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<font style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">It should be cleaned up as per Andy's note.
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I can't imagine otherwise. These are unbalanced trades.
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<div>I would interpret the rule to apply once the draft is over. Should clean that up or argue about it if others disagree.<br>
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On Mar 24, 2013, at 10:37 AM, <a href="javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'springkerb@aol.com');" target="_blank">
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Berliners to Nukes: Eric Hosmer,David Murphy*, Chris Tillman, Andrew Bailey<br>
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Red Hots to Nukes: Tyler Flowers, Yu Darvish, Jarrod Parker and Sean Rodriguez<br>
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