[USML Announce] Riptorns: The Gift That Keeps on Giving....

[Brad Jansen]

Now, no.  Then? I don't recall.

On 8/8/07, Richard E. Robbins <RERobbins at itinker.net> wrote:
>
>  Quinlan?  Brad -- are you on drugs?
>
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> *From:* announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] *On
> Behalf Of *Brad Jansen
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 08, 2007 4:21 PM
> *To:* USML Announcements
> *Subject:* [USML Announce] Riptorns: The Gift That Keeps on Giving....
>
>
>  Now that the Trade Deadline has passed, now that the K-9 are gassed, I
> can start reviewing my roster and begin the dreaded months long task of
> winnowing my keeper list...and as I begin that project I cannot help but
> take stock of all the fine Riptorns that found their way onto other rosters
> this best of all seasons....to the Angries went Markakis and Longoria, to
> the Brats went Dustin McGowan...to the K-9 Ichiro, Blalock, Embree...to the
> Hoosiers went Maggs, Beckett and the much-maligned Fernando Cabrera...to
> the Red Hots went Quinlan, Ellsbury...the Nukes- Young Alex and Big Billy
> and Adam Gone With The Lind.... the GOP got K-Rod...the Berliners, Ortiz,
> Manny, Abreu,  DeJesus and Javy Vazquez...and to the Bombers and Calamari
> went my good will and best wishes.
>
> I hope and pray that the fine players you received from me brought you
> some degree of satisfaction. Now I must turn to the future and count on the
> likes of Hughes, Carlos Pena (Jeffrey: what *is *he hitting since you
> traded him to me?), the Miller Men, Dice K, Alexi the Great, the Byrd Man
> and Daric "Fight The Power" Barton.  It's all good innit?
>
> And, finally, I say congrats to the Daddies on a stunning season--the End
> is near, the Finish Line is at end, it's Apocalypse Now for the K-9 and the
> Daddies will be remembered for the Greatest Season Ever.  No Damon is strong
> enough to represent the incredible success of the Daddies' 2007
> campaign....Someone, anyone, find the guy who carved that stone tribute to
> Ma Nugent and commission something for the Dads--if we can pay $50 for a
> stat service that can't keep up with Rich Robbins' bizarre intuition, we
> certainly can pay a sculptor to carve a rock for Rick....
>
> That's all for now,
> regards,
> Brad Lee
>
>
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