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MASN Nationals reporter Julie Alexandria has been on the scene for back-to-back exceptional pitching performances. Said performances, as is custom, resulted in a Gatorade cleansing ritual aimed at the starting pitcher in question. As you'll soon see, though, the Gatorade-wielders missed their target on each occasion (or did they?!).

First, Thursday night ...

And Friday night ...

At this point, I sense malice aforethought.

Let's check out a snippet of Friday night's electrolytic assault slowed down and played in reverse, so that you can see the instant at which Ms. Alexandria realizes what is happening yet again ...

Observe what can best be described as "mounting terror" on the part of Ms. Alexandria, and that mounting terror plays out before the Gatorade every makes contact with her sensible corporate-branded outerwear. What's initially a look of foreboding -- a recognition that something sinister is afoot -- quickly becomes the kind of mortal panic typically seen in an Edvard Munch painting.