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If you had to point to one thing that made it less likely that the Red Sox would win the World Series, I would say it was those people that go to Fenway Park to watch the games. And then the media around it.
Michael Lewis
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Michael Lewis
Age: 63
Born: 1960
Born: October 15
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Michael M. Lewis
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