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Kirby England, 33, Rhondda Valley, said she was devastated but the team did their best.

Kirby, whom I first noticed in the great Canadian series “Slings & Arrows,” a Shakespeare-themed backstage comedy not unlike “Étoile,” and who played a convincing Lenny Bruce in “Maisel,” rockets between nervous energy and being a nervous wreck as Jack; his flying up and down stairs is a motif here.

That meant veteran right-hander and former Texas Rangers closer Kirby Yates was summoned to try to finish off his old club.

Kirby had previously collaborated with Sherman-Palladino and Palladino on “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” playing comedian Lenny Bruce.

They later wrote Jack specifically for Kirby.