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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">Heard the same. I will circulate proposed deadlines for our league leading up to a 3/27 draft later tonight.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">MARK B. BLOCKER<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b>SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Announce <announce-bounces@usml.net>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 10, 2022 1:36 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] USML - 2022 Season update<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Latest buzz is that they’ll ratify today, move Opening Day to April 5, and play all 162 games by scheduling 9-inning doubleheaders.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">That means free agency and trades could kick off tonight and players start reporting as early as tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">On Mar 10, 2022, at 1:33 PM, Doug Shabelman <<a href="mailto:doug.shabelman@burnsent.com">doug.shabelman@burnsent.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">They cancel another couple weeks and I’m out for good. These guys are not worth following anymore. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">On Mar 10, 2022, at 1:19 PM, Klein Nine via Announce <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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On Thursday, March 10th, 2022 at 2:00 PM, Blocker, Mark B. <<a href="mailto:mblocker@sidley.com">mblocker@sidley.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">MARK B. BLOCKER</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Cell: +1 847 571 4114<br>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Announce <<a href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net">announce-bounces@usml.net</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Klein Nine via Announce<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 10, 2022 12:58 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> USML Announcements <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Klein Nine <<a href="mailto:KleinNine@pm.me">KleinNine@pm.me</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] USML - 2022 Season update<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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On Thursday, March 10th, 2022 at 8:10 AM, springkerb--- via Announce <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Happy birthday, Andy! What's the proper way to address a chancellor? Your Eminency? Sire? Mr. Chancellor?</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Doug Shabelman <<a href="mailto:doug.shabelman@burnsent.com" target="_blank">doug.shabelman@burnsent.com</a>><br>
To: USML Announcements <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a>><br>
Sent: Wed, Mar 9, 2022 7:09 am<br>
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] USML - 2022 Season update</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">A quick happy birthday to Chancellor Andrew Klein whose Chief of Staff and speechwriter will receive this note before he does. <br>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">On Feb 6, 2022, at 5:23 PM, Blocker, Mark B. via Announce <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a>> wrote:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"New serif",serif"> I am writing with an update on plans for the USML season. As all of you have read, it appears likely that both spring training and the start of the season may be delayed. Some are projecting that
the season may not start until May. As a result, we need to do some contingency planning to address the delayed start. Here is a tentative plan for consideration, which I have discussed with a subset of league owners.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"New serif",serif">1. Draft: The draft will proceed as scheduled on Sunday, March 27, 2022 (Mark K: put this date in your calendar). Given that we have 11 owners, finding a future date on short notice when 11 different
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"New serif",serif">2. Auction/Draft eligible players: There are a sizeable number of players who remain free agents because of the timing of the lockout. Some of those players have values vastly in excess of their
salary in a rotation draft. This has happened in the past, but never in the sort of numbers that exist now. As a result, the current thinking is that we will exclude those players from the auction and the rotation draft. A sample: Freddie Freeman, Trevor
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