<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Greetings;<br></div> Champion Shabelman can't be happy though - he had Lester at a very nice salary........<br></div> Rick<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Blocker, Mark B. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mblocker@sidley.com" target="_blank">mblocker@sidley.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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pans out, I have no idea. Like I said, Lester is only two years removed from some very ugly numbers.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<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""> <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>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 10, 2014 11:58 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] Just You Wait, Sox fans ...<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Wow - good call on Lester, Mark. You have good sources. Any outfielders heading to the north side?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Mark Blocker <<a href="mailto:blockermark@gmail.com" target="_blank">blockermark@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">I assume the Cubs will be signing Lester today. Let's hope they don't get the Lester who struggled in 2012.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 8:33 AM, Andy Klein <<a href="mailto:anrklein@gmail.com" target="_blank">anrklein@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Hey Sox fans -- I don't care that you signed Samardjiza and Robertson. Or that you got a MLB-ready Abreu last year. The Cubs have better AA ball players than than you. So there! And when that 2019 TV deal kicks
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Sigh. When do the Bears open camp this summer?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> Owner K9, with more keepers than anyone in the USML and ready to deal.<u></u><u></u></p>
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