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Hours before first pitch, as players drift in and out of the home clubhouse at Dodger Stadium, there are almost always a few people putting pen to paper, solving a crossword or sudoku, one of baseball's classic pregame pastimes.

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Such was the case one day earlier this summer, when a handful of Dodgers sat around a table poring over a puzzle. But they were a little livelier than one might expect from a group of people solving a crossword together.

That's because it wasn't just any crossword. It wasn't one of the clubhouse staples from USA Today or the Los Angeles Times. This one was created by none other t

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