<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">TV is also an issue (as always), and going up against March Madness is not great scheduling. How about moving it February, right after the Super Bowl? Spring training would just be getting underway.<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 19, 2023, at 9:07 AM, Present Tense <frank@presenttensellc.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Then again, the players seem to love playing in it …<div><br></div><div><div style="display: inline-block;" class=""><span style="-webkit-user-select: none;"><a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/world-baseball-classic-trea-turners-grand-slam-launches-team-usa-into-semifinals-025504831.html">https://sports.yahoo.com/world-baseball-classic-trea-turners-grand-slam-launches-team-usa-into-semifinals-025504831.html</a></span></div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 19, 2023, at 8:59 AM, Present Tense <frank@presenttensellc.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Good morning,<div><br></div><div>Not sure if you all have been following it (I’ve only followed it passively) but events like this will make clubs leery of letting players play in the next one.</div><div><br></div><div>First Edwin Diaz and now Jose Altuve, who apparently has a broken thumb.</div><div><br></div><div><div style="display: block;" class=""><div style="-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; display: inline-block;" class="apple-rich-link" draggable="true" role="link" data-url="https://nypost.com/2023/03/18/jose-altuve-exits-wbc-game-after-getting-hit-by-pitch-in-right-hand/amp/"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;-webkit-user-select:none;width:300px;user-select:none;-webkit-user-modify:read-only;user-modify:read-only;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;" class="lp-rich-link" rel="nofollow" href="https://nypost.com/2023/03/18/jose-altuve-exits-wbc-game-after-getting-hit-by-pitch-in-right-hand/amp/" dir="ltr" role="button" draggable="false" width="300"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#E9E9EB;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td vertical-align="center"><table bgcolor="#E9E9EB" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;table-layout:fixed;background-color:rgba(233, 233, 235, 1);" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px 8px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px 0px 16px;overflow:hidden;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://nypost.com/2023/03/18/jose-altuve-exits-wbc-game-after-getting-hit-by-pitch-in-right-hand/amp/" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#000000" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);">Jose Altuve exits WBC game after getting hit by pitch in right hand</font></a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://nypost.com/2023/03/18/jose-altuve-exits-wbc-game-after-getting-hit-by-pitch-in-right-hand/amp/" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#A2A2A9" style="color: rgba(60, 60, 67, 0.6);">nypost.com</font></a></div></div></td><td style="padding:6px 12px 6px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-rightIconItem" width="36"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://nypost.com/2023/03/18/jose-altuve-exits-wbc-game-after-getting-hit-by-pitch-in-right-hand/amp/" draggable="false"><div><apple-icon-144x144.png></div></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div><br></div><div><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div></div></div></blockquote></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Announce mailing list</span><br><span>Announce@usml.net</span><br><span>http://usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce_usml.net</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>