[USML Announce] D-Mat Shines, Winick Whines

Brad Jansen bljansen at gmail.com
Wed Mar 7 09:13:50 EST 2007


An Announcement From Jeffrey Winick:
   "Yesterday afternoon I sat back in my over-stuffed leather recliner in my
luxurious corner office suite, flicked on the satellite dish and sat stunned
as I watched the Red Sox-Marlins game on my flat screen HDTV.  Even my
partner Steven Stein had to stop billing for 30 seconds to watch Daisuke
Matsuzaka's electric pitching performance.

   "He's better than Clemens in his prime... Johann Santana...you name an
ace...and certainly grades out better than Jake Westbrook and has better
manners than Kenny Rogers.  I project he'll return +$45 in value for the
Daddies.  And when one factors in Justin Verlander and Jon Papelbon
and their preposterously low salaries and high value for the Daddies, you
are compelled to reach the same conclusion as me:

    "It's over.

     "Now, you know that I am not one to dump two years in a row, but now
I'm sorry for even contemplating a Run for the Damon this year. Why o! why
did I trade guys like Brandon Wood, Evan Longoria, Jason Kubel and Zach
Greinke...for what? I asked myself yesterday as I watched Dice-K's dominant
performance.

     "And I grew even more disheartened when I looked at the available
starting pitching this season.  There's Johann Santana, likely to go for
$40-plus, then there's Mark Buehrle and all the other mediocrities.  Will
teams throw good money after medicore starters?  Or will their money be
spent instead on power hitters and speed merchants, thus inflating their
salaries beyond any reasonable return on investment?

     "Frankly, my dears, I don't give a Damon.  I don't care if we ever
retain a stat service, I don't care if we ever have to submit reserve lists,
I don't care if Andy buys another puppy.  In fact I don't care period.

      "Thanks, Rick, for ruining my season.  Congratulations. You win again.

      "That truly is all.  That's it. Fini. I'm serious. I'm walking, not
talking. You understand what I say here, guys?"
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