That entitled Ellison to an "a" ring, which the Chronicle said was the highest of four grades of ring that about 400 people affiliated with the team received -from players to ballpark staff.

这让他有资格获得“一级”的指环，《旧金山纪事报》指出，巨人队约400人的团队，从球员到球场工作人员，收到的指环分为四个等级，埃里森的是最高级别。

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For days the staff were searched as they left work, and two detectives searched the hotel from top to bottom, but the ring was never found.

一连几天，员工下班时都被搜身，两个侦探还把酒店搜了个底朝天，却一直没找到这枚钻戒。

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Why do they make us ring a call centre where the staff might as well be on the other side of the world and sometimes are?

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