[USML Announce] The Rocket's Red Glare, Bombers Bursting

Wed May 31 16:07:37 EDT 2006

Botts' stock heading up by the minute....speak now ye dumpers or forever hold 
your peace. You know who you are... 
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From: announce at usml.net
At:  5/31 15:50:13

Andy gets $2 FAAB.  I think the upshot of this is that, as a Cubs fan, Andy
really loses twice.  By the way, here's the item I saw.

The Cubs are close to acquiring Phil Nevin from the Rangers, FOXSports.com's Ken
Rosenthal reports.
The Rangers will surely be responsible for most of Nevin's $10 million salary.
Still, we don't think this is going to be much of a boost for the Cubs. Nevin is
working on posting a sub-700 OPS against right-handers for for the fourth time
in five years. He will help out versus left-handers, but that's about it. If the
Cubs make him a full-time player until Derrek Lee comes back, they'll be
disappointed. May. 31 - 4:38 pm et
Source: FOXSports.com

Regarding retention, you don't get a retention roster until 2009.  The rest of
the league gets to keep nine.

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Jansen <bljansen at gmail.com>
To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>
Sent: Wed, 31 May 2006 15:38:01 -0500
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] The Rocket's Red Glare, Bombers Bursting in Air

Wow--I really do have to read that thing someday...we still can retain 20 guys,
right?  So when the Cubs acquire Phil Nevin from the Rangers via trade later
today (hey, check out the Trib's website, I ain't makin' this up) and Andy
waives him, how much does he get in FAAB?

On 5/31/06, springkerb at aol.com <springkerb at aol.com> wrote:
No, he gets nothing at all.  Clemens was not traded.

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Robbins <RERobbins at iTinker.net>
To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>

Sent: Wed, 31 May 2006 20:16:21 +0000 GMT
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] The Rocket's Red Glare, Bombers Bursting in Air

He only get $2 for the FAAB.  See the proviso to the second sentence of Section
14.6 of our constitution.
-----Original Message-----
From: "Brad Jansen" <bljansen at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 14:14:12
To:"USML Announcements" <announce at usml.net>
Subject: [USML Announce] The Rocket's Red Glare, Bombers Bursting in Air

ITEM: Roger Clemens signs with Astros.

ANALYSIS:  "Now it can be revealed," explained USML analyst Jeffrey Winick.
"Much like Tricky Dick Nixon's papers, Mark Blocker often refuses to release his

trade notes until years after the season ends.  This year, however, Mark Blocker

granted me some limited access to the inner workings of the Bombers' war room.
The strategy, since the rotation draft, was to dangle Clemens to the K-9 for
Jhonny Peralta and Covelli Crisp.  Blocker knew along that he could pull off tha

blockbuster with the Angries, that Klein would cry several days about it, but
come back pleading for Clemens--if he joined the Yankees, rangers or Bosox.  How

could Andy not, with a team built around rag arms like Burnett, Bonser and Chen,

and non-performers like Craig Hansen and Eric Bedard.

"Alas, Blocker's strategy went awry...he waited a tick too long, and now all he
has is the potential for another $15 in FAAB action.  Nice try, though, and for
that I applaud him.  Blocker sometimes pays heed to my advice, although in this
instance he dallied to long at the fair."
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