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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Schoop hustle double...To 3rd on wild pitch...scores on Big Fellas Sac Fly. Little ball by baseballs home run leaders! Looking like NL team</p>— Joe Angel (@WaveItByeBye) <a href="

">June 29, 2016</a></blockquote>

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