<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'>Although The Curse has now been transferred back to the Nukes as a result of their futile effort to deny Skippy a little of the Berliner magic, before the Curse moved on, it further buried Klein bean Kevin Gausman's chances of ever holding a major league job.  In case you missed it:
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