. They also, as you'd expect with a team with Robert Berryman, have some great pitching (2nd, 141 runs allowed) but they've also been ripping the crap out of the ball themselves, ranking 1st in runs scored (with 216 and 2nd in HRs (with 42). More on the individual teams in the "Around the League" section! May Awards Are Awardy Chicago is the May home of rookies. Ward Myers of the White Sox (4-3, 3.28) was the AL Rookie of the Month, bringing home a 4-2 record with a 2.38 ERA in 53 innings over 6 starts. The 23-year-old throws a cut fastball, a slider, and a change for strikes and has proven to be a surprising ace. His NL counterpart for May was stopper Nathan Parker of the Cubs (4-0, 1.04, 2 Sv), who won 4 games in 9 May appearances and yielded just 2 runs over 17.1 innings, all in tough relief situations. The NL Pitcher of the Month is a familiar face on a familiar team... but not the team you'd expect. Nick Ranallo (7-0, 0.72) completed 3 of his 5 starts, won all of them, and even picked up a save in a rare relief appearance. It's the first time the 3-time All Star has taken POTM honors in his career. In the AL, it was of course Rapid Robert Berryman (6-3, 2.02) because who else would it be? Berryman finished the month 6-2 with a 2.21 ERA and struck out 61 batters in 73.1 innings. Our stat nerds tell us he's on pace to shatter the single-season strikeout mark with over 300. Yeah, right. Like that's even possible... Ken Hoffman (.424, 14, 38) did pretty much everything a first baseman can do and that's why he was the NL Player of the Month. The Cardinals' cleanup man blasted 10 HRs, drove home 30 runners, hit .433 with 39 hits in 90 at-bats, and even beat up Brooklyn pitcher Jerry Maiella in a classic bases-clearing brawl after the hurler threw a fastball just a little bit too inside for Hoffman's liking. Amazingly, this was Hoffman's very first POTM award. This... was not the first POTM award for his AL counterpart, LF Ted Thurston (.388, 9, 37). In fact, this was the 14th such award for "Teddy Ballgame". Thurston hit .440 for the month, deposited 6 balls into the seats, and walked 22 times in 23 games for the otherwise struggling Red Sox. Around the League --------------------------- Boston(N): 1B Stephen Lutes (.291, 5, 23) has started to hit. Miguel Mares who?... P Joe Brewer (7-3, 2.47) surely would have won the May Pitcher of the Month honor if it weren't for his teammates on a couple of accounts - for one, Joe Ranallo was a complete beast, for another, even though he completed 4 of 7 games and struck out 38 men in 60.1 innings, he "only" won 4 of his 7 decisions. Boston(A): The Red Sox are in free fall, going 8-15 for the month. Everything outside of Thurston seems to be breaking down: the pitching, once... okay, I was going to say "resolute" but they've never been that... adequate currently has the 2nd worst starter's ERA in the junior circuit. Phil Baker (4-4, 4.14) might be finally beginning to show his age at 41. Offensively the team has 3 men - Thurston, 3B Mark Boutilier (.352, 5, 18), and C John Prive (.320, 0, 12) hitting better than .250. Brooklyn: LF Sean McClure (.250, 1, 4) pulled up lame after a hard collision at second base in a loss to the Cardinals on the 16th and hasn't played since. His replacement Danny Nishimoto (.224, 1, 14) has flashed with the glove but at the plate has proven why the 29 year old has never gotten a shot at starting in the major leagues before. Chicago (N): Lest you believed that the shoulder inflammation that spelled the end to Mike Weathers' (4-2, 1.84) season last year would also reduce him as a pitcher, rest assured that he is back and better than ever. That curve of his... it, um, curves a lot... 3B Felipe Ortega (.231, 2, 11) hit .333 last week and is hitting .375 so far this one, after finding himself below the Mendoza Line on May 21st. Chicago (A): The White Sox carried out a blockbuster trade with the Washington Senators on the 31st. I'll go over the players they sent out in the Washington write-up but let's just say that the returns were good. The main move was getting 2B Artie Wilson out - he's been hitting well this year but was making all the players in the clubhouse angry by repeating the same tired political arguments over and over again. Anyway, the Chisox got back 3B Kyle Keener (.293, 2, 9), who takes Wilson's spot in the order - John Yoder (.274, 4, 22) will move from 3rd to play 2nd - and CL Scott Weiss (2-0, 1.29, 4 Sv). They also received a prospect in the deal. But mostly, Wilson has been officially banned from the clubhouse. Cincinnati: 1B Ted Stanislawski's (.287, 1, 16) power seems to have completely abandoned him but he's made a point to study the little things that make a hitter help out a team instead, like hitting behind the runner, making productive outs, and so on. Okay, seriously, it sucks. The guy hit 47 dingers with 166 RBIs and this year he's on pace for... 5 and 72. Cleveland: If this is the Indians' year, it'll be because of guys like LF Larry Sloan (.333, 10, 37), who recently hit his 100th homerun of his career. Sloan also recently slotted into 2nd base after the regular there Ethan Taylor (.297, 4, 13) broke his hand sliding into second base on a double on the 26th. In 65 innings at the position, Sloan has only committed one error; it looks like he remembers it well enough from when he came up playing the position. Detroit: The comeback has been rocky for Adam Turchi (4-3, 5.69). The former 17 game winner has walked 30 batters in 55.1 innings, striking out just 19 in that time frame, and what's worse, he's allowed 7 homeruns. Some of that can be blamed on the cozy confines of Tiger Stadium but some of that can also be blamed on gophers... New York (N): RF Manny Mercado (.182, 8, 11) looked like a real hot prospect last year, hitting 22 HRs in just 350 at-bats down in A ball. The Giants handed him the starting gig and... the good news is, he kept hitting dingers. The bad news is, those homers all seemed to come when nobody else was on base, and also he's struck out 40 times in 137 at-bats. Needless to say, he's riding the pine now. New York (A): Even with Thurston's heroics, an extremely good case can be made that RF Joe Della (.354, 20, 50) should have taken home Player of the Month honors for may. Della hit 15 balls out of the park last month and is on pace to hit 93 of them with 233 RBIs. Which, yikes. The craziest part? 16 of those HRs were hit on the road. Philadelphia (N): We expected the Phillies to kind of fall apart so it's kind of good news that they've been treading water instead. 1B Gene Cutting (.352, 5, 32) has been an ageless wonder so far. The 39 year old is once more holding down the fort in the 3 hole. On the other hand, Alex Torres (3-4, 6.92), who led the league in winning percentage last year with a 15-2 record, has already doubled last year's loss total. Like everyone else in the league, he's having control issues (30 walks in 52 IP), although a glance at his other peripherals indicates to me anyway that he's been very hit-unlucky so far. Philadelphia (A): Yeah, the A's are just really, really bad. They do have 2/3rds of a major league outfield with LF Nelson Aranda (.313, 5, 27) and CF Matt Holbrook (.323, 0, 14) producing a lot. Our scouts claim that Holbrook is even the better player now of the two, which, good players hit dingers, nerds. Pitching-wise, Ken Yazzie (0-1, 3.86) leads the league in having an awesome name. Pittsburgh: It really is RF Luke Spurr (.288, 15, 33) and a cast of rejects in Pitt this year. 1B Jose Aceves (.241, 2, 11) in particular has fallen way off from last year's 24 HRs, and 91 RBIs. The pitching is just... ugh. 197 runs allowed (which is somehow not dead last) and a 6.06 starters' ERA. The low-water mark belongs to TJ Simons, who had a decent enough spring and looked like a potential future cog in the rotation. Well... he had 6 starts, pitched 33 innings, and surrendered 57 hits, 18 walks, and... wait for it... 8 homeruns. That all adds up to a 10.91 ERA. St. Louis (N): The Cards' pitching actually looks not half-bad, at least in Cardinals' terms, and relative to the league. I mean, the 4.90 starters' ERA is a thing, but they're pitching well enough to stay in games. Jason Lanier (7-0, 3.77) is continually shuffled from relief to starting but as a guy who can give you 6 innings a night every 5 days, he's super effective. On the other hand, Tony Ojeda (2-4, 8.14) has given up 40 runs in 42 innings. St. Louis (A): It's another year, another injury for CF Suthiwat Thaisong (.400, 0, 8), who must go out of his way to walk under ladders on his way to work or something. This year he suffered a bad knee injury while running the bases in a loss to the lowly Athletics and will reportedly miss the rest of the season. Maybe baseball is just not for him. Washington: And finally, the Senators' haul! Of course, they added 2B Artie Wilson (.377, 6, 27), which immediately gets them a guy who is only only hitting as well as anyone in the league but allows them to move on from what was going to be a truly disastrous experiment at 2B with 38 year old Eddie Gonzalez shifting there after butchering 3rd so badly in 1949. They also received SP Gregg Sumner (3-2. 6.62), who was having problems with the longball in Chicago (6 HRs in 51.2 IP) but you can allow people to hit the ball a long, long way in Griffith Stadium and they just turn into outs. The final piece - and this should tell you how keen the Chisox were to get rid of Wilson - was LF Joe Ritchie (.257, 4, 27), the 3 time Gold Glove award winner who comes into Washington already having hit more HRs than anyone there before the trade.
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01-10-2021, 02:13 AM
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June 15
And The Wheat Separates From The Chaff
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National W L GB Strk L10 Boston 36 19 - W2 7-3 St. Louis 31 20 3 L1 6-4 Chicago 30 20 3 1/2 L2 6-4 Brooklyn 26 25 8 L1 5-5 Philadelphia 24 28 10 1/2 L1 3-7 Cincinnati 19 29 13 1/2 W1 4-6 Pittsburgh 18 30 14 1/2 W1 5-5 New York 19 32 15 W1 4-6 American W L GB Strk L10 New York 32 14 - W1 7-3 Cleveland 31 15 1 W1 5-5 Boston 28 20 5 W2 8-2 Detroit 22 25 10 1/2 L2 3-7 Chicago 22 26 11 L1 4-6 St. Louis 23 28 11 1/2 L1 5-5 Washington 19 30 14 1/2 L1 3-7 Philadelphia 15 34 18 1/2 W1 4-6  Braves ace Joe Brewer The Braves are only 8-5 for the month but they're still keeping pace in the senior circuit, still powered by great seasons by Joe Ranallo (8-2, 1.62) and Joe "Hooks" Brewer (10-3, 2.44). After them the rotation is only 14-11, so it's really a Brewer and Ranallo and pray for a rainout-o. Give me a break, guys! I'm trying!  "Joltin' Joe" Della, Yankees right fielder Sadly the Indians couldn't *quite* keep up the blistering pace they established and now the Yankees are in the league in that conference. I mean, they're still fine but it's hard to compete with a team with the top 2 players in homeruns (Della now has 25; "Yogi" Meissner has 16). The Draft ------------------- I set the draft order by the teams' records in 5 years, so you'll notice that the Yankees get to pick pretty high here. Anyway, here was the top 5. None of these names are recognizeable right now but watch this space! 1. Dodgers - C Reed "Reed" Reed, a 22 year old out of Michigan 2. Yankees - 1B Mateo Loney, an 18 year old from Fremont, CA 3. Indians - SS Dylan Miller, an 18 year old from Hoover, AL 4. Braves - LF Haden Link, a 19 year old from Milton, PA 5. White Sox - C Jesus Antonio Cantu, an 18 year old from Henryette, OK The first pitcher drafted was John William Kirtley, a 21 year old from USC, 9th overall. Around the League ----------------------------- Braves - We thought the Braves got kind of hosed in the trade but as it turns out, as long as 1B Steven Lutes (.314, 8, 33) stays healthy he's an MVP candidate. He doesn't have a great record of this - he missed all of 1947, then almost a full season combined between '48 and '49 - but fingers crossed, he can keep this up. Red Sox - The Sox have walloped their way back into the title hunt with a 10-3 record so far this month. They're basically the Cardinals of the junior circuit - 2nd in runs, 6th in runs allowed - but so far this month it's been effective. As expected, LF Ted Thurston (.379, 15, 55) has been leading the way with a .356 average, 6 HRs, and 18 RBIs for the month. Dodgers - 2B Jackie Weber (.362, 5, 22) suffered his yearly injury again and Brooklyn is scrambling a bit. They're using Ramon Campos (.222, 0, 4), the former Braves shortstop, right now, but he looks like a very one-dimensional player at this point in his career (that one dimension being defense). With Weber not due back for more than a month, things are not looking good. Cubs - The Cubs have actually out-defensed the Braves so far this season. P Mike Chambers (7-2, 2.14) is looking like a Cy Young contender; any questions about whether or not he could come back from his injury have surely been answered. Their ace Glenn Carl (8-6, 4.12) has been lit up a bit but is still super effective and they're also getting some good outings from former Reds ace Francisco Bravo (6-3, 2.80). Too bad their offense is only average... White Sox - 2B John Yoder (.273, 5, 30) has yet to commit an error in 12 games since moving over from third. If he can keep that up, that'll be huge. The main chip in the trade that necessitated his move, CL Scott Weiss (2-0, 1.53, 5 Sv) has been lights-out in 5 games and 8.1 innings so far. Reds - Cincinnati has somehow, with this roster, managed a plus-.500 record so far in June. Leading the way are LF Miguel Vargos (.327, 6, 31), who's hitting 50 points higher than he did with Brooklyn last year, and 3B Justin Knepler (.294, 9, 31), who would be a Rookie of the Year candidate if only he qualified. Indians - Cleveland just now, as in today made another trade with the Senators, this time moving a couple of outfielders who have gotten little playing time this year - Jose Guerrero (.143, 0, 0) and minor leaguer Josh Davis (.291, 4, 22) in exchange for P Mike Pulcini (3-5, 6.65). The Indians are gambling that Pulcini, who threw more than 100 innings in relief last year, was being misused in the Senators' rotation thus far. Tigers - All of the roar has gone out of the Tigers this year, as they've lost 9 of 12 May games to drop well out of the pennant race. Jared Suggs (no record in 1950) completed his rehab assignment and figures to make his first start of the season after finishing 3rd in Cy Young Award voting last year. Giants - It's so... weird to look at the Giants, see that they're struggling (well, that part's not weird) and then see that the reason is the offense. The pitching hasn't been *great* but the rotation is middle of the pack, led by The Barber, Felix Ceballos (7-2. 2.51) and the bullpen so far has been the best in the NL. No, the issue is the hitting, which is leading the league in homeruns with 71 but doing basically nothing else. Yankees - Not being able to trade with pretty much anyone else, the Yankees slightly allowed themselves to get hosed in a trade with the Browns, sending them a whole slew of disgruntled players in exchange for two AAAA starting pitchers and SS Nick Campa (.182, 4, 17), who was immediately sent to the minors. The biggest chips they lost were OF Brent Foran (.524, 1, 5), who was getting unhappy over not getting into the lineup, and CL Steve Bryant (0-2, 9.64). Phillies - The wheels seem to be starting to come off in Philadelphia. The Phillies are just 4-10 for the month and recently fell to 5th in the league. They just don't look like they've got the star power to compete with the likes of Boston and St. Louis. One tiny bright spot is CL Chris Mann (1-4, 2.62, 8 Sv), who is leading all relievers in All-Star voting. Which... why are we voting on relief pitching again? Athletics - The A's are still bad at everything. One bright spot is Doug Loy (6-3, 3.78), who might notch his 3rd All-Star appearance next month just because somebody's got to make it from this team. Pirates - LF Kineji Tidwell (.300, 4, 22) has been on a tear after bottoming out with a .257 average on June 8. The one thing he hasn't done is hit HRs but the man is a leadoff hitter and you can't expect him to do everything. Cardinals - Stan Watson (.410, 12, 50) is riding a 28 game hitting streak, dating back to May 20th. The league record is held by... Stan Watson again, who had a 42 gamer that ended on July 29th of last year. Sometimes streaks are good! Browns - St. Louis got a much-needed pitching injection from the Yankees today. P Erik Pabian (1-2, 4.56 at AAA Kansas City) figures to make his first start today and CL Steve Bryant (see above!) will be given lots and lots of opportunity to prove that the 37 year old still has something left. Senators - Even though they just traded for two backups, the Sens feel like they're kind of set in the outfield. In left they're pretty committed to Joe Ritchie (.247, 4, 29), whom they took on in exchange for accepting Artie Wilson (now .370, 7, 38) and all his baggage. CF is manned by Jason Daniel (.229, 1, 14), who's been rated the #1 prospect by Baseball America the last 3 years running. And in right, it's all about all-time Washington homerun leader Randy Farr (.259, 0, 10).
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