Jeff W., whatever Lawrie's abilities, I just cannot see a<i> bon vivant </i>like you having a player named Jed on his team.<div><i>--</i>Brother Brad <div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Jeffrey Winick <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jwinick@harriswinick.com" target="_blank">jwinick@harriswinick.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I’m well aware of Mr. Lowrie’s abilities.  Doubt him if you will, but the only question about him is his health.  If he can keep it together, he’s going to be huge for both the A’s and the Berliners.<u></u><u></u></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" 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>JOHN FRUIT<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 17, 2013 4:07 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] Bud being Bud<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div>
<div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">just a speedbump on his way to the CyYoung.  That's a pretty potent Oakland lineup as you know, with Jed Lowrie hitting cleanup and all.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center"></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">To: <a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a><br>
From: <a href="mailto:jhwinick@aol.com" target="_blank">jhwinick@aol.com</a><br>Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:39:31 -0400<br>Subject: [USML Announce] Bud being Bud<br><br></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Okay Rich, the gig is up: <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If there was any doubt, today demonstrated why Bud was a Winick Pan: <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;line-height:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Bud Norris 0.2<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #dadada 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;line-height:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">5<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #dadada 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;line-height:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">6<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #dadada 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;line-height:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">6<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #dadada 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;line-height:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">3<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #dadada 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;line-height:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">46-24<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #dadada 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;line-height:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">4.74<u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I thought I might be able to get you to bite with my disinformation campaign, but as usual, you were too smart for me.  Though you have to give me credit for getting in your head a little bit.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">So the next question is what do I really think about Izturis and Keppinger.  The answer is forthcoming.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Jeff<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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