That was a singular choice for the California-born son of a Swedish-American mother and a Japanese-American father, though maybe not such a strange one, given his rich family heritage.

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Maybe, though, it is just a strange little wet bird.

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"I think maybe this is the reason the referee started the second half very strange, " he said in reference to the award of Stoke's penalty.

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