P-K has gotten old. Ever check out that one in Niles or Skokie--I think it's in a park district or something on or near Dempster. Very nice. Also liked that one near Target on Route 41, next to the driving range. Perhaps we can organize  an outing with cigars and whiskey and stuff....<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Blocker, Mark B. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mblocker@sidley.com" target="_blank">mblocker@sidley.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">



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<p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Oh man….I love Par-king!!!  Let me know when you are next in town so we can go there.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<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""> <a href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net" target="_blank">announce-bounces@usml.net</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net" target="_blank">announce-bounces@usml.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Andy Klein<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:06 AM<br><b>To:</b> USML Announcements</span></p><div><div class="h5"><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] Franklin's Mint Condition In Nick of Time for Rumblin' Rips<u></u><u></u></div>
</div><p></p></div><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in">I shot one under at Par-King in Lincolnshire once.  I think Doug has beaten that, though.<br>
<br>-Andy<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 8:57 AM, <<a href="mailto:rickgam@comcast.net" target="_blank">rickgam@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><div>
<div><p style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">  Right?  And golf!  Golf isn't a sport.  It's barely a hobby.  And I say this as someone who's high school score of one under par in <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">a match against North Central in the 70's still hasn't been beaten.  <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">   RG<u></u><u></u></span></p><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%">
</span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">From: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">"Andrew Klein" <<a href="mailto:anrklein@gmail.com" target="_blank">anrklein@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>To: </b>"USML Announcements" <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a>><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sent: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thursday, February 14, 2013 6:14:24 AM<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [USML Announce] Franklin's Mint Condition In Nick of Time for Rumblin' Rips<br>
<br>What is Buddha's view on BMX racing?  I think that survived, too ...<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On 2/13/13 9:16 PM, <a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com" target="_blank">springkerb@aol.com</a> wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">You're right.  He didn't seem to think much of wrestling either.  I'm thinking unresolved issues. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-----Original Message-----<br>From: JOHN FRUIT <a href="mailto:jtfruit@msn.com" target="_blank"><jtfruit@msn.com></a><br>To: announce <a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank"><announce@usml.net></a><br>
Sent: Wed, Feb 13, 2013 6:41 pm<br>Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Franklin's Mint Condition In Nick of Time for Rumblin' Rips<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">somehow I think Buddha had a hand in the Olympic wrestling decision.<br>
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From: <a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com" target="_blank">springkerb@aol.com</a><br>Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:10:18 -0500<br>Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Franklin's Mint Condition In Nick of Time for Rumblin' Rips<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">It's incredibly stupid, in that very special IOC kind of way.  Modern pentathlon stays in--of course, because Jaun Antonio Samaranch is the head of that sports governing body.  The head of FILA (the wrestling governing body) has no major connections on the IOC, so wrestling gets screwed.  Or maybe there was just a giant bag of cash involved somewhere--which is so often the case when anything screwy happens with the Olympics.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On the other hand, rhythmic gymnastics stays in, which I view as a good thing no matter what Buddha might think.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mark<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Andrew Klein <<a href="mailto:anrklein@gmail.com" target="_blank">anrklein@gmail.com</a>><br>To: USML Announcements <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a>><br>Sent: Wed, Feb 13, 2013 2:12 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Franklin's Mint Condition In Nick of Time for Rumblin' Rips<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hey, Kerber, what do you think about the Olympics dumping wrestling??<br>
<br>-Andy<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On 2/13/13 12:29 PM, <a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com" target="_blank">springkerb@aol.com</a> wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">By getting really fat, yes.  But if it's mostly muscle, the guy is definitely juicing.  It is flat-out impossible to pack on that much muscle in a few months.<br>
<br><u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Brad Jansen <a href="mailto:bljansen@gmail.com" target="_blank"><bljansen@gmail.com></a><br>To: USML Announcements <a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank"><announce@usml.net></a><br>Sent: Wed, Feb 13, 2013 10:11 am<br>
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Franklin's Mint Condition In Nick of Time for Rumblin' Rips<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">One can easily add pounds during the offseason without performance enhancers. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 10:05 PM, <<a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com" target="_blank">springkerb@aol.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">35 pounds over the winter?  How juiced is he?  The 50-game suspension can't be far away. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-----Original Message-----<br>From: Brad Jansen <<a href="mailto:bljansen@gmail.com" target="_blank">bljansen@gmail.com</a>><br>To: USML Announcements <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a>><br>
Sent: Tue, Feb 12, 2013 9:32 pm<br>Subject: [USML Announce] Franklin's Mint Condition In Nick of Time for Rumblin' Rips<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ITEM<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Mariners shortstop prospect <a href="http://baseball2.onroto.com/baseball/webnew/display_player_profile.pl?USML+6+2845&session_id=QsC7GSzyXs1e8Ermp6cW4Mtdju" target="_blank">Nick Franklin</a> has bulked up by adding an additional 35 pounds this offseason.<br>
<b>Spin:</b> Franklin reported to camp last year at 6'1 and 180 pounds, and the organization wanted him to bulk up over the winter. He hit .287/.358/.430 with six homers and 16 steals across three levels in 2012, and could see significant time with the Mariners in 2013 with only Robert Andino blocking his path.<br>
<br><b>WINNER<br><br></b>Riptorns. Plan to retain minor leaguers instead of overpaid, overstuffed veterans gets major boost with rising star Nick Franklin (5-R), sure to be key cog in Mariners wheel of fortune.<br><br><b>LOSER<br>
<br></b>Red Hots. Will have to be satisfied with keeping only Ackley as Andino has no future in Seattle's keystone combo. <u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div><div><pre style="margin-left:.5in"><tt><span style>_______________________________________________<u></u><u></u></span></tt></pre>
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