[USML Announce] Rips Get Leg Up In USML Arms Race:AnEssayByJeffrey Winick

[Brad Jansen]

Rich:
  It's not a collection.  It's an armada.
BLJ

On 7/1/07, Richard E. Robbins <RERobbins at itinker.net> wrote:
>
> Indeed.  One very high upside prospect.  Not an entire collection!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] On
> Behalf
> Of jhwinick at aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 10:13 AM
> To: USML Announcements
> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Rips Get Leg Up In USML Arms
> Race:AnEssayByJeffrey Winick
>
> That toe with the name of King Felix on it must be one hell of a toe. ;-)
>
> Jeff
> Sent from my BlackBerry(r) wireless handheld
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Richard Robbins" <RERobbins at iTinker.net>
>
> Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 13:27:22
> To:"USML Announcements" <announce at usml.net>
> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Rips Get Leg Up In USML Arms Race: An
>         EssayByJeffrey Winick
>
>
> I've never been known to go over board for pitching prospects.  I'll dip
> my
> toes in the water but no more.  Are you suggesting that Brad's a nymph?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: springkerb at aol.com
>
> Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 09:03:56
> To:announce at usml.net
> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Rips Get Leg Up In USML Arms Race: An Essay
>     ByJeffrey Winick
>
>
> So, Rich, who's going to tie you to the mast?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard E. Robbins <RERobbins at iTinker.net>
> To: 'USML Announcements' <announce at usml.net>
> Sent: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 6:30 am
> Subject: RE: [USML Announce] Rips Get Leg Up In USML Arms Race: An
> Essay ByJeffrey Winick
>
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> Beware the Siren Songs of Pitching Prospects
> Brad.
>
> Returning from
> the abode of the shades, Ulysses revisited the AEaean isle and
> recounted to
> Circe his adventures and the wondrous visions and the laws of Hell. She
> in
> return speeded his homeward voyage, instructing him particularly how to
> pass
> safely by the coast of the Sirens. 1 Odyssey, 12.
>
>
> These nymphs had the power, as has been already said, of
> charming by their song all who heard them, so that mariners were
> impelled to
> cast themselves into the sea to destruction. Circe directed Ulysses to
> stop the
> ears of his seamen with wax, so that they should not hear the strain;
> to have
> himself bound to the mast, and to enjoin his people, whatever he might
> say or
> do, by no means to release him till they should have passed the Sirens'
> island.
> Ulysses obeyed these directions. As they approached the Sirens' island,
> the sea
> was calm, and over the waters came notes of music so ravishing and
> attractive
> that Ulysses struggled to get loose and, by cries and signs to his
> people,
> begged to be released; but they, obedient to his previous orders,
> sprang forward
> and bound him still faster. They held on their course, and the music
> grew
> fainter till it ceased to be heard, when with joy Ulysses gave his
> companions
> the signal to unseal their ears; and they relieved him from his bonds.
> It is
> said that one of the Sirens, Parthenope, in grief at the escape of
> Ulysses
> drowned herself. Her body was cast up on the Italian shore where now
> stands the
> city of Naples, in early times called by the Siren's name.
>
>
>
>
> From: announce-bounces at usml.net
> [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] On Behalf Of Brad
> Jansen
> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 8:39 PM
> To: USML
> Announcements
> Subject: [USML Announce] Rips Get Leg Up In USML Arms
> Race: An Essay ByJeffrey Winick
>
>
> "The firepower of the Riptorns' pitching roster, whether active,
> reserved or otherwise, is enough to blow this League sky
> high.
>
> "Anchored at the stern by Dice K, balanced at the bow by
> closer Zach Greinke, the rest of this talented staff boasts the likes
> of Top
> Prospects Clay Buchholz, Phil Hughes, Adam Miller and Andrew Miller
> (AKA the
> Miller Boys). Under the wrathful, vengeful eye of Andy Klein, the
> Riptorns
> have assembled an awesome array of arms unseen by man or
> beast. Only new special legislation can possibly rein in the
> blinding beauty we shall behold when these youngsters herald the
> Riptorns'
> Call to Arms.
>
> "I salute the Riptorns in their valiant quest to assemble
> the Best Pitching Staff Ever.
>
> "And, I remain,"
>
> --
> JHW
>
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