<div dir="ltr">Kluber Schmuber. 2015 is The Year of (Ace) Ventura ($5/Y2).<div><br></div><div>-Andy</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Mark Blocker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:blockermark@gmail.com" target="_blank">blockermark@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Lester was $17. A decent keeper, but not exactly Corey "Cy Young" Kluber at $5 or Jose Abreu at $5.</div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 9:33 AM, Andy Klein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anrklein@gmail.com" target="_blank">anrklein@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I'm sure that Champion Shabelman is happy that the trade will benefit the Cubs, much in the way that Jeff Winick was happy have Addison Russell head to the North Side last year.<span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>-Andy</div></font></span></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Rick Gammons <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ricklgammons@gmail.com" target="_blank">ricklgammons@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Greetings;<br></div> Champion Shabelman can't be happy though - he had Lester at a very nice salary........<span><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div><span><font color="#888888"> Rick<br></font></span></div><div><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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<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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