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    | Coming on the pitch in the 60th minute in his Inter Miami regular season debut in 2023, he got his first MLS goal 29 minutes later | 
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    | In 2023, Corey Seager won his 2nd World Series MVP award as this team became champions | 
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    (Randall: What is 1946?) ... (Ken: Randall, you're very good at ONE YEAR OFF BLACK HISTORY--this is [*], I'm afraid.)
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