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<p class="MsoNormal">It seems to me that decision of whether we crown a champion and whether we roll contracts should be aligned. If there’s no champion, contracts shouldn’t run and vice-versa. But we should decide soon what would constitute the basis for
crowning another asterisk champion this year and what would cause us to treat the season as though it didn’t happen. My inclination is to agree with whomever said if there’s an MLB champion, there’s a USML champion. And otherwise not.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That is a good point ... I can see the argument, then, for having contracts roll regardless.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We did crown a champion in 1994, though some unnamed members of the league tried to attach an asterisk to it. :)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-Andy <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Owner 1994 Champion* Klein Nine<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 11:32 AM Frank Luby via Announce <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">But I now think Buddha is raising a good point: how do we play the season and plan trades when we have to keep two potential outcomes (season or no season) in mind?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">I wasn't in the league in 1994, but how did we resolve things then? Did we crown a champion because a lot of the season was already played? How much season is needed to count
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">From: Bill Strotman via Announce <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Date: 8/3/20 9:37 AM (GMT-06:00)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Subject: Re: [USML Announce] 2020
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">So it seems a consensus builds that unless MLB crowns s champ we will not. <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:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">I agree we keep the keepers at 9+3. And to be uniform if the season is cancelled or makes it to completion I think we roll contracts.
Otherwise you don’t know what you’re trading away or trading for ??<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:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">On Aug 3, 2020, at 9:31 AM, Blocker, Mark B. via Announce <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a>>
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<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I agree with Buddha we should decide on the rules soon, because it does impact team that want to dump for 2020 (parting with cheap FAs is less attractive if they can potentially
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<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Also, while I hear Frank’s point, I am opposed to expanding the number of keepers if the season is cancelled. Our 9+3 is plenty.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#26282A"> Announce <<a href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net" target="_blank">announce-bounces@usml.net</a>>
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(or fade), and we take some risks on other players. That's why we have a keeper league to begin with. If we are taking steps to preserve 2020 if the season is cancelled, we should allow teams to keep a few extra players.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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moving along as normal. We have done that with other odd seasons (like strike years), though admittedly, nothing is like this one.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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means that contracts roll forward a year, and don't really have a strong opinion on that. Frank had suggested increasing the number of keepers. Interested in his view of why ... though hoping it will all be moot.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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protocol, and nothing suggests they are passing the virus to one another on the field. I also read that, overall, MLB has administered 11,000+ tests with only about 30 positives. Surely they can figure out how to make it work at that level. Seems they'll
have to add a few weeks to the regular season in October to even out the number of games played, keep rosters expanded, and prepare for the possibility of ending the season for a team or two (like MLS did). But there is a lot of money at stake. Plus the
Cubs are 7-2. So let's play on, damn it! </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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