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This has been something of an open secret within the California League: The Dodgers’ affiliate would move from Rancho Cucamonga to Ontario, the Angels’ affiliate would move from San Bernardino to Rancho Cucamonga, and the Seattle Mariners’ affiliate would move from Modesto to San Bernardino.
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Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
O’Brien suggests that Rose’s gambling had been an open secret for more than a decade throughout Major League Baseball, and certainly within the Reds organization, but both the league and the media were reluctant to enforce the rules against him.
—Brandon Harris, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2024
But in December 2022, the UN released a report that finally confirmed the open secret of Rwandan support for the M23.
—Michela Wrong, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2023
The blatant pandering and lack of seriousness of this suggestion was an open secret in South Korea.
—Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
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Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
O’Brien suggests that Rose’s gambling had been an open secret for more than a decade throughout Major League Baseball, and certainly within the Reds organization, but both the league and the media were reluctant to enforce the rules against him.
—Brandon Harris, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2024
But in December 2022, the UN released a report that finally confirmed the open secret of Rwandan support for the M23.
—Michela Wrong, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2023
The blatant pandering and lack of seriousness of this suggestion was an open secret in South Korea.
—Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
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