<div dir="ltr">Robbed you of Cole Hamels? You wouldn't have the Damon but for all the guys I gave you last year!<div><br></div><div>-Andy</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 1:35 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"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Great discussion….keep this up…but don’t let Dean Klein snow you: he robbed me of Cole Hamels – he never talks about that.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 20, 2017 11:36 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] The Curse of Sam Dyson Expands ...<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Rick - your batters haven't faced Sam Dyson enough. That would fatten up their batting averages.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Jeff - nice to remind me of the Joey Bats trade. I'm sure that made Jim B. smile!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 11:12 AM, Rick Gammons <<a href="mailto:ricklgammons@gmail.com" target="_blank">ricklgammons@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Darwin Barney (he of the robust .389 average) is tired of being dissed by Andy. Hell, without him the H.D. team BA would only be about .189, as opposed to .194. Note to league historians - has there ever been
a USML team with a B.A. below the Mendoza line going into May?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 9:50 AM, Jeffrey Winick via Announce <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Before we start comparing this trade to the worst of all time, allow me to point out that there wasn't a Lou Brock equivalent sent to me.
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To: USML Announcements <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a>><br>
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Subject: [USML Announce] The Curse of Sam Dyson Expands ...<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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