tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90179063027147345332024-03-04T22:05:21.866-08:00San Mateo - Toyonaka Sister City Cultural ExchangeThe San Mateo Toyonaka Sister City Association (SMSCA) was established to promote good relations, educate and build bonds between two very unique cultures. Through continual communication starting with our youth, these lasting relationships strengthen in such a way that can incite greater opportunities today, tomorrow, forever.
SM Sister Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767803964173099024noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017906302714734533.post-31612101351092791792019-07-21T12:08:00.000-07:002019-07-21T12:08:30.553-07:00Follow Our 2019 Series!We hope to do real-time play-by-play during our 2019 trip!<br />
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SM Sister Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767803964173099024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017906302714734533.post-65994956981300412652017-02-11T13:41:00.002-08:002017-02-11T13:41:37.719-08:00Final Round of Tryouts - POSTPONED Dear parents, players and staff,<br />
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of tryouts (Feb, 12th) will need to be postponed due to the extreme weather closing
down the allocated fields. We are sorry for this inconvenience. We will
reach out to you again as soon as we are able to reschedule and lock
down a location to continue the tryout. Thank you for your patience.</div>
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players should have been notified using the email that was provided
during signups. We understand a few people may not have seen this
email, but we received no bounce backs, so please recheck your emails
and spam folders for an email from <a href="mailto:smsistercity@gmail.com" target="_blank">smsistercity@gmail.com</a>; Subject: Tryout Notification.</div>
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</span></span></span></span></span></span>SM Sister Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767803964173099024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017906302714734533.post-24984496518104997732015-08-26T15:10:00.003-07:002015-08-26T15:10:32.127-07:00<a href="http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/sports/2015-08-26/san-mateo-all-stars-revel-in-trip-to-sister-city-toyonaka/1776425149099.html" target="_blank">Recap Story from the San Mateo Daily Journal</a><br />SM Sister Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767803964173099024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017906302714734533.post-31219844794332763552015-08-19T17:47:00.001-07:002015-08-19T17:47:33.587-07:00Getting ready to sing Take Me Out To The Ballgame at the Sayonara Party
last night<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYOVpiBostr31kd60ZQ6EVO5T-bmD-IxjtAnV6ebnG5g30oqR6NlAYI8c2IVibN20PKU2VsO3sBMaaler-IE0MoKvwKEmJ7upe4kw-fABXakc06BBp8k45WxC0zl4fqkdvHNRmDlmPkoI/s640/blogger-image--2019476220.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYOVpiBostr31kd60ZQ6EVO5T-bmD-IxjtAnV6ebnG5g30oqR6NlAYI8c2IVibN20PKU2VsO3sBMaaler-IE0MoKvwKEmJ7upe4kw-fABXakc06BBp8k45WxC0zl4fqkdvHNRmDlmPkoI/s640/blogger-image--2019476220.jpg"></a></div>SM Sister Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767803964173099024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017906302714734533.post-43274544389850380832015-08-17T00:41:00.002-07:002015-08-17T00:42:30.955-07:00San Mateo Battles Back to Tie Toyonaka to Complete Exhibition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Single runs in the third and fourth and a pair of runs in the fifth brought the San Mateo Sister City All-Star Baseball Team to a 4-4 tie against a combined Toyonaka East and West team, which is how the game would end after reaching the 90-minute time limit. The tie wraps up the five-game exhibition, giving San Mateo a 3-1-1 overall record.<br />
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Toyonaka jumped out to an early 4-0 lead after an unearned run in the first, two runs in the second and another lone run in the third.<br />
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San Mateo started to claw its' way back in the bottom half of the third. With one out, Zachary Harte got the team's first hit, a double to right center. Ryan Ivers singled in the infield to move Harte to third. With two outs, Jacob Kalaveras drilled a single to center to bring home Harte.<br />
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In the fourth, Pablo Ossio led off the frame with another double to right center. Noah Frandsen then singled for his first of two hits on the day, moving Ossio to third who then scored after a Samuel Auyeung's fielder's choice.<br />
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San Mateo would come all the way back in the bottom of the fifth. Alika Woon led off the inning with a triple to deep right field. Cynthia Leong then executed a perfect sacrifice bunt to bring in Woon. With one out, Nolan Rau started another rally with a single to center. Ryan Harvey single to center and Ossio then added another base hit to load the bases. With two outs, Frandsen came through with a single to left to drive in Rau for the game's final run.<br />
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Guidino Jr. tossed the game's first three innings. He struck out two while walking a pair. Auyeung took the hill for the final two shutout innings.<br />
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Tomorrow, San Mateo continues the trip with a sight-seeing excursion to Kyoto.<br />
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Toyonaka<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> 1 2 1 0 0 X 4 5 0<br />
SMSCA <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>0 0 1 1 2 X 4 11 2<br />
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1B: Ivers (1), Kalaveras (1), Rau (1), Harvey (1), Ossio, (1), Frandsen (2), Tongamoa (1)<br />
2B: Harte (1), Ossio (1)<br />
3B: Woon (1)<br />
RBI: Leong (1), Auyeung (1), Frandsen (1), Kalaveras (1)<br />
Pitchers: Guidino Jr., Auyeung (4)SM Sister Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767803964173099024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017906302714734533.post-42189731816556704412015-08-16T00:28:00.001-07:002015-08-16T01:22:20.298-07:0010 Runs on 8 Hits in the Fourth Opened the Flood Gates to Give San Mateo a Double Header Sweep<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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10 runs on eight hits opened the flood gates in the fourth inning as the San Mateo Sister City All-Stars took game two of the double header, avenging yesterday's loss to the Toyonaka East squad, 11-2. With the win, San Mateo moves to 3-1 in the five-game series. <br />
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San Mateo jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first. Ryan Ivers led off the game with a single. Gabriel Gudino Jr. laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt to move Ivers to second. With two outs, Nolan Rau singled past the short stop, bringing home Ivers.<br />
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Toyonaka evened the score in the bottom half of the second with an unearned run.<br />
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And then the inning of all innings happened in the fourth. Joe Tongamoa, batting for Noah Frandsen, doubled to lead off the frame and scored one batter later on a single to right by Ryan Harvey. Jacob Kalaveras followed with his first of two triples of the game, driving in Harvey. Zachary Harte drew a walk. Ivers followed with a single, bringing in Kalaveres. The bases then loaded after Guidino Jr. was hit by a pitch and were quickly cleared with a Jake Willerup double. Rau then followed with a walk. With Alika Woon at the plate, a wild pitch brought home Willerup. Woon then double right. Pablo Ossio continued the hit parade with a single to right, plating Rau.<br />
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Nine runs had scored in the inning before an out had been recorded. With one out in the fourth, Cynthia Leong grounded out. On the play, Woon came in to score the inning's 10th and final run. Kalaveras added his second triple in the inning, however he was stranded there when the inning ended.<br />
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The score would remain 11-1 until Toyonaka East added a single run in the fifth to cut the lead to 11-2. That is where the game would end after the time limit.<br />
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Frandsen started on the mound, tossing the first three innings. He gave up an unearned run on one hit, striking out one and walking three. Ivers threw the final two frames, surrendering an unearned run on two hits. He struck out one without any walks.<br />
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The fifth and final game is schedule for tomorrow at 1 PM after a trip to city hall to meet the Mayor. The weather report shows rain throughout the day. If it does rains, we will attempt to reschedule the game for Wednesday morning.<br />
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SMSCA <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1 0 0 10 0 X 11 15 1<br />
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1B: Ivers (2), Willerup (1), Carion (1), Rau (2), Harvey (1), Ossio (2)<br />
2B: Willerup (1), Woon (1), Tongamoa, (1), Kalaveras (1)<br />
3B: Kalaveras (2)<br />
RBI: Ivers (1), Willerup (3), Rau (1), Ossio (1), Tongamoa (1), Harvey (1), Leong (1), Kalaveras (2)<br />
Pitchers: Frandsen, Ivers (4)<br />
W: Frandsen (1-0)SM Sister Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767803964173099024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017906302714734533.post-84431269946833895082015-08-15T20:05:00.000-07:002015-08-15T23:43:18.126-07:00Fourteen Hits Lead San Mateo Sister City over Toyonaka West<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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The San Mateo Sister City All-Star Baseball Team's bats clearly had been jet-lagged the past two games and picked a perfect time to break out! San Mateo exploded for five runs in the first and another four in the second on their way to a 9-0, two-hit victory over the Toyonaka West All-Star team. With the win, San Mateo's record moves to 2-1.<br />
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Alika Woon got the bats going in the first with a leadoff triple. He would score on a one-out triple to right by Pablo Ossio. Ossio would score one batter later on a right-center triple by Jake Willerup. Willerup would not stay at thuird long as he was driven home on a single by Will Bonini. Joe Tongamoa walked and Iris Nai walked to load the bases. Noah Frandsen's opposite-field double plated Bonini and Tongamoa for San Mateo's fifth and final run of the inning.<br />
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The second inning started in a similar fashion, only this time, Woon added 10 more feet for a homerun. With one out, Ossio singled to start up a new rally. Willerup tripled again to drive home Ossio and quickly scored himself when Bonini doubled to right center. Bonini scored the game's final run on an error by the short stop.<br />
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Willerup started on the hill for San Mateo. He pitched four strong innings, allowing a lone infield single in the third while striking out four and walking two. Jacob Kalaveras tossed the final two frames. He also allowed only one hit while striking out four and walking one.<br />
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San Mateo has a re-match later today as part of a double header vs. the Toyonaka East where they look to avenge yesterday's, 9-3, loss<br />
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Toyo West 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1<br />
SMSCA 5 4 0 0 0 X 9 14 0<br />
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1B: Guidino Jr. (1), Ossio (1), Bonini (1), Kaufman (1), Rau (1), Nai (2)<br />
2B: Bonini (1), Frandsen (1)<br />
3B: Woon (1), Ossio (1), Willerup (2)<br />
HR: Woon (1)<br />
RBI: Woon (1), Ossio (1), Willerup (2), Bonini (2), Frandsen (2)<br />
Pitchers: Willerup, Kalaveras (5)<br />
W: Willerup (1-0)<br />
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San Mateo tried to jump ahead in the first. With two outs, Jake Willerup and Nolan Rau both singled, but a a fly ball to deep center ended the threat.<br />
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Noah Frandsen tripled to right with two outs in the second, but the threat would stall there after a San Mateo strikeout.</div>
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Toyonaka exploded with five runs on only three hits in the third to take the lead and never look back. Two errors and two wild pitches aided in the third inning rally.<br />
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The lead would grow in the fourth when Toyonaka East added a single run to go ahead, 6-0.<br />
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Center fielder, Taylor Kaufman, hit an inside the park home run to right center to put San Mateo on the board in the bottom half of the fourth. Toyonaka now led, 6-1.<br />
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Unfortunately, Toyonaka East was not done scoring. They plated three more runs in the fifth to take their largest lead of the day, 9-1.<br />
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San Mateo mounted a minor comeback in the fifth. Jack Novello lead off the inning with single and moved to second when Dylan Carion reached base on a one-out error by the second baseman. Iris followed suit with a single of her own to lead the bases. After another San Mateo out, Kaufman drilled a line-drive up the middle, bringing home Novello and Carion. Unfortunately, the scoring threat would end there.<br />
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Will Bonini started on the mound for San Mateo. He pitched much better then the score would show. Only one of the five runs he allowed were earned. Cynthia Leong tossed the next two innings. She allowed four runs while striking out one. Ryan Ivers came in to pitch the final frame without allowing any hits.<br />
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San Mateo continues the series tomorrow with a double header starting at 10 AM locale time vs Toyonaka West in game one followed by a re-match in game two vs the Toyonaka East squad.<br />
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1B: Nai (1), Willerup (1), Kaufman (1), Ossio (1), Harte (1), Novello (1), Rau (2)<br />
3B: Frandsen (1)<br />
HR: Kaufman (1)<br />
RBI: Kaufman (3)<br />
Pitchers: Bonini, Leong (4), Ivers (6)<br />
L: Bonini (0-1)<br />
<br />SM Sister Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767803964173099024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017906302714734533.post-57040936276024499432015-08-14T06:31:00.000-07:002015-08-14T16:16:50.491-07:00San Mateo Brings the Heat to Toyonaka<div class="MsoNormal">
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Toyonaka West jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first with a pair of unearned runs. The lead would hold until third when the SMSCA would turn that 2-0 deficit into a 4-2 lead.<br>
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With one out, Gabriel Guidino Jr, and Ryan Ivers each singled and a walk by Cynthia Leong loaded the bases. Jake Willerup hit into a fielder’s choice that left the bases loaded. On a 0-2 pitch, Nolan Rau drove a ball to the right-center field fence for a bases-clearing triple to take a 3-2 lead. Pablo Ossio followed with an infield single, bringing home Rau to go ahead 4-2.<br>
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The San Mateo lead would only hold until the bottom of the fourth when Toyonaka West evened the score with another two unearned runs.<br>
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The score would remain tied until San Mateo plated three unanswered runs in the fifth. With one out, Zack Harte drew a walk and moved to second on a Joe Tongamao single. A Will Bonini triple to right-center, drove in both Harte and Tongamoa. Bonini would score one batter later on an Iris Nai fielder’s choice to give San Mateo’s seventh and final run of night.<br>
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That is where the score would remain, 7-4, as the game ended after a 90-minute time limit. Ryan Harvey earned the win, tossing four innings, 3-hit ball while not allowing an earned run and striking out one and walking none. Noah Frandsen earned the save. He struck out the side while only allowing a single walk in the fifth.<br>
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San Mateo gets back on the field tomorrow, August 15th when they square off against the Toyonaka East All-Star Team at 10 AM.<br>
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1B: Ivers (2), Tongamao (1), Ossio (1), Kaufman (1), Auyeung (1), Guidino Jr. (1), Woon (1)<br>
2B: Harvey (1)<br>
3B: Rau (1), Bonini (1)<br>
RBI: Rau (3), Ossio (1), Bonini, (2), Nai, (1)<br>
W: Harvey (1-0) S: Frandsen (1)<br>
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Departing our ryokan, our group had more sights to see prior
to meeting our new families in Toyonaka. We awoke to pouring rain, but by the
time we boarded our bus, drove through a nearly 10 mile-long tunnel through the
mountains to Lake Ashi, the rain had stopped and provided us the mildest
weather of the trip thus far. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Our first stop upon arriving at Lake Ashi, we walked around
the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakone_Shrine">Hakone Shrine</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torii">Torri Gate</a>. Also at the site of
the shrine are 300 year-old cedar trees and beautiful mossy grounds that
Californians rarely experience. As with all shrines we’ve been to thus far,
there’s a place to buy a fortune and if it’s not as desirable, you can tie the
fortune to a tree to leave that “fortune” behind. Will purchased a fortune that
went something like this, “blah, blah, blah, you will have no girlfriends.”
Will immediately interrupted the translation right then and said, “Where do I
tie this one off!?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fact #1; you can tell that it’s a shrine by the site of the orange, <br />
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From there, we made our way down to the lake and boarded a
pirate-ship-like boat for a brief cruise to the other side of the lake. The
kids seemed to enjoy the ride almost as much as the oreo cookies they realized
were sold at the snack bar aboard the ship.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Back at the bus, we made our way to the <a href="http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2018.html">Shinkansen</a> station (aka bullet
train) for a two-hour ride to Toyonaka. Once we got to Toyanaka, we knew we
were home…especially given the sign that said “Welcome Home San Mateo!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Right then and there, things got REAL for our team!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was interesting to hear the tone of the
conversations change from the bullet train to the bus ride to the Toyonaka
Recreation Center. The confident jibber jabber changed to just nervous jibber
as each player realized that they were about to meat their new family for the
next week. It was like a middle-school dance our kids staring nervously at who
their host family is and the host families wondering who was about to infiltrate
their homes!<o:p></o:p></div>
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The hours of practicing introductions in Japanese paid off.
Each player NIALED their intros when they met their host families.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And then they were off…<o:p></o:p></div>
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SM Sister Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767803964173099024noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017906302714734533.post-9715264206023603412015-08-12T04:53:00.001-07:002015-08-12T13:51:16.678-07:00The other PacificOK…so on the last post, I said that we were headed for Hakone...which is kinda’ accurate only that is where we ended the day. To get to Hakone, let’s first talk about the journey.
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Departing Tokyo, we boarded the bus for Kamakura, the former capital of Japan over 1000 years ago, where we made our first stop, a Shinto shrine, Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu . Here, we saw white pigeons eating from people’s hands, turtles comingling with koi, beetles five inches long, and listened to countless cicada songs…all before we experienced the shrine itself. On the way up to the shrine, Coach John challenged a number of the kids in a race to the top and dominated the entire way. The shrine was cool too!
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From there, we took a quick bus ride to The Great Buddha in Kamakura. The Buddha is made of bronze and is hollow out to allow patrons to enter the center. As if it could not be any hotter, the inside of the Buddha might be 20 degrees hotter. Aside from the heat, it was definitely a cool experience.
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The last stop in the Hakone region included a stop at the Hasedera Temple. The top of the temple area gave us our first view of the other side of the Pacific; and an amazing coastal breeze!
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Finally, as stated in the intro, after a longer, coastal, bus ride featuring some AMAZING conversations from the back of the bus, we ended in Hakone. Our accommodations for the night is a ryokan, a traditional Japanese inn. At check-in, we were all given yukadas to wear while here, which gives us all an even greater experience!
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It’s now 8:45 PM locale time and we’re all beat. Tomorrow we’ll start the journey to meet our host families in Toyonaka. Until then, Oyasuminasai!
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<br />SM Sister Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767803964173099024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017906302714734533.post-19300914248436012482015-08-11T16:54:00.000-07:002015-08-11T16:55:04.097-07:00Longest...Day...EVERWe physically made it safe and sound to Japan! Mentally, physically and emotionally, I am not sure we were all there!
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Departing SFO at 1:55 AM for an 11-hour flight with a team of 19 11 and 12 year olds is a recipe for disaster. What I can say, it was anything BUT that! By the end of the flight, one of the flight attendants handed one of our chaperones a hand written note thanking our group for being so well behaved and even gave us some treat for the road!
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After landing in Tokyo, clearing customs and getting our bags, we boarded a bus for a days worth of sight seeing…mind you, it was 5:30 AM and the constant time-checks were endless!
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From the airport, we headed for the famous fish market where we roamed the narrow roads to see all of the interesting street merchants who were selling the catch of the day! And now…it’s 7:15 AM and we were off to the Tokyo Sky Tree for some of the best views of ALL of Tokyo from over 600 meters in the air.
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“Are we gonna eat soon?” “When’s lunch”? “I’m hungry!”
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Well kids, when it’s only 10 AM, it’s hard to eat lunch. Instead, let’s see more of sights! So, off we went to Senso-Ji temple. There, experienced our first traditional temple including hand washing, incense-burning…SELFIES! In case you were wondering, the selfie stick is alive and well here in Japan!
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11 AM, and it’s finally lunch time. The team tore through a delicious bento box of tempura, rice, vegies and chicken. I won’t say whom, but lunch also included an impressive food challenge, the first of potentially many of the trip!
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The last stop before our check-in at the hotel was to the famous Shibuya crossing where the team broke up into small groups to join the organized chaos of…well…crossing the street!
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OK…OK…NOW WE CAN CHECK IN!
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Not wanting anyone to have a chance of falling asleep, we gave the group a mere 45 minutes after check in at the Metropolitan Hotel to freshen up before we were off again, this time to the Tokyo Dome for the Yomiuri Giants game vs. the DeNA Baystars. You would think that sitting in the bleachers with constant singing would keep our team awake…well, think again! By the 3rd inning, one could easily look down the isle to see heads down or nodding off to sleepy town. Most of us went back to the hotel, as enough was enough! We’d made it to 8 PM! BTW, Giants won 2-1!
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Today, we are off to Hakone for more sights, including Mt. Fuji!
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Four unearned runs in the third inning proved too much for the San Mateo Sister City All-Star Team to overcome, falling 4-3 to the Toyonaka All-Stars at Central Park. The loss drops the boys from San Mateo to 0-3 in the best-of-five series.<br />
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San Mateo went down in order for the first three frames and finally showed some life in the home-half of the fourth. With one out, Jack Hagerman broke up the Toyonaka no-hitter with a double to left-center field. With two outs in the inning, Jordan Berger singled to right to give San Mateo runners on the corners. Nicholas Elu followed with a single up the middle to plate Hagerman and cut the Toyonaka lead to 4-1.<br />
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San Mateo chipped away at the lead some more in the fifth with another solo run. Evan Donath led off the inning with a double over the right fielders head. two walks later by Sancho Llama and Jose Zalba respectively loaded the bases. Jarrett Nelson followed with a single to right to bring home Donath. Three straight outs later left the bases full and the inning over.<br />
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San Mateo again showed that never-say-die attitude in the seventh as they tried to mount a comeback. With one out, Llamas tripled to right and came home to score on a Zalba fielders choice out to the second baseman. That would be the final run for San Mateo on the day.<br />
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Elu and Ethan Smith combined to pitch beautifully for San Mateo. Elu started and went five strong in a losing effort, allowing the four unearned runs while striking out six, walking three and giving up five hits. Smith tossed the final two innings of shutout ball, striking out two and giving up just three hits.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Haruya Tomura followed up his 132 pitch, six inning performance on Wednesday night with a 112 pitch, seven inning performance for Toyonaka to earn his second win in the series. He allowed three runs while </span>striking out 11, walking three and giving up seven hits.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Games four and five will be played as part of a double header tomorrow at Central Park. Game four is due to start at 10 AM followed by first pitch for game five at 2 PM.</span><br />
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San Mateo 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 7 2<br />
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WP: Tomura (2-0)<br />
LP: Elu (0-1)<br />
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SM Batting:<br />
2B: Jack H., Evan D.<br />
3B: Sancho L.<br />
TB: Nicholas E., Jack H. 2, Jordan B., Evan D. 2, Sancho L. 3, Jarrett N., Brad K.<br />
RBI: Nicholas E., Jose Z., Jarrett N.<br />
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Toyonaka Batting:<br />
2B: Kohei Y.<br />
TB: Tasuku I. 2, Yusuke N., Kohei Y. 3, Yusaku N. 2, Kenji H.<br />
RBI: Kohei Y., Haruya T., Yusaku N. 2<br />
SAC: Tasuku I., Yusuke N., Shota K.<br />
ROE: Kohei Y., Kenji H.<br />
SB: Yusaku N.<br />
CS: Haruya T.<br />
<br />SM Sister Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767803964173099024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017906302714734533.post-21669057633054459052013-08-15T23:10:00.000-07:002013-08-15T23:13:53.791-07:00San Mateo Falls in Game 2 to Toyonaka in Extra Innings<span style="font-family: inherit;">A two-run blast by Nicholas Elu and a solo short by Jose Zalba was not enough to propel the San Mateo Sister City All-Start team (0-2) over the Toyonaka All-Stars (2-0) on Thursday night at Martens Field. Toyonaka took game two, 7-6 in eight innings to take a two nothing lead in the best-of-five series between the two cities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Like last night, San Mateo, (the visiting team) jumped out to an early lead with two runs in the top of the second. With one out, Pitcher Peter Martin doubled to center and advanced to third on a single one batter later by Jordan Berger (one of two hits on the night). Martin then came in to score on a single by Jarrett Nelson. With two outs in the inning, Berger scored from second on an Adam Bever double to center.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">San Mateo added to their lead in the third frame. Sancho Llamas singled to lead off the inning. With two outs, Elu crushed a 1-2 fastball to deep left field to give San Mateo a 4-0 lead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The lead would be cut in half in the bottom half of the inning as Toyonaka managed four singles and would knot up the score at 4-4 in the home half of the fourth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With two outs in the fifth, Zalba sent a 1-0 pitch high and deep over the left-field fence to give San Mateo the lead once again, 5-4.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The San Mateo lead would not last long as Toyonaka took their first lead of the night, 6-5 in their half of the fifth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Neither team scored in the sixth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In the seventh, San Mateo showed extreme heart and a never-say-die attitude. Down one in their last at bat, Keala Sexton doubled to right-center to open the frame and advanced to third on a perfect sacrifice bunt by Tristan Dewing, who also reached base on the play. Luke Bottari followed with a line-drive single up the middle to plate Sexton and tie the game at 6-6. San Mateo would strand runners at second and third to end their scoring threat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Toyonaka went down in order in the bottom of the seventh and San Mateo went quietly in the top of the eighth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With a tie game on the line, Toyonaka broke the tie with a couple of San Mateo miscues and a single to right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Peter Martin started on the hill for San Mateo, going the 3.1 innings while allowing four runs on five hits, walking four and striking out two. Sam Marks followed out of the pen with 2.2 solid innings, giving up two runs on four hits while walking and striking out a pair of Toyonaka batters. Jack Hagerman was the unfortunate recipient of some costly errors in the eighth. He closed out the last 1.1 innings, allowing an unearned run on two hits while striking out one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Otaku Seiya went the first five innings for the All-Stars from Toyonaka and allowed five runs. Ishihara Tasuku earned the win in relief after pitching the final three frames while surrendering one run.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The series resumes on Saturday afternoon at Central Park with a first pitch scheduled for 2PM. Come out early to help celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the San Mateo and Toyonaka Sister City relationship. there will be festivities all day in the park capped off by game three.</span><br />
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<span class="nobr" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="border: 0px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9017906302714734533" style="border: 0px; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;" title="TB: Total bases">TB</a></span>: <span class="nobr" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;">Tasuku I. <span class="gt1" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4</span></span>, <span class="nobr" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;">Yusuke N.</span>, <span class="nobr" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;">Kohei Y.</span>, <span class="nobr" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;">Haruya T.</span>, <span class="nobr" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;">Seiya O. <span class="gt1" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2</span></span>, <span class="nobr" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;">Shota K.</span>, <span class="nobr" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;">Toi O. <span class="gt1" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2</span></span></span></span></div>
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SM Sister Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767803964173099024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017906302714734533.post-51861378032670617132013-08-14T23:16:00.001-07:002013-08-14T23:21:33.764-07:00Toyonaka Betters San Mateo in Game 1 of Best-of-5 All-Star SeriesOn a beautiful day in San Mateo and in front of a large, energetic crowd , the San Mateo Sister City All-Star Baseball Team fell to the Toyonaka All-Stars 6-4 this evening at Trinta Park. The win gives the boys from Japan a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five cultural exchange series.<br />
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San Mateo jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first. Brad Kullberg singled on a sharp ground ball past the second baseman. Tristan Dewing then laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt, moving Kullberg to second. Jack Hagerman brought home Kullberg one batter later on another hard-hit single past the second baseman.<br />
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San Mateo extended the lead in the third. With one out, Kullberg drove a ball to deep center for a double and later stole third. With two outs, Hagerman tallied his second RBI of the night with a line-drive single to left, giving San Mateo a 2-0 lead.<br />
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One inning later, Tomura Haruya put Toyonaka on the board with a solo home run over the left-center field fence. Ryota Kawauchi followed with a single to right and came around to score three batters later on a fielder's choice to tie the score at 2-2.<br />
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San Mateo would bounce back in their half of the fourth with two more runs to take a 4-2 lead. Nicholas Elu led off the inning with a single to right and walked home after a bases loaded base-on-balls later in the inning. With one out in the inning and the bases still loaded, Sancho Llamas singled to center field, driving home Sean Heffernan, who also walked earlier in the inning. On the play, Gianluca Caltagirone was thrown out at the plate for the second out of the inning.<br />
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The scoring would end there for San Mateo.<br />
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Three runs in the fifth and a single run in the sixth for Toyonaka would prove too much to overcome for San Mateo.<br />
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Jarrett Nelson started on the hill the Sister City All-Stars and went four strong innings, allowing two earned runs on four hits while striking out five with only one free pass. He would get a no decision.<br />
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Haruya went the distance for Toyonaka, earning the win while allowing four earned runs on seven hits while striking out 10. Haruya also led the Toyonaka offense with two hits and two runs scored.<br />
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In addition to Kullberg and Hagerman's two hits and Elu and Llamas' single hits, Luke Bottari added a single in the fifth but was stranded at first.<br />
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The series resumes tomorrow evening with a first pitch scheduled for 5 PM at <a href="http://cityofsanmateo.org/exploreourparks/Parks/LAKESHORE/lakeshore.html" target="_blank">Martens Field</a>.<br />
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WP: Haruya (1-0)<br />
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<br />SM Sister Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767803964173099024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017906302714734533.post-51539606523511684922013-08-13T21:48:00.000-07:002013-08-13T21:48:23.246-07:00Let the Fun Begin!The time has come to finally welcome our friends from Toyonaka, Japan to our great city of San Mateo. It seems like last October was an eternity ago when we chose our 20 San Mateo All-Stars to represent the San Mateo Sister City Association as part of the 50th Anniversary Cultural Exchange.<br />
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After spending two days in Los Angeles to acclimate themselves with the California weather, the team flew to north to San Francisco and arrived this afternoon.<br />
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Grabbing all of their luggage, the group of 39 (20 baseball players and 19 chaperones) boarded a bus en-route to meet their new friends from San Mateo. A small bite to eat was had and then it was on to the fun...coming together like any other group of 11-12 year old boys would do.<br />
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The boys from Toyonaka are now sound asleep where they will call home for the next six days. We all look forward to a wonderful exchange, filled with fun and games...speaking of games. Game 1 is tomorrow, Wednesday at 5PM at <a href="http://cityofsanmateo.org/exploreourparks/Parks/TRINTA/trinta.html" target="_blank">Trinta Park</a>. We look forward to seeing everyone out there to celebrate.SM Sister Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767803964173099024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017906302714734533.post-73618030940972183642013-07-30T07:37:00.002-07:002013-07-30T07:37:17.875-07:00Walgreen's Window Display!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />SM Sister Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767803964173099024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017906302714734533.post-23602612183381021972013-07-29T08:16:00.000-07:002013-07-29T08:16:30.434-07:00Celebrate 50 years of Friendship<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Please join us as we <b>Celebrate 50 years of Friendship</b> with our Sister City Toyonaka, Japan<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Gala Celebration, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1556099312" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">August 16, 2013</span></span> – see </span><span style="color: #3106ea; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://toyonaka.eventbrite.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3106ea;">http://toyonaka.eventbrite.com</span></a></span><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Festival in the Park, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1556099313" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Saturday, August 17, 2013 11 am to 2 pm</span></span> Central Park (Free)<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Friendship Game - Boys Baseball <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1556099314" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">2 pm</span></span> Central Park (Free)<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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SM Sister Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767803964173099024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017906302714734533.post-66526282835447809082013-07-13T10:42:00.001-07:002013-07-13T10:42:17.600-07:00One Month from TodayIn one short month, our friends from Toyonaka, Japan will be here in San Mateo to celebrate yet another wonderful cultural exchange...this one has even more significance as it will be the 50th anniversary of our two great cities sharing a sister city relationship!<div><br></div><div>Check back soon as the entire schedule of events will be posted here so you can help us celebrate this wonderful occasion!</div>SM Sister Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767803964173099024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017906302714734533.post-83200237427040642542013-07-11T09:53:00.002-07:002013-07-11T09:54:11.567-07:0050th Anniversary Banquet<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To purchase tickets, please go to <a href="http://toyonaka.eventbrite.com/">http://toyonaka.eventbrite.com/</a></td></tr>
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