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I had nothing to do with it! (There\u2019s always a first time.)<div><br></div><div>Mark K<br><br><br><div class="yahoo-signature"><a style="font-size:12px" href="https://aolapp.onelink.me/eG2g?pid=NativePlacement&c=US_Acquisition_YMktg_320_EmailSignature_AttributionDL&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=US_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100002473&af_sub5=SentFromNewAOLApp__Interstitial_&af_ios_store_cpp=ce85ce34-ad0f-4811-a92b-a172743b064e&af_android_url=https%3A%2F%2Fplay.google.com%2Fstore%2Fapps%2Fdetails%3Fid%3Dcom.aol.mobile.aolapp%26listing%3Demail_signature_attribution">Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS</a><br></div><br><p class="yahoo-quoted-begin" style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(132, 115, 255); padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0px;">On Wednesday, May 6, 2026, 3:25 PM, Mark Blocker <blockermark@gmail.com> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail"><div id="yiv8668216328"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:large;" class="yiv8668216328gmail_default">We are still banning political commentary on the Announce mailing list, right?</div></div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv8668216328gmail_quote yiv8668216328gmail_quote_container"><div id="yiv8668216328yqt53959" class="yiv8668216328yqt0194939874"><div dir="ltr" class="yiv8668216328gmail_attr">On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 2:41\u202fPM Frank Luby via Announce <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="yiv8668216328gmail_quote"><div>On the contrary, I think The Donald has fallen into the infamous Inigo Montoya trap: \u201cYou keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."<div><br clear="none"></div><div><div><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On May 6, 2026, at 2:35\u202fPM, Bill Strotman via Announce <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>> wrote:</div><br clear="none"><div><div>The Donald has taught us what obliterate means <br clear="none" id="yiv8668216328m_-5238805336160592418lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite">On May 6, 2026, at 2:14\u202fPM, springkerb--- via Announce <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<div style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><h3 style="line-height:1.2;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;max-width:674px;padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;color:rgb(18,18,18);letter-spacing:normal;"><span style="font-weight:400;">1. Sympathies to the Klein Nine: Correa's injury is a K9 classic.</span></h3><h3 style="line-height:1.2;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;max-width:674px;padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;color:rgb(18,18,18);letter-spacing:normal;"><span style="font-weight:400;"><br clear="none"></span></h3><h3 style="line-height:1.2;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;max-width:674px;padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;color:rgb(18,18,18);letter-spacing:normal;"><span style="font-weight:400;">2. And, from The Athletic, the following:</span></h3><h3 style="line-height:1.2;font-family:nyt-cheltenham, georgia, new times, serif;font-weight:500;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;max-width:674px;padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;color:rgb(18,18,18);letter-spacing:normal;"><strong>A Win Is A Win: Cubs won\u2019t stop walking it off</strong></h3><p style="margin:20px auto;max-width:674px;padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:nyt-imperial, georgia, new times, serif;font-size:20px;letter-spacing:normal;">There\u2019s a four-way tie for <em>second</em>-most walk-off wins this year: The Cardinals, Mariners, Padres and Phillies each have three.</p><p style="margin:20px auto;max-width:674px;padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:nyt-imperial, georgia, new times, serif;font-size:20px;letter-spacing:normal;"><strong>The Cubs had that many by April 28.</strong> After back-to-back walkoffs on Monday and Tuesday, they\u2019re now up to <em>five</em> this season, after just 35 games. That puts them on pace for 23 such wins this season, which would utterly obliterate the previous record of 18 (set by the <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.mlb.com/news/teams-with-most-walk-off-wins-in-a-season" style="color:rgb(56,108,146);text-decoration-line:underline;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;">1959 Pittsburgh Pirates</a>).</p><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div></div><br clear="none"></div></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br clear="none"><span>Announce mailing list</span><br clear="none"><span><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Announce@usml.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:Announce@usml.net">Announce@usml.net</a></span><br clear="none"><span><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce_usml.net">http://usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce_usml.net</a></span><br clear="none"></div></blockquote></div>_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Announce mailing list<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Announce@usml.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:Announce@usml.net">Announce@usml.net</a><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce_usml.net">http://usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce_usml.net</a><br clear="none"></div></blockquote></div><br clear="none"></div></div>_______________________________________________<br clear="none">
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