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Back in my newspaper-readings days, I swore I read the same game recaps over and over again. In the spirit of originality, here’s your chance to try your hand at newspaper journalism. Just copy the incomplete article, paste it in the comments, and fill in the blanks, Mad Libs style. There will be an amazingly cool prize for the version I irrationally pick to be the “best”. Multiple entries allowed.

[PLACE] — Another [adjective] win for the hometown [nickname], as they came from behind in a [adjective] fashion to [verb] the visiting [nickname]. [pitcher] started strong for the home team, but ran into some trouble [trouble details]. The bullpen pulled through, though, throwing [boring relief stats]. Our guys were able to take advantage, and [details about come from behind rally involving homerun].

After the game, winning manager [name] had this to say about his team: “[baseball cliche]. [baseball cliche involving pride]. [baseball cliche involving guts and chemistry].” Exactly. [Sentence haphazardly tacked on to paragraph].

In attendance at the game were [celebrity] and [politician], both in town for [event], to be held tomorrow night at the [home city] Convention Center. The goal is to raise over [amount] for [charity]. “[quote]’ said [celebrity]. Added [politician], “[quote]”

Losing pitcher, reliever [name] ([meaningless season statistics]) couldn’t find the strike zone with his [type of pitch]. Until, of course, he coughed up a [homerun synonym] to tonight’s player of the game, [heroic adjective] [hitter]. [hitter] now has [random statistic] on the season. “[quote from hitter attempting to be humble].” - Bob Matthews

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