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<P class=c93005c4-8edb-4010-a1ae-2a09db62d651><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Why? Just because it was four years ago?<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 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"'> announce-bounces@usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard Robbins<br /><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 11, 2013 7:37 AM<br /><b>To:</b> USML Announcements<br /><b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] Beware Mark Kerber!!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style=margin-left:.5in><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style=margin-left:.5in>I thought you got over that <br /><br />Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in><br />On Jul 11, 2013, at 7:24 AM, Andrew Klein <<a href="mailto:anrklein@gmail.com">anrklein@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style=margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=margin-left:.5in>Rich, <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=margin-left:.5in><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=margin-left:.5in>I thought you adjusted the listserv filters so I would not receive any emails including the word "Weiters". It greatly distresses me when I do!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=margin-left:.5in><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=margin-left:.5in>-Andy<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=margin-left:.5in><br />Sent from my iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in><br />On Jul 10, 2013, at 3:25 PM, Richard Robbins <<a href="mailto:rerobbins@itinker.net">rerobbins@itinker.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style=margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=margin-left:.5in>Amen Jeff. I don't want to go back and see how my stats would have differed had I not traded for Verlander and the also disappointing Weiters. Ugh.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style=margin-left:.5in>On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Jeffrey Winick <<a href="mailto:jwinick@harriswinick.com" target="_blank">jwinick@harriswinick.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Brad Lee,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Keep sipping on the Mai Tai. Your season was already over before you left.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>According to Rotowire, Carter has a hand injury, but it’s not serious. He’ll be back today or tomorrow.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;line-height:15.0pt;background:white><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'><image001.png></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt;background:white><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#666666'>7/9/2013</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;line-height:15.0pt;background:white><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="http://www.rotowire.com/myrotowire/watchlist_addplayer.htm?player_ids=9694&activity_code=MLB" target="_blank"><span style=font-size:8.5pt;color:#025D8C;text-decoration:none>+ Watchlist</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;line-height:15.0pt;background:white><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Carter, who is out of the Astros' lineup Tuesday in St. Louis, is suffering through a minor hand concern, after he was hit by a throw in the weekend series against the Rangers, the <a href="https://twitter.com/ChronAstros/status/354720937712680960" target="_blank"><span style=color:#025D8C;text-decoration:none>Houston Chronicle</span></a> reports.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=margin-top:3.75pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;line-height:13.5pt;background:white><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Fantasy Analysis</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;line-height:13.5pt;background:white><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The absence will mark Carter's third consecutive, a span in which he fit in just one unsuccessful pinch-hit appearance. However, he participated in batting practice Tuesday, and the ailment shouldn't keep him out of commission for too much longer.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>As for the trade thing, here’s what Rotowire had to say:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;line-height:15.0pt><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'><image001.png></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#666666'>7/1/2013</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;line-height:15.0pt><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="http://www.rotowire.com/myrotowire/watchlist_addplayer.htm?player_ids=9694&activity_code=MLB" target="_blank"><span style=font-size:8.5pt;color:#025D8C;text-decoration:none>+ Watchlist</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;line-height:15.0pt><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The Astros would move Carter for the right package of minor league talent, according to <a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2013/06/29/alex-rodriguez-what-have-you-done-yourself/A2gDYXdA3F7tq8HbABQlKN/story.html" target="_blank"><span style=color:#025D8C;text-decoration:none>Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe</span></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=margin-top:3.75pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;line-height:13.5pt><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Fantasy Analysis</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;line-height:13.5pt><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The 26-year-old is considered expendable as the Astros continue their rebuilding efforts. The Yankees need a right-handed hitter who can play first and outfield, which makes them one potential destination leading into the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;line-height:13.5pt><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hey – maybe he’ll go to the Yankees. But you’ve got to give Kerber credit for getting ahead of this.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jeff</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;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>Brad Jansen<br /><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 10, 2013 1:24 PM<br /><b>To:</b> USML Announcements</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style=margin-left:.5in><br /><b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] Beware Mark Kerber!!<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in>Jeffrey, if Chris Carter were on the trade block, wouldn't the Astros be playing him?<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in>--Pissed and pissed off in Maui<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in> Brad Lee Badtai<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in>P.S. Didn't bother to bring onroto password, but<i> </i> can only guess I'm in 6th now. Any keepers besides Machado and Profar left???<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in>On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Jeffrey Winick <<a href="mailto:jhwinick@aol.com" target="_blank">jhwinick@aol.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>But for a slight miscalculation on Eric Hosmer (which apparently only Rick Gammons was wise enough to foretell - and yes, there should be lots of apologetic emails to Rick for the criticism he had to endure), Mr. K has been simply brilliant this year. One great trade after another. Consider what's he's managed to accomplish: </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>He turns Chris Carter (now rumored to be on the trading block) for the $1 Nate McLouth</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>He turns CC Sabathia (and his obviously fading stuff) into Eric Hosmer and Chris Tillman; and</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>He turns Valverde (once again a complete bum) into a $2 Chris Parmelee, top bean George Springer and Japaneses wunderkind Masahiro Tanaka.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>But his greatest masterpiece has to have been turning perhaps the single greatest disappointment in the American League in 2013 into one of the leading candidates for the Cy Young award, the $5 Yu Darvish. Here's what Buster Olney just reported on Mr. Verlander:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'>• </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/_/id/6341/justin-verlander" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'>Justin Verlander</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'> got </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20130710/SPORTS02/307100039/tigers-white-sox" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'>hit around late in his start Tuesday,</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'> pushing his ERA to 3.71. <br />Some opponents see a major difference in his raw stuff. "Not even close," said one hitter. "He’s trying to trick you now. He didn’t have to do that before." </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br /></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The White Sox racked up 23 hits -- </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/ct-spt-0710-white-sox-tigers-chicago-20130710,0,684873.story" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'>six of them</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'> by Alex Rios. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br /></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'>From ESPN Stats & Information: For the fourth time this season, Verlander allowed five or more earned runs. That is one shy of his total from the previous two seasons combined. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Fair warning - he's a sneaky one that Mr. Kerber. And he clearly knows what he's doing. Of course, I say that with great admiration.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Jeff</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in><br />_______________________________________________<br />announce mailing list<br /><a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">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></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style=mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in><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></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style=margin-left:.5in><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style=margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt><div><p class=MsoNormal style=margin-left:.5in>_______________________________________________<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">http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><blockquote style=margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt><div><p class=MsoNormal style=margin-left:.5in>_______________________________________________<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">http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></P>
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