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Fall Classic

The Golden Age has arrived on the North Side.

Letter from the Editor Credit: Bill Smith

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Baseball will always be America’s pastime. There is simply too much history to ignore and way too many icons to not recognize. The Fall Classic will look to capture that history in the greatest month of the year for any all baseball fans; October. My name is Anthony Renz and I am the editor in chief of the Fall Classic. Baseball has been an integral part of my life and I believe it is responsible for the success I have experienced on and off the field. My hope for this publication is to bring enjoyment to all fans of baseball no matter their age or interests. Specifically this publication will be highlighting the peaks and valleys of the postseason. It will strive to highlight the big moments but loom to uncover the minor moments that not all fans might have knowledge of it. Baseball is on America’s stage for the entire month of October. In fact, it has almost become synonymous with the month itself. My goal is to bring that entire month to life through stories and pictures that can only be seen on sports biggest stage. There will be stories from notable writers that will satisfy the needs of baseball fanatics. Photos will be on display that capture the passion that can only be found in this great month. Again, I hope this publication for some of you will give you the stories you are looking for regarding your favorite team. For those of you whose team is not in the postseason, hopefully this publication will give you hope that one day my staff and I can cover them for the length of the postseason. Wherever you may be and however you may be reading this, I hope the baseball season brings as much excitement to your life as it does mine. Let’s Play Ball!

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Table of Contents Today’s Lineup Leading Off Championship Preview Page 12 Insta-Moments Page 14 “Golden Age of the Cubs” Page 16

Seventh Inning Stretch What’s App Doc? Page 29 The Closer Page 31

Box Score Recap Page 6 Web Life Page 9 Twitter Stats Page 10

Batting Cleanup “Postseason from the Bench” Page 22 What Vegas Says? Page 25 MLB Award Picks Page 26

The Closer Page 4

Box Score Recap

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play Thursday, October 13, 2016 at Nationals Park (Washington Nationals) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 - - - - - - - Los Angeles Dodgers 0 0 0 Washington Nationals 0 1 0

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

PITCHERS: LAD - Hill, Blanton (3), Urias (5), Dayton (7), Jansen (7), Kershaw (9) WSN - Scherzer, Rzepczynski (7), Treinen (7), Solis (7), Kelley (7), Perez (7), Melancon (8)

Monday, October 10, 2016 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 - - - - - - - Washington Nationals 0 0 4 Los Angeles Dodgers 1 0 0

8 9 R H E - - - 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 6 1

ATTENDANCE: 43,936

WP - Sammy Solis LP - Kenta Maeda SAVE - none

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play Friday, October 7, 2016 at Progressive Field (Cleveland Indians)

HOME RUNS: WSN - Rendon, Werth LAD - Ruiz

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - - - - - - - - - Boston Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cleveland Indians 0 4 0 1 0 1

ATTENDANCE: 53,901 Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

8 9 R H E - - - 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 8 0 0 1 0 0 1 x 6 7 0

WP - Corey Kluber LP - David Price SAVE - none HOME RUNS: BOS - none CLE - Chisenhall

PITCHERS: WSN - Ross, Perez (3), Lopez (5), Rzepczynski (7), Treinen (7), Solis (8) LAD - Kershaw, Baez (7), Avilan (7), Blanton (7), Jansen (9)

R H E - 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 x 6 9 0

PITCHERS: BOS - Price, Barnes (4), Ross (6), Ziegler (6), Kelly (7), Kimbrel (8) CLE - Kluber, Otero (8), Shaw (9)

Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 - - - - - - - Washington Nationals 1 0 1 Los Angeles Dodgers 2 0 2

WP - Julio Urias LP - Marc Rzepczynski SAVE - Clayton Kershaw

HOME RUNS: LAD - Pederson WSN - Heisey

PITCHERS: WSN - Gonzalez, Solis (5), Perez (7), Kelley (7), Melancon (9) LAD - Maeda, Baez (4), Dayton (6), Fields (6), Avilan (6), Blanton (7), Jansen (9), Stripling (9)

8 9 R H E - - - 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 7 0

ATTENDANCE: 37,842 Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

WP - Joe Blanton LP - Blake Treinen SAVE - Kenley Jansen

Monday, October 10, 2016 at Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox)

HOME RUNS: WSN - none LAD - Gonzalez

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - - - - - - - - - Cleveland Indians 0 0 0 2 0 2 Boston Red Sox 0 0 0 0 1 1

ATTENDANCE: 49,617

R H E - 0 0 0 4 7 0 0 1 0 3 8 0

PITCHERS: CLE - Tomlin, Miller (6), Shaw (8), Allen (8) BOS - Buchholz, Pomeranz (5), Kelly (6), Uehara (8), Kimbrel (9)

Leading Off

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WP - Josh Tomlin LP - Clay Buchholz SAVE - Cody Allen HOME RUNS: CLE - Crisp BOS - none ATTENDANCE: 39,530

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Caught in the Webbing

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Championship Series Previews

BLUE JAYS PREVIEW The United States and Germany are both considered being low context cultures. Privacy and personal space are valued. The communication within the cultures tends to be clear and unambiguous. However, one difference within this cultural metric that I found is that the United States values nonverbal communication more than Germany. Germany gives little attention to non-verbal cues and body language. I think the United States values it slightly more but it will never be relied upon as being the tell all (IOR). These countries are similar in these first two cultural metrics but when it comes to distinguishing work life and social life the countries differ greatly. In the United States, at least in recent years, there has been a movement to merge the business and social world. A lot of companies in the United States want people to stay as long as possible at work and make as many relationships they can outside of work. It is almost common practice for a group of people to go out to lunch together or grab

DODGERS PREVIEW The United States and Germany are both considered being low context cultures. Privacy and personal space are valued. The communication within the cultures tends to be clear and unambiguous. However, one difference within this cultural metric that I found is that the United States values nonverbal communication more than Germany. Germany gives little attention to non-verbal cues and body language. I think the United States values it slightly more but it will never be relied upon as being the tell all (IOR). These countries are similar in these first two cultural metrics but when it comes to distinguishing work life and social life the countries differ greatly. In the United States, at least in recent years, there has been a movement to merge the business and social world. A lot of companies in the United States want people to stay as long as possible at work and make as many relationships they can outside of work. It is almost common practice for a group of people to go out to lunch together or grab drinks during happy hour after a long days work. However, it couldn’t be more different in Germany. Within in cultural norms for Germany, there is a distinct difference between your business life and social life. These are two separate spaces and need to be treated as such. It is considered to be insulting to call a co-worker about work after you have gone home. Also, within the workplace environment, relationships are strictly business orientated. “Small talk “ is not accepted within the work place environment (IOR). This specific cultural metric would be vital for United States students to learn as well as German students to learn. Without familiarizing themselves with business norms, an uncomfortable work environment could arise. The next cultural metric I will look at is masculinity vs. femininity. According to the Geert Hofstede scale, Germany projects as masculine culture. The United States would also be considered masculine but doesn’t grade out as high as Germany. A masculine culture is defined as a society or culture that is driven by competition, achievement and success-with success

Batting Cleanup

drinks during happy hour after a long days work. However, it couldn’t be more different in Germany. Within in cultural norms for Germany, there is a distinct difference between your business life and social life. These are two separate spaces and need to be treated as such. It is considered to be insulting to call a co-worker about work after you have gone home. Also, within the workplace environment, relationships are strictly business orientated. “Small talk “ is not accepted within the

INDIANS PREVIEW

CUBS PREVIEW At PR Giants, we have chose to raise awareness about the discrepancies between minimum wage laws between the United States and Germany on behalf of potential college or high school students exploring an internship overseas in Germany. The rationale behind this particular campaign is to eventually create an incentive for students to branch out and explore education overseas without losing out on the bare necessity minimum wage they need to live comfortably. Our goal is for Germany’s government and universities to consider paying our students the same minimum wage they pay to everyone working within their country. Under their current laws and regulations students working as an intern or even an entry level position excludes them from their minimum wage rate of 8.50 euro/hour. This would be our first and main objective. The second main objective of our campaign would be to create and longstanding relationship between Germany and the United States where our students and their students can study abroad and live and survive with comfortable means. The first objective coincides with this in that it’s our first goal

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work place environment (IOR). This specific cultural metric would be vital for United States students to learn as well as German students to learn. Without familiarizing themselves with business norms, an uncomfortable work environment could arise. The next cultural metric I will look at is masculinity vs. femininity. According to the Geert Hofstede scale, Germany projects

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Insta-Moments In Germany, the minimum wage was recently changed in 2015 to 8.50 euro/hour (Country Reports). If you take that figure and covert it into US dollars it equals $9.50 per hour. This is many states would be seen as an increase except for a couple states who have chose to have a higher minimum wage. Again simply comparing and contrasting these two difference amongst the wage would be entirely too broad and ineffective from a public relation side of things. After digging more into the recently new wage laws in Germany, I found and glaring difference between the two countries when it comes to paying minors. In the United States, the minimum wage applies to everyone no matter his or her education level, experience or age. However in Germany, minors are excluded from this group. The minimum wage in Germany does not apply to trainees, people doing their entry level qualifications or people gaining training as a part of an apprenticeship or university level study course (DGB). This is where my PR campaign will start and end because of the experience I have within the field. This will mark the initial stage of my campaign. At PR Giants, we have chose to raise awareness about the discrepancies between minimum wage laws between the United States and Ger-

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The Golden Age of the Cubs Sliced bread didn’t exist, gasoline was 49 cents a gallon and Arizona, New Mexico, Alaska and Hawaii weren’t states. The year was 1908, which happens to be the last time the Cubs won a World Series. It has been well documented throughout the 2016 season by virtually everyone in baseball that the Cubs were the perennial favorite to win the World Series. Even Vegas sport book’s had them as favorites, which tells you how stacked their team is. The regular season proved that to be the case with the Cubs compiling the best record in the league, 103-58, and potentially having the NL MVP, CY Young and Manager of the Year all on the same team. That being said, it all meant nothing. The regular season only gets you into the dance but doesn’t mean you leave as prom king. The Cubs are up against one of the hardest postseason tournaments in sports, a Billy goat curse and a guy by the name of Steve Bartman. Again, we all know the background on the Cubs and their history, but how on earth did they formulate a roster that looks poised to contend for championships in a sport that is traditionally one of the hardest to predict? Well, that part of Cubs history started in the summer of 2009, and the rest is history.

Credit: Bill Morgal Tom Ricketts and family bought the Cubs in July of 2009 for close to $900 million dollars. With that kind of dough in 1908, the Ricketts family could have bought a lifetime supply of gasoline. It might be overstated in today’s society, but a great organization or company truly does start at the top. You wont find many organizations with success that have a below average leader. And above all else, the Ricketts family not only brought hope to the Cubs and their fans, but they are Chicago natives as well and understand the grief and pain all Cubs fans have endured. “The Ricketts family’s purchase of the Cubs was truly the first domino to fall in leading to this dominance,” Nick Belmonte, an area scout for the Chicago Cubs/independent ball scouting coordinator said this fall, “But obviously the next two dominos have led to the most on field success.” He’s absolutely right; the Ricketts brought hope and hard work to a fan base starved for success. But those other two dominoes he’s referring to provided the fan base with the success they desired forever.

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Theo Epstein was hired as the president of baseball operations for the Chicago Cubs in October of 2011. Epstein came with a track record that most front office employees dream about. He was previously the GM of the Boston Red Sox and the youngest one at that (hired at 28). He even ended Boston’s curse of the bambino in 2004. He is widely considered to be the best GM in baseball and is currently on a direct path to Cooperstown. “Epstein to an extent has revolutionized the way front offices work and how they now operate through all 30 teams,” Belmonte said. “He has also created havoc for other GMs who now feel the constant pressure of their fan bases each and everyday at an alarming rate.” Theo has made constructing a baseball roster look as easy as tying your shoes, and as most people around the baseball industry will tell you, that most definitely isn’t the case. Now for that third domino Belmonte eluded to. Joe Maddon was hired to manage the Cubs in November of 2014. The third and final domino to fall in the resurgence of the Chicago Cubs changed the culture almost instantly. Maddon previously managed Tampa Bay and took them to a World Series in 2008 to the astonishment of almost everyone in baseball, except for the Rays. He’s known as a player’s manager and someone who is almost always three moves ahead. He took Tampa Bay, the laughingstock of the AL East for essentially their entire existence, to a World Series. Maddon is widely considered the best manager in baseball even without a title to his name. He has now won the American League and National League Manager of the Year awards but hasn’t been able to secure the elusive World Series title.

“Epstein to an extent has revolutionized the way front offices work and how they now operate through all 30 teams.”

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“Joe’s demeanor and confidence can be see in every coach within the Cubs system,” Matt Swarmer, a 2015 draft pick of the Cubs, stated. “Every instructor draws from Theo and Joe, and I think that’s why all of us young players find success so early on in our careers.” Joe and Theo have created this monster, now all they can do is sit back and let the dominoes fall where they may. “For a team that hasn’t won a World Series in 108 years, the future is extremely bright for the Cubs,” Brett Bittiger, a scout for the Oakland A’s said. “It is not a stretch at all to expect the Cubs to contend for the title every year for the next 10 years.” Scary to think one team has put the rest of the league on notice, but that is exactly what they’ve done. The Cubs have made it abundantly clear they aren’t going anywhere but up, and they aren’t going to slow down for anyone else to catchup. This postseason should be more exciting and thrilling than any other before. With curses and droughts dying to be broken and quenched, who knows what this postseason might bring. One thing we do know is the Cubs will be at the eye of the storm no matter what. All we can do is sit back, enjoy our sliced bread and watch the greatest show in baseball.

“Every instructor draws from Theo and Joe, and I think that’s why all of us young players find success so early on in our careers.”

Matt Swarmer Photo Credits: Bryan Salvadore

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Postseason from the Bench

“It’s tough, no way around it.”

Like all sports, being the number one victor in baseball over all of your opponents is the crown jewel. The post season is made up of the organizations that have battled it out and have come out on top. Now all eyes are on them. But what about the teams to didn’t make it into the postseason? The Oakland A’s Brett Bittiger explains how his organization plans to bounce back for the next year. Once the dusts settles and it is clear that your team is not going to be amongst the rest in the postseason, it is important to hit the ground running. The A’s scouts jump right into finding the players that will hopefully prove more beneficial to the organization for next year. Now, the scouts are at the Instructional League, the Arizona Fall League, and attending winter ball on assignments to monitor and develop fresh talent for the team. On the other hand, making changes to what the A’s already have is a big step towards success as well. “We’ve got a good crop of young guys coming through the system that are going to have a significant impact in Oakland in the next year or two” Bittiger points out. Taking a step back and trying to assess what went wrong this year helps the A’s understand and overcome their short comings, but not all problems can be helped. “You realize you can’t count exclusively on young guys to step up, and you identify why this year went poorly. For us, we dealt with a ton of injuries, especially to the pitching staff, and just weren’t built to withstand those losses.” Injuries are one of those variables that happen regardless of the measures taken to mitigate them. Sometimes teams are dealt with bad hands and this year it seemed that Oakland got a string of bad hands. “I don’t really think anyone is built to deal with that many pitching injuries” Bittiger explains. At least the A’s know pitching is where they need to direct more of their focus during this offseason.

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Credit: Jeff Bittiger Bittiger is a Professional Scout for the A’s. He is at the front line of building the A’s up to where they need to be next year. But there are difficulties he faces from budget restrictions to injuries. “It’s tough, no way around it,” Bittiger responds when asked about the obstacles a low budget team faces. Unlike other organizations that don’t have as many budget restrictions, the A’s have very little room for error in recruitment. They don’t have the luxury of being able to “throw money at the mistakes” as Bittiger puts it. He is referring to hiring high-salaried free agents if or when a draft class doesn’t step up to the plate, so to speak, in terms of performance. Professional Scouts for these low-budget teams have to find the diamond in the rough, or that talented free agent that everyone else seemed to miss. The A’s literally can’t afford to hire the agents that are well known as talented because those players can demand a salary that isn’t in the budget. It is not an easy task to create a good team with little resources, but Bittiger states that when you do, the obstacles just make it all the more worthwhile. It seems that everywhere you look there is a battle of the “haves” and the “have nots.” Baseball is no exception. Unfortunately for the Oakland A’s, this season their lack of resources is one factor that cost them a position in the postseason. But the Professionals like Bittiger are well equipped, confident and working hard on turning that around for the next year. While everyone else is shelling peanuts while watching the Cubs and Indians go at it, the A’s are hard at work preparing for next year.

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What Vegas Says?

Minimum wage is constantly at the forefront of culture topic points no matter the country. In the United States, every four years it seems to be one of the main sticking points for any and all politicians who are running for office. For this paper, I chose the topic because of its cultural relevance to all nations around the world and its ability to create quality debate amongst people within a specific community. However, trying to address minimum wage is entirely too broad and no real or hypothetical PR firm would be able to effectively disseminate their campaign and gain the results they desired. Being that it is in fact entirely too broad I chose to look at an interesting difference between the minimum wage laws in Germany as compared to the United States and Pennsylvania. My PR Firm, “PR Giants”, will launch a campaign to raise awareness in Germany and push for Germany to make a change to this difference between the two countries. The difference I will be looking at amongst the minimum wage laws lies in what is paid to minors. The reason I chose to specifically look at this age group is because I have extensive experience in this age group and if I were in fact in Germany I would have experienced these discrepancies. As I mention in the first paragraph I grouped the United States and Pennsylvania together. The reason I did this is because within the United States it is federal law that the minimum wage in $7.25/hour (tradingeconomics). Pennsylvania holds an identical wage rate for their

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MLB Award Picks

World Series Predictions In Germany, the minimum wage was recently changed in 2015 to 8.50 euro/hour (Country Reports). If you take that figure and covert it into US dollars it equals $9.50 per hour. This is many states would be seen as an increase except for a couple states who have chose to have a higher minimum wage. Again simply comparing and contrasting these two difference amongst the wage would be entirely too broad and ineffective from a public relation side of things. After digging more into the recently new wage laws in Germany, I found and glaring difference between the two countries when it comes to paying minors. In the United States, the minimum wage applies to everyone no matter his or her education level, experience or age. However in Germany, minors are excluded from this group. The minimum wage in Germany does not apply to trainees, people doing their entry level qualifications or people gaining training as a part of an apprenticeship or university level study course (DGB). This

Credit: AP In Germany, the minimum wage was recently changed in 2015 to 8.50 euro/hour (Country Reports). If you take that figure and covert it into US dollars it equals $9.50 per hour. This is many states would be seen as an increase except for a couple states who have chose to have a higher minimum wage. Again simply comparing and contrasting these two difference amongst the wage would be entirely too broad and ineffective from a public relation side of things. After digging more into the recently new wage laws in Germany, I found and glaring difference between the two countries when it comes to paying minors. In the United States, the minimum wage applies to everyone no matter his or her education level, experience or age. However in Germany, minors are excluded from this group. The minimum wage in Germany does not apply to trainees, people doing their entry level qualifications or people gaining training as a part of an apprenticeship or university level study course (DGB). This is where my PR campaign will start and end because of the experience I have within the field. This

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The Closer

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The Closer

Tom Verducci

minimum wage laws between the United States and Germany on behalf of potential college or high school students exploring an internship overseas in Germany. The rationale behind this particular campaign is to eventually create an incentive for students to branch out and explore education overseas without losing out on the bare necessity minimum wage they need to live comfortably. Our goal is for Germanyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s government and universities to consider paying our students the same minimum wage they pay to everyone working within their country. Under their current laws and regulations students working as an intern or even an entry level position excludes them from their minimum wage rate of 8.50 euro/ hour. This would be our first and main objective. The second main objective of our campaign would be to create and longstanding relationship between Germany and the United States where our students and their students can study abroad and live and survive with comfortable means.

In Germany, the minimum wage was recently changed in 2015 to 8.50 euro/hour (Country Reports). If you take that figure and covert it into US dollars it equals $9.50 per hour. This is many states would be seen as an increase except for a couple states who have chose to have a higher minimum wage. Again simply comparing and contrasting these two difference amongst the wage would be entirely too broad and ineffective from a public relation side of things. After digging more into the recently new wage laws in Germany, I found and glaring difference between the two countries when it comes to paying minors. In the United States, the minimum wage applies to everyone no matter his or her education level, experience or age. However in Germany, minors are excluded from this group. The minimum wage in Germany does not apply to trainees, people doing their entry level qualifications or people gaining training as a part of an apprenticeship or university level study course (DGB). This is where my PR campaign will start and end because of the experience I have within the field. This will mark the initial stage of my campaign. At PR Giants, we have chose to raise awareness about the discrepancies between minimum wage laws between the United States and Germany on behalf of potential college or high school students exploring an internship overseas in Germany. The rationale behind this particular campaign is to eventually create an incentive for students to branch out and explore education overseas without losing out on the bare necessity minimum wage they need to live comfortably. Our goal is for Germanyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s government and universities to consider paying our students the same minimum wage they pay to everyone working within their country. Under their current laws and regulations students working as an intern or even an entry level position excludes them from their minimum wage rate of 8.50 euro/hour. This would be our first and main objective. The second main objective of our campaign would be to create and longstanding relationship between Germany and the United States where our students and their students can study abroad and live and survive with comfortable means. The first objective coincides with this in that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our first goal for Germany to reevaluate their minimum wage stipulations and then in turn create a pathway for students to study freely in each country. As a PR firm we think this would be beneficial for both countries because students would be able to learn and grow outside of their cultural norms. In Germany, the minimum wage was recently changed in 2015 to 8.50 euro/hour (Country Reports). If you take that figure and covert it into US dollars it equals $9.50 per hour. This is many states would be seen as an increase except for a couple states who have chose to have a higher minimum wage. Again simply comparing and contrasting these two difference amongst the wage would be entirely too broad and ineffective from a public relation side of things. After digging more into the recently new wage laws in Germany, I found and glaring difference between the two countries when it comes to paying minors. In the United States, the minimum wage applies to everyone no matter his or her education level, experience or age. However in Germany, minors are excluded from this group. The minimum wage in Germany does not apply to trainees, people doing their entry level qualifications or people gaining training as a part of an apprenticeship or university level study course (DGB). This is where my PR campaign will start and end because of the experience I have within the field. This will mark the initial stage of my campaign. At PR Giants, we have chose to raise awareness about the discrepancies between minimum wage laws between the United States and Germany on behalf of potential college or high school students exploring an internship overseas in Germany. The rationale behind this particular campaign is to eventually create an incentive for

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