<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Agreed!<div><br></div><div>And his only bad outings this year were against </div><div>the Rays. Seems like they might know something </div><div>they could fix.</div><div><br></div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 13, 2025, at 11:05\u202fPM, springkerb--- via Announce <announce@usml.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<div class="ydp36df436dyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Looks like Whitley landed in one of the best places possible. If TB can't fix him, he can't be fixed.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br>Mark K</div><div><br></div>
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<div><div id="ydp20d13b5yiv5660702330"><div>Yes, he should catch on where he has a better pitching coach. Still not sure about Rocker.<div><br clear="none"></div><div>But onto better news for you, Mark: the Red Sox have finally lit the Roman candle!!</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none" id="ydp20d13b5yiv5660702330lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite"><div id="ydp20d13b5yiv5660702330yqtfd54578" class="ydp20d13b5yiv5660702330yqt8646839378"><div>On Jun 9, 2025, at 2:08\u202fPM, Mark Blocker <MBBlocker@outlook.com> wrote:</div><br clear="none" class="ydp20d13b5yiv5660702330Apple-interchange-newline"><div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><div id="ydp20d13b5yiv5660702330yqtfd42267" class="ydp20d13b5yiv5660702330yqt8646839378"><div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="ydp20d13b5yiv5660702330elementToProof">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-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="ydp20d13b5yiv5660702330elementToProof"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="ydp20d13b5yiv5660702330elementToProof">Mark</div><div id="ydp20d13b5yiv5660702330appendonsend" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none;"></div><hr tabindex="-1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; 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