[USML Announce] Hot Wax Seal: Mighty Red Hots Get Killer Bs

[Andy Klein]

USML'ers:
 
In re-reading my own message, I fear that one could misconstrue it as an accusation of a Red-Hots-Riptorns conspiracy.  This was not my intent at all!!  Rather, I only meant to provide the league with a public service by reminding them of how the Riptorn Strategy works.  The previous message was too cryptic.  Here is some elaboration for those of you who have forgotten ... 
 
STAGE ONE:  The Rips are your friends.  They are jovial.  They are eager to help by cavalierly tossing you major league players for cheap minor leaguers who appear to have little value.  (Note:  This may not be true if you are Jim Barrett.  Apparently, if you are Jim Barrett, you get pressured to take a broken-down Keith Foulke during the first week of the season before having the opportunity to see whether Foulke can stand on his wobbly legs. Jim, I suggest that you demand a new "Stage One" trade with the Rips, if only for the benefit of Stage Two ...).
 
STAGE TWO:  The Rips want to compete.  They return to their "friends" from the previous year.  Now the tone is less jovial and more business-like.  The message is implicit, but clear.  I helped you last year.  It's time for the quid pro quo.  Take the cheap minor leaguers back (after all, the Rips "liked" them last year).  And give me some good players in return.  But the Rips won't settle for the mediocre guys that they peddled last year (none of them were kept anyway).  Instead, he wants the real McCoys.  And he won't take no for an answer!
 
STAGE THREE:  The Rips have a ton of good players.  Every future closer they collected becomes a star.  The Rips win the title.  Year after year.  The rest of the league scratches its collective head, wondering how it happened.
 
Don't say you weren't warned!  
 
Humbly, 
 
-Andy  

----- Original Message ----
From: Andy Klein <anrklein at yahoo.com>
To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 9, 2006 7:29:56 AM
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Hot Wax Seal: Mighty Red Hots Get Killer Bs


I will bet anyone in the league ten bucks that Morales and Cabrera end up on the Red Hots next year.

And, Jeff, my keepers won't go this cheap.

That is all.

-Andy 
  Owner of Chris Shelton and a 2.00 WHIP

----- Original Message ----
From: Brad Jansen <bljansen at gmail.com>
To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 8, 2006 2:36:08 PM
Subject: [USML Announce] Hot Wax Seal: Mighty Red Hots Get Killer Bs

Red Hots trade Kendry the Cuban Morales, Willie  and  The  Poorboys  Bloomquist,  Ross Searchin' for a Heart of Gload,  Aaron  Has No Guiel  and  Fernando  Another  Deal,  Another  Rips Future  Closer  Cabrera  to  the  Rippers  for  I'm No Angel  Berroa,  Big Ben  Broussard,  Aaron Boone, Shannon  the  Mannon  Stewart  and  David  Who?  Murphy. 

Go get 'em! 

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