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<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>That explains it. I assume he’s the bait he’ll be offering you for Verlander. Of course, even with his Stanford connections, I’m not sure a $10 National League to-be bean is going to have too much appeal. But heaven knows you’ve made worse trades. <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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jeff<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><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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>springkerb@aol.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 12, 2013 11:50 AM<br><b>To:</b> announce@usml.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] A Question about the 2013 USML Champion Red Hots<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>If he's at Stanford, he's mine anyway. Rich gets the Golden Bears.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><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-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Mark<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><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: Blocker, Mark B. <mblocker@Sidley.com><br>To: USML Announcements <announce@usml.net><br>Sent: Tue, Mar 12, 2013 10:21 am<br>Subject: Re: [USML Announce] A Question about the 2013 USML Champion Red Hots<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="AOLMsgPart_2_ead44b54-0ab9-494f-b7ef-75c1a149df8e"><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>That’s right, and this cannot currently be corrected. My hunch is onroto will update it once he finally lands.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><div style='margin-left:.5in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <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>Richard Robbins<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 12, 2013 10:18 AM<br><b>To:</b> USML Announcements<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] A Question about the 2013 USML Champion Red Hots<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div style='margin-left:.5in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-left:.5in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Because OnRoto has it wrong. He was drafted by the Pirates, failed to sign, and remains in college, a proud Stanford Cardinal.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div style='margin-left:.5in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>He's just a college kid.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div style='margin-left:.5in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Andrew Klein <<a href="mailto:anrklein@yahoo.com">anrklein@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-left:.5in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Just back from beautiful Sioux Falls and sorting through the retention rosters.<br><br>First ... congrats, Rich. No way you could mess up on draft day enough to avoid victory this year. But one question. Why does your 2013 championship entitle you to keep a minor leaguer who as listed as part of the Pittsburgh system?<br><br>Humbly,<br><br>-Andy<br> Doggedly playing for a "money slot" in 2013<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></div><div style='margin-left:.5in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>IRS Circular 230 Disclosure: To comply with certain U.S. Treasury regulations, we inform you<br>that, unless expressly stated otherwise, any U.S. federal tax advice contained in this<br>communication, including attachments, was not intended or written to be used, and cannot be<br>used, by any taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding any penalties that may be imposed on such <br>taxpayer by the Internal Revenue Service. 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