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The Artists return home to France but not to the city of Paris. They will play the Soleis in Marseille before returning home to face Le Diamant.

Julien Henri will pitch the first game of the three game set. The graphic shows that Henri fell upon hard times in the midst of back to back player of the game awards. It's hard to describe Julien as 'fallen on hard times' because he does have an ERA under 4.00 and he is batting .287.

But, when you set the bar high year after year the expectation is that you reach or exceed it, especially when you are just shy of 28.

Always a decent base stealer Julien is 0/3 in that department, so far. So, the W's are down, the ERA is up, the Power is down (1 big fly), the steals are down all making for some conversation about what kind of year Henri will experience in 1972.

Tonight we will get a glimpse of our featured star as he takes the mound in Marseille.