<font color='black' size='2' face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'><font size="2">Like Shabes, I'll go with whatever the league decides, and there will be no whining or hard feelings on my part. I threw down my challenge flag, and I'll move forward with whatever ruling I get from the booth.<br>
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Sent: Mon, Aug 4, 2014 10:18 am<br>
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Roster Integrity<br>
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<div>My two cents - if Doug and Rick tell us they consummated the trade before noon, we should allow it. We've done that many times, as Mark B. notes. <br>
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In my role as League Historian, Etiquette Director, and all-around Crank, this is why the "Notice of Hot Wax Seal" message is valuable. Someone could have shot that off from a cell phone right after the trade! :)<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Rick Gammons <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ricklgammons@gmail.com">ricklgammons@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div> I too will completely respect whatever the consensus may be. Samardzija pitches tonight though, so I hope that I can have a compliant roster either way. Thanks,</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 8:14 AM, Doug Shabelman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Doug.Shabelman@burnsent.com">Doug.Shabelman@burnsent.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>I 100% respect the decision of the league either way. </div>
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<div>I will add that when Rick called to complete the trade I was on the west side of the city six blocks from the United Center feeding homeless children and families. We also went to a shelter for mostly families at Kedzie and Madison-- it's devastating to
anyone to see what some of these kids are living like with their parents being shuttled around from shelter to shelter. </div>
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<div>We bring kids out once a month to deliver and hand out homemade lunches which is a great experience for them to see firsthand the way the other half lives.</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:">I am not exactly sure what to do about this one. We have generally been lenient with respect to the deadline, but usually without much if any objection. I
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<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a><br>
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<div style="margin-left:0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-family:">I think the correct fix is actually to reverse out the trade completely. It missed the deadline by more than forty minutes. I'm asking
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him with Samardzija. Can you please fix it so that Samardzija takes Verlander's spot on my active roster? Thanks,<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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