<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I asked earlier. Does 1 game played. Institute a season?? I say if MLB doesn’t crown a champ— we shouldn’t either <div><br></div><div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 27, 2020, at 11:54 AM, Blocker, Mark B. via Announce <announce@usml.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">League: A giant mess on two fronts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">1. Some but not all teams submitted FAAB bids yesterday, apparently because some forgot that there was no FAAB bidding this past week (see my email with the schedule of
dates). I am going to work with Onroto to reverse all of those transactions, but let me know what corrective actions the affected teams want to take that involved the same players that were waived or reserved.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2. On the real world front, the cancellation of several games today is a concern. I wonder if this season is really going to get played? We may want to start considering
contingency plans.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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