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The Dodgers would go quiet again until the seventh, when Conforto became an unlikely hero with a leadoff home run to straightaway center.

I will answer that straightaway - no, so don't get him in your Fantasy teams just yet.

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"We now know that eels above 70cm in length are carrying in and around one million eggs, so that straightaway is a million-egg female going straight to sea," said Dr Evans.

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"This lump sum payment will improve my expectations and will mean that I can afford to retire nearly straightaway," he said.

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Dodgers center fielder James Outman ends the game with a jumping catch at the wall in straightaway center field.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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