[USML Announce] A Blast From the Past
JHWinick at aol.com
JHWinick at aol.com
Fri Jun 9 22:05:06 EDT 2006
PT/KR asked me to search elsewhere for material....and so I have. I got a
chuckle from this little PT/KR blast from the past:
Top 5 Reasons Winick Won't Even Beat Me (Let Alone Win):
5. Too busy with other leagues
Jeff, as we all know, is an Expert. He write roto columns. He hob-nobs
with (and apparently provides legal services to) the Roto Establishment.
But
as the league's lone Expert, Jeff will rightly size up USML as the
proverbial
lost cause -- he can't win -- so he will spend his time on one of his many
other roto leagues. For teams like mine, unaccustomed to the Upper Tier,
these are salad days, and so we will soldier on. Jeff knows better, so he
will
spend his time elsewhere.
4. Brad is no longer in the league
Oh how Jeff longs for the days when he and the Riptorns flopped the same
bevvy of players back and forth on alternate years. No more. If he is
going
to beat me, he will have to do it without an overly friendly face. That's
a
lot tougher.
3. He has nothing (and mostly never had) anything left to trade.
Buyer beware here. So far Jeff has managed to squeeze a couple decent
players for his usual handful of baby-faced beans, but there is truly
nothing
left on his roster. I will be the first one to mock (and pity) the fool
who
hands over the storehouse keys for the likes of John "Long Shot" Danks and
Tino
"I've Shot My Wad for the Year" Martinez.
2. Blown opportunities
Jeff had a real chance to improve his team by dangling Crawford -- who
would have brought a ton -- but with the Posednik trade and the remaining
speed
on contending teams, Jeff has no way to recoup the speed if he does deal
him.
After Crawford, what's left? (See point 3 above).
1. My team is better
Self-explanatory.
-- Mark B.
What were the final standings, you ask? Well...suffice it say, it was PT/KR
who bought me a chicken dinner in honor of my higher finish - not vice versa.
By the way, has anyone else notice a certain repetitive theme that runs
through so many of PT/KR's posts? Seems to be a consistent refrain that goes
something like this:
Jeff's a self-proclaimed expert
Jeff is Ron Shandler's lawyer
Jeff overhypes his rookies
Surely you can do better, PT/KR.
More to follow.
Jeff
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