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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>One big night at the plate for the Riptorns and its back into first. Stay tuned.<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 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, September 19, 2013 10:00 AM<br><b>To:</b> USML Announcements<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] The Race<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Promise?<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, Sep 18, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Brad Jansen <<a href="mailto:bljansen@gmail.com" target="_blank">bljansen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Cabrera factor too much for underdog Rips. Rips cannot capture swing states. MRH will finish 4-5 points in first. Race is over, go home folks and enjoy the Bears and some good bratwurst. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><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, Sep 18, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Blocker, Mark B. <<a href="mailto:mblocker@sidley.com" target="_blank">mblocker@sidley.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'>No upside? Batting average? Wins?</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><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.0in'><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, September 18, 2013 12:03 PM</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><br><b>To:</b> USML Announcements<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] The Race<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.0in'>Far from excited. Rips have no upside, MRH have significant upside and plenty of time to regain first. So I shall go back down to the tunnel and into the clubhouse and draft my concession speech. I keep checking Amazon for a Nick Franklin action figure to award myself for second place but alas none on MacFarlane's release list. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.0in'>On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Blocker, Mark B. <<a href="mailto:mblocker@sidley.com" target="_blank">mblocker@sidley.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:1.0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It promises to be an exciting race…perhaps not for the participants, but certainly for the rest of us.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.0in'><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:1.0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Brad, Rich weighed in. Where are you?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.5in'><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>Doug Shabelman<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 18, 2013 10:02 AM<br><b>To:</b> USML Announcements</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.0in'><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] The Race<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Remove the name Winick from the string, please. He quit and I’m not sure why anyone cares to focus on him rather than the exciting race that is taking place. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.5in'><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:1.5in'><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> [<a href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net" target="_blank">mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com" target="_blank">springkerb@aol.com</a><br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 18, 2013 9:56 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] The Race</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I'd recommend that you just set your line-up and forget about the whole thing. As Jeff explained, there's abolutely no way you can lose ("Inconceivable!"*), so managing your squad for the next couple of weeks would be a waste of time.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.5in'><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:1.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mark</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.5in'><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;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>* "I do not think that word means what you think it means."</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Richard Robbins <<a href="mailto:rerobbins@itinker.net" target="_blank">rerobbins@itinker.net</a>><br>To: USML Announcements <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a>><br>Sent: Wed, Sep 18, 2013 9:45 am<br>Subject: Re: [USML Announce] The Race</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Still waiting for the Winick prophecy to take place. . .</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 8:42 AM, Rick Gammons <<a href="mailto:ricklgammons@gmail.com" target="_blank">ricklgammons@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Greetings;</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Guess it'll be up to us to pen some congratulatory tunes if the 'Torns hang on. On a semi-related note, I don't know if any of you are doing the Shandler September league, but in my 29-team league I was in 28th at the first reporting period - now I'm in 3rd, on the heels of Shandler, who's team is in 2nd. I must say it is a blast seeing daily reports with double figure RBIs & runs scored, as well as a QS or two. Hurry up, 2014 season.........</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Rick</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 7:02 AM, JOHN FRUIT <<a href="mailto:jtfruit@msn.com" target="_blank">jtfruit@msn.com</a>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>yes Brad, here's hoping you didn't fall through the hole at that Hayward outhouse. <br> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='margin-left:.5in'><div style='margin-left:.5in'><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 06:59:56 -0500<br>From: <a href="mailto:blockermark@gmail.com" target="_blank">blockermark@gmail.com</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a><br>Subject: [USML Announce] The Race </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br>Hey Brad, you have been awfully quiet these last couple of weeks. Any comment on the exciting USML title race? </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.5in'><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:1.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Note to self: maybe I should sit on a cardboard box at next year's draft.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>_______________________________________________ announce mailing list <a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a> <a href="http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce" target="_blank">http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><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></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><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></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><pre style='margin-left:1.5in;background:white'><tt>_______________________________________________</tt><o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='margin-left:1.5in;background:white'><tt>announce mailing list</tt><o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='margin-left:1.5in;background:white'><tt><a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a></tt><o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='margin-left:1.5in;background:white'><tt><a href="http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce" target="_blank">http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce</a></tt><o:p></o:p></pre></div></div></div></div></div><p style='margin-left:1.0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-left:1.0in'>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<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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