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<P CLASS="0ed15a8c-4e71-4685-8ccd-87a736402a86"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Oh, I believe he is innocent, sure. As I understand the facts, his defense was that yeah, he was using steroids, but that the mlb guy should have hurried to get his sample to fed-ex on Saturday, and when he didn’t, end of story. That’s convincing to me. Plus, while not much has been reported about this, I heard that during the arbitration, he was asked to try on Prince Fielder’s batting glove, and it did not fit, and well, you know the legal rule concerning ill fitting gloves. Count me among the skeptical for now.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> announce-bounces@usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>springkerb@aol.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 23, 2012 9:47 PM<br><b>To:</b> announce@usml.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] Anyone Surprised About This Story<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Good<span class=apple-style-span> </span>writer, great reporter. And this story begs for reporting (beyond Braun's people saying he's been vindicated and the anti-doping folks saying he's getting a free pass). But unfortunately, she's busy (and she's not a sportswriter). I hope somebody will do the story right, but I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for it. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Mark<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Jeff Winick <<a href="mailto:jhwinick@aol.com">jhwinick@aol.com</a>><br>To: USML Announcements <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>><br>Sent: Thu, Feb 23, 2012 8:33 pm<br>Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Anyone Surprised About This Story<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="AOLMsgPart_2_33c98693-59a5-4b36-8744-35057a16856d"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>No. Your wife is a GREAT writer. Now, what would it cost to get her to freelance the story?<br><br>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><br>On Feb 23, 2012, at 8:04 PM, <a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com">springkerb@aol.com</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>I actually wasn't kidding about the "if I could put Karen on it" part. My wife is a really good reporter and most sports writers aren't.<br><br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:dadams17@gmail.com">dadams17@gmail.com</a><br>To: USML Announcements <br>Sent: Thu, Feb 23, 2012 2:13 pm<br>Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Anyone Surprised About This Story<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="AOLMsgPart_2_4a6f2e6d-4e2d-4452-9638-4c31f7c43906"><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>In all seriousness, a friend of mine from Milwaukee told me 2 weeks ago he heard a story about how Braun had herpes and was taking some sort of medication for that which had a steroid in it. Given the secrecy surrounding the situation, I would not be surprised if that's true.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 7:07 PM, <<a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com">springkerb@aol.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I think the joint tucked behind the ear was going to screw up the attempt to hide the evidence.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>However, when I saw the re line on your e-mail, I thought you would be asking about Ryan Braun beating the MLB on his positive. Now there's an interesting story. I haven't seen any quality reporting on it yet, though, so I don't know what to think. If I could put Karen on it for about 24 hours, I'd know the real deal on that one.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Mark<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Richard Robbins <<a href="mailto:rerobbins@itinker.net">rerobbins@itinker.net</a>><br>To: USML Announcements <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>><br>Sent: Thu, Feb 23, 2012 6:14 pm<br>Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Anyone Surprised About This Story<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Another incredible example of a waste of magnificent talent.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Dennis Adams <<a href="mailto:dadams17@gmail.com">dadams17@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The only thing surprising is that nothing was actually lit, just tucked everywhere on his body (his lap, behind his ear, etc). This is more surprising:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7608360/ryan-braun-wins-appeal-50-game-suspension" target="_blank">http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7608360/ryan-braun-wins-appeal-50-game-suspension</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Richard Robbins <<a href="mailto:rerobbins@itinker.net">rerobbins@itinker.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7608635/former-mlb-player-elijah-dukes-arrested-again-florida" target="_blank">http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7608635/former-mlb-player-elijah-dukes-arrested-again-florida</a> <br>_______________________________________________<br>announce mailing list<br><a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce" target="_blank">http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#888888'><br><br clear=all><br>-- <br>Dennis F. Adams III<br>Candidate, Juris Doctor 2013<br>Northwestern University School of Law<br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>_______________________________________________<br>announce mailing list<br><a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce" target="_blank">http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><pre style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'>announce mailing list<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'><a href="http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce" target="_blank">http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce</a><o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><br>_______________________________________________<br>announce mailing list<br><a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce" target="_blank">http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><br><br clear=all><br>-- <br>Dennis F. Adams III<br>Candidate, Juris Doctor 2013<br>Northwestern University School of Law<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="AOLMsgPart_3_4a6f2e6d-4e2d-4452-9638-4c31f7c43906"><pre style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'>announce mailing list<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'><a href="http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce" target="_blank">http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce</a><o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>_______________________________________________<br>announce mailing list<br><a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce" target="_blank">http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div><div id="AOLMsgPart_3_33c98693-59a5-4b36-8744-35057a16856d"><pre style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'>announce mailing list<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><tt><span style='color:black'><a href="http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce" target="_blank">http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce</a><o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre></div></div></div></div></P>
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