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Archaeologists a thousand years hence will be fascinated and repelled by the strange, unearthly deities we worshiped.\ufeff<\/div>\n

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So Many Mascots<\/a>
\n This might be the greatest collection of baseball talent ever gathered in one place. Twenty-six mascots posed for a class photo yesterday in Minneapolis, delighting and horrifying onlookers in equal measure.\n <\/p>\n

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Archaeologists a thousand years hence will be fascinated and repelled by the strange, unearthly deities we worshiped.\ufeff So Many Mascots This might be the greatest collection of baseball talent ever gathered in one place. Twenty-six mascots posed for a class photo yesterday in Minneapolis, delighting and horrifying onlookers in equal measure. 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