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JULIUS PEPPERS

ATTENTION MUST BE PAID

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BLAKE GRIFFIN

THE CLIPPERS ARE ALL IN

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WORLD SERIES MVP

GEORGE SPRINGER

LIKELY AL MVP

JOSÉ ALTUVE

THE ASTROS HAVE COME A LONG WAY SINCE 2014

"A WILD RIDE"

AND THIS WORLD SERIES TROPHY WON'T BE THEIR LAST

BY BEN REITER

Photograph by Greg Nelson

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