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To: niceguy767 who wrote (14618)	10/25/2010 11:56:17 AM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29241

The Yanks and Rays were slumping, not peaking. Neither team could score runs over the last few weeks of the season. Neither team appeared to want to win the division. That's not saying either team was a pushover, only that they were not nearly playing their best ball. I guess each team figured it could turn it on in the post season. Wrong. I think San Fran has that "we will shock the world" edge to them. But you are right that Texas should be by far the favorite. I still haven't figured out who to root for. Maybe I'll just hope it goes seven and enjoy the show. - Jeff

To: niceguy767 who wrote (14618)	10/27/2010 6:21:05 PM
From: spitsong	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29241

niceguy, When the Rangers picked up Cliff Lee, I thought this made them the team to beat in the AL. Not only could they hit (they led the Majors in hits and batting average), but they also had a lights-out #1 starter to go with what had previously been a pretty solid pitching staff. Saying that the Rays and Yanks were "cold" in the postseason doesn't give enough credit. They got beaten by a better team, I think. With Mark Lowe now activated for the World Series, that should make the Rangers even better. They should have the edge at the plate in the World Series, but I do like that Giants pitching staff, too. No predictions from me ... I just hope to enjoy some great baseball.

To: niceguy767 who wrote (14618)	5/27/2011 3:15:56 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 29241

Armstrong Strengthens Legal Team for Inquiry _____________________________________________________________ By JULIET MACUR The New York Times May 26, 2011 To combat what his supporters call information leaks that have compromised the criminal investigation into his cycling career, Lance Armstrong this week hired two prominent lawyers who have had success against the government in a case relating to doping. Armstrong, the seven-time Tour de France winner, has added John Keker and Elliot Peters of the San Francisco firm Keker & Van Nest to his defense team. Both are considered top trial lawyers in the Bay Area. The lawyers are a good match for someone as high-profile as Armstrong, said William P. Keane, a San Francisco lawyer who represented the track coach Trevor Graham in connection with the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative steroids case. “If a case is brought, can there be any doubt Armstrong will fight it to the very end?” Keane said. “Certainly, hiring Keker and Peters is strong evidence of that.” Keker and Peters represented the Major League Baseball Players Association in a case that questioned the legality of the government’s seizure of baseball’s list of more than 100 players who had allegedly tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003. The list was supposed to remain anonymous, to be used only to determine whether the major leagues needed a drug-testing program. But after the seizure, the names of several players who had allegedly failed drug tests became public. Keker and Peters argued that federal agents — particularly Jeff Novitzky, the lead investigator in the Armstrong and Balco cases — had no right to seize all the test results. In 2009, a federal appeals court ruled in favor of the players union, saying the seizure was “an obvious case of deliberate overreaching by the government.” Neither Keker nor Peters returned phone calls for comment. But Keker released a statement Thursday through Armstrong’s spokesman, Mark Fabiani. “We know Novitzky, and plan to prove that these are his repeated, illegal leaks aimed solely at destroying a true hero, not just in sports but in the fight against cancer,” Keker said in the statement. “That the government is spending tax money investigating long ago bike races in Europe is an outrage.” Armstrong has assembled a strong legal team since a federal investigation for crimes relating to his alleged doping began last summer. Those crimes include defrauding the government, drug trafficking, money laundering and conspiracy, according to a person who had been briefed on the investigation but who was not authorized to speak publicly about it.