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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">Rick, yes. The standings now reflect the deduction for the single team that failed to meet the IP requirement. And a reminder: all that happens is that teams
that did not hit the IP minimum get zero points for ERA and ratio, but it does not affect the point total of any other team.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">MARK B. BLOCKER<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>From:</b> Announce <announce-bounces@usml.net>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rick Gammons<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 04, 2021 8:15 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> USML Announcements <announce@usml.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] USML 2021 Champion<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> Congrats to the Lubes! Another race to add to “close shave” USML lore. BTW, are we still doing the 900 inning thing for final standings?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">On Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 6:46 AM Bill Strotman 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" style="margin-left:.5in">I mean. Congrats. Great race!<o:p></o:p></p>
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On Oct 4, 2021, at 5:15 AM, JOHN FRUIT <<a href="mailto:jtfruit@msn.com" target="_blank">jtfruit@msn.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">congrats Frank (and Mark)!, wow great finish, seems it came down to a handful of strikeouts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Announce <<a href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net" target="_blank">announce-bounces@usml.net</a>> on behalf of Doug Shabelman <<a href="mailto:doug.shabelman@burnsent.com" target="_blank">doug.shabelman@burnsent.com</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 4, 2021 1:51 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> USML Announcements <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] USML 2021 Champion</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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On Oct 3, 2021, at 11:01 PM, Mark Blocker <<a href="mailto:blockermark@gmail.com" target="_blank">blockermark@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"> Congrats to Frank on securing his first title and becoming the 2021 champion. And congrats to Mark K for the furious effort to keep things interesting to the very end.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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