<div dir="ltr">Well ... given my track record, that's probably not a bold prediction.<div><br></div><div>That said, it appears that the season might boil down to "The Curse v. Yordano". Place your bets!</div>
<div><br></div><div>-Andy</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 4:14 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">Actually, the curse has a bit of a mind of its own. When it noticed that you called me out in your bold pronouncement of impending victory this morning, it tightly locked its fists of death around the championship hopes of the Klein Nine.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">It is still uncertain who will win the 2014 Damon. The only thing that is settled is that it won’t be you.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Jeff<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><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>Andy Klein<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 06, 2014 3:12 PM<br><b>To:</b> USML Announcements</span></p><div><div class="h5"><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] Yordano Forgiven<u></u><u></u></div></div><p></p><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">When Davis and Sanchez come back, Longoria and Lester will go down. Didn't you know that part of Kerber's trade transferred the curse to you?<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">-Andy<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Doug Shabelman <<a href="mailto:Doug.Shabelman@burnsent.com" target="_blank">Doug.Shabelman@burnsent.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
<div><div><p class="MsoNormal">As soon as Chris Davis and Anibal Sanchez come off the DL, I will be taking care of Andy. No need for anyone else's help, thanks. <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">
<br>On May 6, 2014, at 8:42 AM, "<a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com" target="_blank">springkerb@aol.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com" target="_blank">springkerb@aol.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Rick: I thought you were going to prevent a runaway.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Mark<br>
<br><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Rick Gammons <<a href="mailto:ricklgammons@gmail.com" target="_blank">ricklgammons@gmail.com</a>><br>To: USML Announcements <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a>><br>Sent: Tue, May 6, 2014 8:54 am<br>
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Yordano Forgiven<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Andy;<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> To truly even the playing field, can you please activate Roy Hibbert? Thanks in advance,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> Rick<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 8:18 AM, Andy Klein <<a href="mailto:anrklein@gmail.com" target="_blank">anrklein@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">I sent this note earlier, but I think it got caught by the censors. No need for that - Jansen is not here any more. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">In any event, the K9 wanted to officially forgive Yordano Ventura for giving up his first run in two weeks. The squad will accept his 10 Ks over six innings last night as fair compensation. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">I also wanted to point out that it is May 6 and the K9 are in first place in *ERA*. Veteran owners will understand that this is a USML first. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Finally -- to my friend Jeff W. -- if you have additional players to dump to other teams, please do so. If not, I'll activate Collin McHugh to keep the season from becoming a boring runaway.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Humbly,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">-Andy<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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