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\u26a1\ufe0fTHE BAT. THE MYTH. THE LIGHTNING STICK.\u26a1\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before analytics, before launch angle, before custom wristbands\u2026
There was Wonderboy. Hand-carved from a lightning tree. Hand-delivered to destiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You don\u2019t swing this bat.
It swings you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roy Hobbs didn\u2019t need bat flips.
He flipped the entire stadium\u2019s power grid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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