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				 A public apology 
 
			
			To the Net54 community,
 Joe Tinker/Johnny Evers. Ty Cobb/Sam Crawford. Babe Ruth/Lou Gehrig. Juan Marichal/John Roseboro.
 Throughout various eras in baseball history, there have been several notable long-held grudges.
 Similar to the way these greats have held ill will, I too have allowed a lingering grievance to fester far too long.
 I am writing to mend fences.
 
 In 2017, a situation between myself and two N54 members arose almost simultaneously and I completely mishandled both incidents.
 As a result, I have withheld posting on this board all this time. I take full responsibility for my behavior.
 I regret the way I handled and conducted myself. For that, I owe both of these members a public and private amends,
 and the N54 community an apology. In the future, I will do better.
 
 In addition to making this public apology to them and to the board, I have also reached out offline and offered amends to both of them.
 I seek neither sympathy nor accolades, nor am I doing this to appear virtuous; I'm simply trying to do the right thing.
 While the jury is still out, I hope that there will still be room at the Net54 table for me to rejoin this community once again.
 
 Erik V.
 
			
			
			
			
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