<b>ITEM</b><div><b><br></b></div><div>Berliners owner Jeffrey Winick made the following statements about Berliners MI Jed Lowrie ($14) on or about April 17, 2013:</div><div><div class="aju" style="float:left;padding:12px 12px 0px 0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<div id=":1l1" style="overflow:hidden"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">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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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15px"><b>FINDINGS OF THE USML INSPECTOR GENERAL: </b></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><b> </b>Jed Lowrie has belted all of 3 home runs this year--the last of which came on <b>April 7</b>.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> Jed Lowrie, after amassing 15 RBI in April, has driven in all of 6 in this merry month of May.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> Jed Lowrie has scored one run, repeat--ONE RUN-- in the month of May.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> The Berliners are in second place.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><b>CONCLUSIONS </b> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> Jed Lowrie is not keeping it together.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> Jed Lowrie is not going to be huge for the Berliners.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> The Berliners will not finish in first.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> Maicer Izturis also has 3 home runs this season.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> Maicer Izturis has hit more home runs and scored more runs than Lowrie since May 1.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> Maicer Izturis is shorter and weighs considerably less than the plump Lowrie.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> Maicer Izturis is on the Red Hots.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> The Red Hots will finish higher in the standings than the Berliners. </span></p>
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