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The Dodgers won the World Series last year with home runs and bullpen games and New York Yankees foibles, but not with starting pitching.

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He seemed, in short—for all his personal eccentricities and foibles—normal.

He is an observational comedian, with an eye to the foibles of everyday life — long-term marriage, encounters at airports, the temptations of junk food — but he never pokes fun at anyone but himself.

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He points at the foibles of others and refuses to hold himself to a higher standard.

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Bears have also continued to draw social media attention for their food-lusting foibles.

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