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MD Anderson’s Pisters wins Astros v. Yankees bet with MSK’s Vickers

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The Houston Astros beat the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series, settling a Twitter bet between MD Anderson and Memorial Sloan Kettering’s presidents Peter W.T. Pisters and Selwyn M. Vickers. 

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