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Free at last

Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos is a free man this evening. I can't even comprehend the desperate circumstances that exist in Ramos' home country that cause people to value perceived wealth over a person's freedom. But I do know a party when I see one, and I can practically here the music in Valencia, Venezuela tonight. I choose to celebrate the best way I know how -- by revealing contest winnings from a completely opposite part of the world -- the great 49th state of Alaska. I haven't won many contests lately. I haven't even been good at entering them. But because I actually thought that the Rangers would return to the World Series, I ended up with some cards from Collector's Crack .  (Check out his hilarious countdown clock). I didn't win first prize -- that would mean I would've picked the Cardinals to win the Series and everyone knows that didn't happen. But let's see what Collector's Crack sent me out of the goodness of his o...