DAISUKE! SHIELDS! COCO! COWBELLS! THAT GODDAM RAYS MASCOT! JOE MADDON’S HIPPER-THAN-THOU EYEWARE. IT’S ALL SET TO COLLIDE TONIGHT… AT THE TROP!

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