<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'>I've seen Dice K, and Yu Darvish is no Dice K.<br>
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From: Blocker, Mark B. <mblocker@Sidley.com><br>
To: USML Announcements <announce@usml.net><br>
Sent: Thu, Dec 8, 2011 4:17 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] First Bid<br>
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<div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: ">Theo didn’t learn his lesson from Dice K?</SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: ">Does this mean Klein will own him once he turns into Dice K?</SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: ">Will Klein own both Dice K and Yu D once they are both also-rans?</SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: ">Where is Brad to answer these questions?</SPAN></div>
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<B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 08, 2011 4:14 PM<br>
<B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</A><br>
<B>Subject:</B> Re: [USML Announce] First Bid</SPAN></div>
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From: Jeffrey Winick <<A href="mailto:jwinick@harriswinick.com"><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext">jwinick@harriswinick.com</SPAN></A>><br>
To: USML Announcements <<A href="mailto:announce@usml.net"><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext">announce@usml.net</SPAN></A>><br>
Sent: Thu, Dec 8, 2011 4:11 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] First Bid</SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ">Darvish is going to be a Cub.</SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "> <A href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">announce-bounces@usml.net</SPAN></U></A> [<A href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net?"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net</SPAN></U></A>] <B>On Behalf Of </B><A href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">springkerb@aol.com</SPAN></U></A><br>
<B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 08, 2011 4:10 PM<br>
<B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:announce@usml.net"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">announce@usml.net</SPAN></U></A><br>
<B>Subject:</B> Re: [USML Announce] First Bid</SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Jeffrey Winick <<A href="mailto:jwinick@harriswinick.com"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">jwinick@harriswinick.com</SPAN></U></A>><br>
To: USML Announcements <<A href="mailto:announce@usml.net"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">announce@usml.net</SPAN></U></A>><br>
Sent: Thu, Dec 8, 2011 2:40 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] First Bid</SPAN></div>
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<div id=AOLMsgPart_0_c2e907c2-a278-485f-8f7b-841eaa76dcaa><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Mr. Pujols is closely identified with the team that all Chicago sports fan have </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">grown up hating. I suppose this could lead to him being on Fruiter's team as </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">well, but John generally keeps his powder dry for prospect pitchers. </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">On the other hand, on further reflection, Klein's $1 pitcher strategy (better </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">known as the bad pitcher strategy), will free up plenty of dollars for the </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">bidding extravaganza. </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Jeff </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">-----Original Message-----</SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">From: <A href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">announce-bounces@usml.net</SPAN></U></A> [<A href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net?"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net</SPAN></U></A>] On Behalf Of </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Blocker, Mark B.</SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 2:29 PM</SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">To: USML Announcements</SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Subject: Re: [USML Announce] First Bid</SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Not following the first sentence. Please explain.</SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">-----Original Message-----</SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">From: <A href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">announce-bounces@usml.net</SPAN></U></A> [<A href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net?"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net</SPAN></U></A>] On Behalf Of </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Jeffrey Winick</SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 2:23 PM</SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">To: <A href="mailto:announce@usml.net"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">announce@usml.net</SPAN></U></A></SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Subject: Re: [USML Announce] First Bid</SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Quintessential Blocker player. I'll set the over/under at $52 and give</SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">2-1 odds that he ends up on the Bombers. 4-1 odds that he doesn't end up on the </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Red Hots. No way that Rich spends what it will take. The long shot here is </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Dennis. You never know how these young guys will react.</SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Jeff</SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">-----Original Message-----</SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">From: Andy Klein <<A href="mailto:anrklein@yahoo.com"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">anrklein@yahoo.com</SPAN></U></A>></SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">To: USML Announcements <<A href="mailto:announce@usml.net"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">announce@usml.net</SPAN></U></A>></SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Sent: Thu, Dec 8, 2011 9:15 am</SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Subject: [USML Announce] First Bid</SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Albert Pujols, one dollar ...</SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white; 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