<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Resending!</div><div><br></div><div>Could someone please let me know if if comes through.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Frank Luby <<a href="mailto:zachfehsvater@yahoo.com">zachfehsvater@yahoo.com</a>><br><b>Date:</b> March 7, 2016 at 7:38:45 AM CST<br><b>To:</b> USML Announcements <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>>, Mark Blocker <<a href="mailto:blockermark@gmail.com">blockermark@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Lubeasts 2016 retention roster</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> Frank Luby <<a href="mailto:zachfehsvater@yahoo.com">zachfehsvater@yahoo.com</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457355615496_3611">For release: March 7, 2016, 5 PM CST</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457355615496_3058"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457355615496_3057"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457355615496_3118">Lubeasts optimistic, because ...</b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457355615496_3057"><b><br></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457355615496_3057" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457355615496_3119">CHICAGO - The Lubeasts have begun spring training with a core of players expected to help the franchise improve on its USML history.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457355615496_3057" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457355615496_3057" dir="ltr">"Finishing in the Top 10 in our league is simply not good enough," said general manager Frank Luby. "We have no choice but to do better than that. And we are encouraged that last year was not the worst Lubeasts season in USML history."</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457355615496_3057" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457355615496_3057" dir="ltr">The Lubeasts spring training facility reflects these changes. Gone are the plaques commemorating the 2003 Tigers and the 2013 Astros. The team has released Rick Porcello, who won the 2015 Rich Yett "You Own Him?" Trophy, as well as Jonathan Singleton, who took home 2015 "Sam Horn, Only Worse" honors and starred in the 2015 Futureless game during All-Star week.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457355615496_3057" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457355615496_3057" dir="ltr">After a long weekend in Iowa to channel Ray Kinsella and Terrance Mann, the front office has decided to keep these guys around:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457355615496_3057" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yiv8687457018yui_3_16_0_1_1457320422971_6821" class="">Jonathan Schoop Y2 $5 BAL 2B<br></div><div id="yiv8687457018yui_3_16_0_1_1457320422971_6821" class="" dir="ltr">Brett Lawrie Y2 $13 CWS 3B<br></div><div id="yiv8687457018yui_3_16_0_1_1457320422971_6821" class="">Chris Young Y2 $1 BOS OF</div><div id="yiv8687457018yui_3_16_0_1_1457320422971_6821" class="" dir="ltr">Max Kepler Y2 $2 MIN OF<br></div><div id="yiv8687457018yui_3_16_0_1_1457320422971_6821" class="">Alex Rodriguez Y2 $1 NYY UT</div><div id="yiv8687457018yui_3_16_0_1_1457320422971_6821" dir="ltr" class="">Kevin Gausman FA $5 BAL P<br></div><div id="yiv8687457018yui_3_16_0_1_1457320422971_6821" dir="ltr" class="">Josh Tomlin ` Y2 $5 CLE P</div><div id="yiv8687457018yui_3_16_0_1_1457320422971_6821" dir="ltr" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457355615496_3360" class=""></div><div id="yiv8687457018yui_3_16_0_1_1457320422971_6821" dir="ltr" class="">Total: 7 players for $32</div><div id="yiv8687457018yui_3_16_0_1_1457320422971_6821" dir="ltr" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457355615496_3364" class=""></div><div id="yiv8687457018yui_3_16_0_1_1457320422971_6821" dir="ltr" class="">And in the corn field ...</div><div id="yiv8687457018yui_3_16_0_1_1457320422971_6821" dir="ltr" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457355615496_3368" class=""></div><div id="yiv8687457018yui_3_16_0_1_1457320422971_6821" dir="ltr" class="">Matt Chapman Y0 $5 OAK 3B</div><div id="yiv8687457018yui_3_16_0_1_1457320422971_6821" dir="ltr" class="">Daz Cameron Y0 $2 HOU OF</div><div id="yiv8687457018yui_3_16_0_1_1457320422971_6821" dir="ltr" class="">Hunter Harvey Y0 $5 BAL P</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457355615496_3373" class=""><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457355615496_3373" class=""><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457355615496_3057" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457355615496_3057" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457355615496_3057" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457355615496_3057" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div></div></div></blockquote></body></html>