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<p class="MsoNormal">There’s great joy in Berlinerville with the confirmation that we can still under Mr. K’s skin.
<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😉</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">And tomayto/tomahto – a minor league player drafted in the first round is a bean. You just picked a bad one. Bobby Witt was a good one, but you traded him away.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That is all….for now.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Go Cubs Go and Bear Down!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> springkerb@aol.com <springkerb@aol.com> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 22, 2024 2:38 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> USML Announcements <announce@usml.net>; Jeffrey Winick <jwinick@hwhlegal.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] Birthday Greetings !<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For the record, my standards for beans have not changed. I viewed DeLauter as a potential "this year" bat, not a prospect. If you'll check my roster, you'll see that he disappeared
as soon as he incurred his most recent foot injury. And, given his increasingly checkered injury history, he won't fetch $15 in next year's draft.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">On Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 04:29:03 PM CDT, Jeffrey Winick <<a href="mailto:jwinick@hwhlegal.com">jwinick@hwhlegal.com</a>> wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Kerber tells me that he should be regarded as a bean as long as he’s priced at $5 or less. Or at least that was the rule before Chase DeLauter.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Announce <<a href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net">announce-bounces@usml.net</a>> on behalf of springkerb--- via Announce <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 21, 2024 4:20:56 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> USML Announcements <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com">springkerb@aol.com</a> <<a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com">springkerb@aol.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] Birthday Greetings !</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">On Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 01:59:59 PM CDT, Blocker, Mark B. via Announce <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>> wrote:
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a team in our league (Rich: open invitation to return at any time!), he remains a valued member of our group. Happy Birthday, Rich!</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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