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umpbump.com - 12 minutes ago
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This one time, I emailed Keith Law and
asked him if he’d be willing to do an
interview and he didn’t respond to my email until six months later! He was all, “sorry I got behind on my emails.” And I was all, “Oh, whatevs, Klaw. I didn’t want that interview ...
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We’re with you, Keith Law.
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redstatebluestate.mlblogs.com - 19 minutes ago
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Preparations for the holiday season begin (for me)
in June, when my epic 180 consecutive days of
beer consumption starts to strengthen my tolerance for... eh... other people. Crowds. Yule tide blah blah blah. But it never really feels like the holidays until my annual MLB.com ...
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Is It Christmas Yet?
sportressofblogitude.com - 29 minutes ago
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In one of the least surprising MVP announcements
of recent memory, St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert
Pujols has unanimously won his second straight National League Most Valuable Player award by receiving all 32 first place votes. It was the third MVP of Pujols’ career, and he became ...
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Shocking: Albert Pujols Wins NL MVP Award
myteamrivals.typepad.com - 37 minutes ago
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Los Angeles Dodgers free agent infielder Juan Castro
may be the newest Phillies utility man according to
his agent. Castro is a career .230 hitter that can play every infield position and the corner outfield positions. If the Phillies do indeed sign the 37 year old, it may not be that ...
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Juan Castro Close to a Deal With Phillies
bravesheart.com - 38 minutes ago
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A look at the top 40 prospects of
the Atlanta Braves, beginning with #40 and going to
#36 today.
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BravesHeart Top 40 Prospects: #36-40
thecollegebaseballblog.com - 40 minutes ago
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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE TOKYO- Vanderbilt baseball split
a doubleheader in Japan, shutting out Aoyama... Visit The
College Baseball Blog for the Full Story
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Vanderbilt Baseball splits Doubleheader in Japan
sonsofstevegarvey.com - 40 minutes ago
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From Josh S., in our comments section: I
got an e-mail for 2010 miniplans. The schedule lists
an Ethier bobblehead (5/18) and something called a "superhero" for Ethier (7/22), Kemp (7/8) and Manny (6/3) each. Andre Ethier is getting his long-overdue bobblehead, but what is a "superhero"? ...
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BobblePlans Emerging
youneedtogetreal.blogspot.com - 45 minutes ago
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Being the ultra cheap bastich that I am
I not only spend too much time at WalMart,
but I also scope the clearance isle hoping to find that gem amongst the Hanna Montana sheet sets and the beyond expired date boxed wines. I almost felt compelled to buy the Gillette Fusion Kansas City Chiefs razor
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WalMart Clearance Isle Gold
sports.espn.go.com - 51 minutes ago
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Albert Pujols is the unanimous winner of the
National League MVP award, becoming the first player to
repeat since Barry Bonds won four in a row from 2001-04.
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Albert Pujols of St. Louis Cardinals is unanimous ...
buccofans.com - 57 minutes ago
mlbnotebook.com - 70 minutes ago
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The Detroit Tigers have made it known they're
willing to listen to offers for pitcher Edwin Jackson
. Since that declaration, Jackson has become one of the most popular names on the Hot Stove market. It seems as if not a day has gone by during this young free agency period where Jackson's name ...
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Edwin Jackson is all the rage this offseason
thebiglead.com - 70 minutes ago
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Joe Mauer led the AL in batting average,
on base percentage and slugging percentage, playing a position
where a bat is a bonus. Unsurprisingly, he was voted AL MVP, receiving 27 of 28 first place votes. What was surprising was the errant vote ...
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Who is Keizo Konishi and Why Did He Vote For Cabrera ...
fackyouk.blogspot.com - 70 minutes ago
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In the six months I've been writing here,
rarely have Jay and I disagreed on any major
points. We disagreed about a hypothetical recall of Austin Jackson in the wake of a potential Melky Cabrera injury, and we differ as to how the Yankees should approach Hideki Matsui this off-season. But in ...
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Counterpoint: Who Cares?
noyoureatowel.net - 70 minutes ago
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Albert Pujols was unanimous as the 2009 National
League MVP which means no writer pulled a Keizo
Konishi and voted someone else less deserving for the award. There were, however, quite a few head scratchers: Chase Utley, despite being the second best player in the National League (I mean ...
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Pujols Unanimous But Some More Curious Votes
thecollegebaseballblog.com - 78 minutes ago
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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. –
The Penn State baseball team released its 2010... Visit
The College Baseball Blog for the Full Story
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Penn State releases 2010 Schedule
lennysyankees.com - 79 minutes ago
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Andy Pettitte has the most wins of any
active pitcher since 1995, and is second in starts
and innings pitched, trailing only Greg Maddux. I read that fact in Tom Verducci’s Sports Illustrated article earlier this month, titled “World Domination.” The premise of the story is that the Yankees ...
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Pettitte bolsters Hall of Fame argument
novafantasysports.com - 84 minutes ago
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Update: Despite the strong rumours of the last
few weeks that the Detroit Tigers were about to
start trading some of their higher profile players, nothing has really gone very far along. Now a new name emerges,Miguel Cabrera.Lynn Hennings of The Detroit News reports that the Tiger 1B could feel ...
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Could Cabrera Be Traded?
bizofbaseball.com - 89 minutes ago
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Scott Boras' message on money being transferred between
the haves and have-nots in MLB is self- serving,
but that doesn't mean the message isn't correct. The tension between management and labor in Major League Baseball continues to rise as agents and some in the MLBPA believe ...
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MLB Can't Have Their Cake and Eat it Too When Not ...
umpbump.com - 94 minutes ago
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visit site to read more ] Tagged:
AJC , Bobby Abreu , David O'Brien , Juan
Abreu
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The AJC’s David O’Brien confuses his Abreus
soxanddawgs.com - 97 minutes ago
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Here is a press release from the Boston
Red Sox concerning the 2010 Spring Training schedule and
ticket information. Red Sox announce 2010 Spring Training schedule; Tickets go on sale Saturday, December 5 2010 marks fourth time in five years that prices remain unchanged BOSTON, MA-The ...
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Red Sox Announce 2010 Spring Training Info & Schedule
bbwaa.com - 100 minutes ago
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It’s Unanimous: Cardinals’ Albert Pujols Wins Again St.
Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols was a unanimous
choice in winning the National League Most Valuable Player Award for the second consecutive season and the third time in ...
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2009 NL MVP
network.nationalpost.com - 111 minutes ago
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According to a report in the Los Angeles
Times, the Anaheim-based team that pursued the right-hander before
this past season's trade deadline have contacted Toronto about acquiring Halladay this winter.
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Doc Hollywood? Angels back in Halladay hunt
mlb.fanhouse.com - 111 minutes ago
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by Tom Fornelli There are a lot of
questions concerning what the Detroit Tigers are going to
do this winter. Some are speculating that there will be a firesale as the team tries to shed payroll going into the 2010 season, while others are saying ...
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Is Miguel Cabrera Available Via Trade?
slidingintohome.blogspot.com - 114 minutes ago
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Like Joe Mauer yesterday, today's announcement of the
NL MVP comes as no surprise. Albert Pujols received
all of the possible 32 first-place votes and finished off his third MVP season batting .327/.443/.658 with 47 home runs and 135 RBI. Florida's Hanley Ramirez finished second, with Ryan ...
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Pujols Unanimous Pick For NL MVP
novafantasysports.com - 117 minutes ago
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Update: Another day, another differnt spin on things
in New York. Today ESPN's Peter Gammons reports that
both Joba Chamberlain and Philip Hughes will go to spring training as starters and David Robertson and Damaso Marte can handle the 7th and 8th innings out of the bullpen. Gammons also ...
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Hughes,Joba Yankee Starters
feedproxy.google.com - 2 hours ago
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We’re getting closer and closer to the winter
meetings as I’m continuing my list of the top
ten stories that should take us into the great December meetings. 7- Are the Tigers going to trade Curtis Granderson and Edwin Jackson? The cost cutting Tigers are supposedly shopping a ...
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Brett’s Top 10 Plots of the Winter Meetings (7-5)
blog.cubhub.net - 2 hours ago
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A CubHub.net exclusive! We have intercepted Jim Hendry’s
Christmas wish list ! Yes, even the Cubs GM
makes requests of Santa Claus and the Clark-Addison Cubs fan blog has obtained his 2009 Christmas wishes. Sources familiar with the matter indicate Mr. Hendry has petitioned Jolly ...
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Jim Hendry’s Christmas Wish List
metsmerizedonline.com - 2 hours ago
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Bart Hubbuch of the NY Post was gracious
enough to honor our request to answer a few
reader submitted questions for us. He does an excellent job of covering the Mets all year long and is a valuable source of information both in the regular season and the hot stove season as well. I hope you ...
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NY Post’s Bart Hubbuch Answers Some Hot Stove Questions
gaslampball.com - 2 hours ago
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More photos » by Denis Poroy - AP
6 months ago: San Diego Padres right fielder Brian
Giles dives as he tries to make a catch on a single hit by Colorado Rockies' Aaron Cook during the sixth ...
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Around the Mission: 11/24 Padres Links
doublegsports.sportspagenetwork.com - 2 hours ago
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Mets rumors: Lackey, Johnson, Branyan, Cust, Sheets, etc..
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A ride through the Rumor Mill - New York Mets
slidingintohome.blogspot.com - 2 hours ago
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In his most recent blog post, ESPN's Buster
Olney says that besides their outfield needs their main
focus will be their bullpen and in all likelihood will look to land two relievers. Olney also said that "it's unclear whether New York GM Brian Cashman is going to be willing to give up his ...
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Olney: Yanks Looking To Land Two Relievers
metsfansforever.com - 2 hours ago
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Author: Will Hernandez The changes keep on coming.
First it was Citi Field and now the Mets'
uniforms will have a different look in 2010. The organization today confirmed the team will don a throwback home uniform throughout next season. "The design combines new and old elements of Mets ...
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Mets Display Class With Uniform Changes
beyondtheboxscore.com - 2 hours ago
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How much does a pitcher gain from "pitching
to his defense" In response to the argument made that
Chris Carptner, er... I mean, I hypothetical pitcher, was able to outperform his FIP so much by pitching to his defense, Kincaid, at 3d-Baseball looked at just how much is to be gained by ...
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How much does a pitcher gain from "pitching to his defense"
twinkietalk.com - 3 hours ago
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I thought I had this in the queue
to publish yesterday morning, rather than today. Ed. Turns
out I lost it, so you get a brand new post! That might be the last time I write a post ahead of time. Stupid productivity. Anyways, I posted this ballot on twitter Monday morning, so feel free [...]
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My AL MVP Ballot
metstoday.com - 3 hours ago
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Flashy leadoff man or flash in the pan?
That is the $64,000 question when it comes to
Angel Pagan. At times, Angel Pagan displayed a marvelous skill set, lashing line drives to all fields, running the bases like a madman, and covering outfield ...
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2009 Analysis: Angel Pagan
sports.espn.go.com - 3 hours ago
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How well the baseball business is run was
summed up at both the owners and agents meetings
when all parties were informed that Major League Baseball revenues in 2009 held at $6.5 billion. In a year when there was a minimal drop in attendance and there ...
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Offseason economics put the Boston Red Sox in a curious ...
joeposnanski.com - 3 hours ago
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So, it looks like I spent another sports
year feeling pre-agitated about things that did not come
especially close to happening. Zack Greinke won the Cy Young Award … he won it rather easily. There was no sudden and overpowering push to get ...
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Mauer Pauer: Man of the Hauer
bases.nbcsports.com - 3 hours ago
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One of the worst things the Mets ever
did -- and believe me, there's a long list
to choose from -- was to go wacky with their uniforms in the past few years. Those blue things from the 80s were bad...
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The Mets go retro
bases.nbcsports.com - 3 hours ago
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Here are the overall number one picks from
the past decade: Adrian Gonzalez; Joe Mauer; Bryan Bullington;
Delmon Young; Matt Bush; Justin Upton; Luke Hochevar; David Price; Tim Beckham; Stephen Strasburg. Guess which one the Royals just ...
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The Royals acquire former number one pick!
bases.nbcsports.com - 3 hours ago
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More Peter Gammons. This time, as is his wont,
plainly yet eloquently states why we shouldn't listen to
any of the owners cry poverty this offseason: As unpleasant as it may be, go back to the bleak midwinter of 1994-95, and...
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Don't listen when the owners cry poverty
bases.nbcsports.com - 3 hours ago
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Peter Gammons who, lest we forget, was working
the news and rumors beat when Rosenthal and Heyman
were watching "Superfriends" in their mammas' rumpus rooms, has a number of nuggets this early afternoon: -- The Yankees are content to enter...
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Joba and Hughes to be "programmed to start" and other ...
bases.nbcsports.com - 3 hours ago
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Brian Cashman, on how the Yankees will proceed
in the free agent market: "I don't want to
make the mistake of having a conversation with somebody else's agent and it plays out as if I'm pursuing that guy, and somebody...
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Brian Cashman: we'll talk to our own guys first
bases.nbcsports.com - 3 hours ago
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Last year the Angels balked when the Jays
demanded either Jered Weaver or Joe Saunders, Erick Aybar
and prospect Peter Bourjos for Roy Halladay. I would have balked too, that's way too steep. Now, however, it appears that the Jays...
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The Angels are back in the Halladay chase
bases.nbcsports.com - 3 hours ago
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The Strib's Joe Christensen reports that "there are
indications the team hopes to have a new deal
with [Joe] Mauer by Christmas." Um, "indications the team hopes to have. . ." So is it unclear whether the team really hopes to have...
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The Twins hope to give their fans a Christmas present
bases.nbcsports.com - 3 hours ago
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You know how those buildings over the left
field bleachers at Wrigley have ads and stuff on
them? Well, the Cubs don't like it all that much. At least when the ads are for casinos: The Cubs have fired the opening...
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The Cubs move to block rooftop advertising
bases.nbcsports.com - 3 hours ago
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The NL MVP, the final major postseason award,
will be announced today. While we could maybe argue
about Rookie of the Year and while reasonable people could potentially disagree about the NL Cy Young, the BBWAA has basically gotten the...
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Pujols is a lock for the MVP
bases.nbcsports.com - 3 hours ago
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The Detroit News' Lynn Henning is speculating/fantasizing this
morning about the Tigers trading Miguel Cabrera. Cabrera for
Clay Buchholz is mentioned. Like so many other stories this time of the year it's based on nothing other than a no ...
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Should the Tigers shop Miguel Cabrera?
hardballtimes.com - 3 hours ago
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I pulled double duty over at the Blue
Network today. Let's get to it: The Angels could
be the Tigers' Huckleberry . The Tigers are allegedly shopping Miguel Cabrera . Unless they think he's gonna crawl into the bottom of a bottle and never come out again, they probably shouldn't. ...
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My very long Morning in Exile
bases.nbcsports.com - 3 hours ago
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Rosenthal says that someone "with close knowledge of
the Tigers' organization" thinks that the Angels may be
the best trade partner out there for Detroit, given that they have depth at the three positions the Tigers have the most need:...
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The Angels could be the Tigers' ideal trade partner
pinstripealley.com - 3 hours ago
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Apparently, Joe Girardi and Brian Cashman are a
little too busy to familiarize themselves with the 'E'
Network, or the whole Hollywood glamor scene. After being treated like runway models, Manager Joe Girardi and General Manager Brian Cashman were relieved to inch out of the spotlight. The ...
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Red carpet? Whaddya talkin' about?
