<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Yes, should be some fun. I heard the Red Sox announcers refer to him as the Roman Empire. Hopefully he will be a good spark.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 9, 2025 at 3:40\u202fPM Frank Luby <<a href="mailto:frank@presenttensellc.com">frank@presenttensellc.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>Yes, he should catch on where he has a better pitching coach. Still not sure about Rocker.<div><br></div><div>But onto better news for you, Mark: the Red Sox have finally lit the Roman candle!!</div><div><br></div><div><br id="m_7117140638753370230lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jun 9, 2025, at 2:08\u202fPM, Mark Blocker <<a href="mailto:MBBlocker@outlook.com" target="_blank">MBBlocker@outlook.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Bummer for Whitley, who has been very injury-prone. I bet he gets a chance somewhere else (Chicago or Colorado?). Maybe one day he and Kumar Rocker will both be productive pitchers elsewhere!</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Mark</div><div id="m_7117140638753370230appendonsend" 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