<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Happy birthday, Mark!!<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Hoping MLB and the MLBPA come through with a special surprise for you today.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Frank</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 22, 2022, at 8:57 AM, Blocker, Mark B. via Announce <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" class="">announce@usml.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><p class="ImprintUniqueID" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"></p><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">League: Wishing a hearty happy birthday to the league’s eldest statesman, Mark Kerber! Kerbs, hope you have a great birthday and that someone at your house bakes you a batch of delicious cookies (please bring enough for your friends).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">MARK B. 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