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<div class="yiv2264211064MsoNormal">I tried to type pencile and missed the c. Recognizing that without the “c” you end up with a word that ole Mikey would regard as naughty, I think we’d better come up with another way to describe him. I couldn’t come up with just one,
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<div class="yiv2264211064MsoNormal">A rationale would require identifiable cognitive activity. Nothin Pencile about that.</div>
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<div class="yiv2264211064MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Pence-type rationale? That cries out for a new word: maybe "pencile"? It means dull, wooden, and equipped with a big eraser.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv2264211064MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Having said that ... I agree with Andy! I'll take the Damon* under these circumstances.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv2264211064ydpa3778488yiv9701725237msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">I think the reasoning is what others suggested - we need a point of clarity, particularly for trading purposes. ... The 1994 parallel
is a good one. MLB never crowned a champion, but we did - asterisk or not! Of course, it would be odd to be champion of a 40-game season. But all of 2020 is odd. And to paraphrase David Ross, if they're handing out the Damon, I want it coming my way ...</span></div>
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<div class="yiv2264211064ydpa3778488yiv9701725237msonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">Agreed. Good clarification.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"></span></div>
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<div class="yiv2264211064ydpa3778488yiv9701725237msonormal" style="margin-left:.5in;"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;"> Announce
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<div class="yiv2264211064ydpa3778488yiv9701725237msonormal" style="margin-left:.5in;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">Looks good to me. Just to be clear, though ... if the season gets cancelled before August 16, we revert as
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<div class="yiv2264211064ydpa3778488yiv9701725237msonormal" style="margin-left:.5in;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 12:15 PM Blocker, Mark B. via Announce <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>>
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on or after August 16, we will treat this year as a season and proceed with all of our usual rules (champion crowned, contracts are running, usual rules in 2021 on keepers and otherwise, except for position eligibility), even if MLB later suspends operations
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<div class="yiv2264211064ydpa3778488yiv9701725237msonormal" style="margin-left:.5in;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#26282A;">Rationale: Aug. 16 is the first day to begin bean trading. Once that begins, trading teams have to know the
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