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Last week, a former colleague told me about the time her phone reminded her of “the worst weekend of her life,” when she attended a remote wedding and came down with food poisoning.

Some 70 children came down with polio in a matter of weeks.

He was the 20-year-old kid from the dusty fields of Etchohuaquila, Mexico, who was summoned to be the starting pitcher in the ’81 season opener when two other starters with experience and seniority came down with injuries.

Yamamoto has the highest ceiling on the starters, but he came down with an illness in recent weeks that affected his performance, resulting in shorter starts that kept him from getting stretched out as planned.

When he came down with the ball on a pass intended for Travis Kelce on Sunday, Fulton said he was so overwhelmed with the thought of scoring that he forgot to secure the ball.