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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I’ll send an 800-number so you don’t have to pay for the call, Mark—give me a few minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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>Jeffrey Winick<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 05, 2012 11:15 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> USML Announcements<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] Let The Real Games Begin!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Mark,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Give me a call. We ought to be able to take care of that in short order. ;-)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Jeff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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"">
<a href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net">announce-bounces@usml.net</a> [<a href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net">mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com">springkerb@aol.com</a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 05, 2012 11:14 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] Let The Real Games Begin!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">I demand that the Nukes be removed from the list of contenders.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Brad Jansen <<a href="mailto:bljansen@gmail.com">bljansen@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: USML Announcements <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>><br>
Sent: Thu, Apr 5, 2012 10:47 am<br>
Subject: [USML Announce] Let The Real Games Begin!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Finally, it's Opening Day in America. I cannot wait for the White Sox to begin their 2012 campaign in Texas tomorrow and wonder how many games they'll play before
we get an opportunity to see who may close out the rare victory.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Based on the league's current rosters, owners' in-season trade tendencies (and, with regards to owners who do trade, the quality of their moveable parts), and the
depth of teams already stung by injury, I boldly predict the following teams as:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">CONTENDERS</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Angry Young Men<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Mighty Red Hots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Lake Michigan Calamari<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Mind you, that list does not project their order of finish. But I think the 2012 champion will emerge from among those 5 teams.The champion will have to make bold,
decisive moves on the trade front to reach the finish line first. Each team has its share of shortcomings, but can rectify at least some of them with its available talent pool.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">With respect to the rest of the league, those teams (i) elected to rebuild going into the draft, (ii) did not have a strong draft, (iii) already have been ravaged
by too many injuries to sustain the long and bitter war ahead, or (iv) some combination of (ii) and (iii). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">I encourage you to weigh in, but keep your remarks civil.
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<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">_______________________________________________</span><o:p></o:p></tt></pre>
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