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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Brandon Kintzler did not stay in the AL.  That sound of anguish was coming from Bomber HQ.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">More to come…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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""> Announce [mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeffrey Winick via Announce<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 31, 2017 2:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> announce@usml.net<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Jeff Winick<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] Last Ditch Effort<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Sonny Gray lands safely in the AL.   Loud sighs of relief heard in Berliner HQ.  <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: springkerb--- via Announce <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>><br>
To: announce <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>><br>
Cc: springkerb <<a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com">springkerb@aol.com</a>><br>
Sent: Mon, Jul 31, 2017 11:53 am<br>
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Last Ditch Effort<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Believe it or not, folks have noticed some of those other guys on my roster, too.  But thanks for the help!<br>
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Mark<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Jeffrey Winick <<a href="mailto:jwinick@hwhlegal.com">jwinick@hwhlegal.com</a>><br>
To: 'USML Announcements' <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>><br>
Sent: Mon, Jul 31, 2017 11:45 am<br>
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Last Ditch Effort<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Interesting.  They’re probably all hot and bothered about the prospect of getting Avisail Garcia.  Although it seemed to me he had cooled off a bit.  Wasn’t
 he hitting .216 over the last 31 days?  And that power seems to have dried up a bit too (2 home runs in the last month).  But hey, at least he’s matched his career high.  And he’s still a pretty good bet to finish better than his career .267 batting average.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Last time I checked I saw you still had Barreto, Sisco and Michael Fulmer.  If I were them that’s where I’d be focusing my attention.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Jeff</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"> Announce [<a href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net?" target="_blank">mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>springkerb--- via Announce<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 31, 2017 11:05 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com" target="_blank">springkerb@aol.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] Last Ditch Effort</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Luckily (I think), I probably have Wilson's successor.  Of course, I thought I had Robertson's successor, too, and then they both moved in the same deal.<br>
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However, I can tell you there are several guys out there looking to deal, or at least so they've told me. (I wonder if Barrett would be willing to give me Sanchez and Devers back--guessing not.)<br>
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Mark<br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Jeffrey Winick via Announce <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a>><br>
To: announce <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a>><br>
Cc: Jeffrey Winick <<a href="mailto:jhwinick@aol.com" target="_blank">jhwinick@aol.com</a>><br>
Sent: Mon, Jul 31, 2017 10:46 am<br>
Subject: [USML Announce] Last Ditch Effort<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Another chink in the Nukes' armor has appeared as the Cubs add Justin Wilson and Kerbs loses his second closer in the last few weeks.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The Berliners are still in it to win it and can envision a narrow path to victory, but I'll need some help.  Is there anyone interested in making a deal?  If you
 have interest, please let me know and we can explore possibilities.  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Jeff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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