[USML Announce] All's Well in Winick Land

[Brad Jansen]

Sir Doug!
  Good to hear from you!  Jeffrey already had my undying, devoted
friendship, a friendship that dates back many years ago, sorta like that
tearjerker *My Dog Skip*. Just call me a big, cuddly lapdog.  Well, call
Buddha that... Anyway, I am concerned about the well-being of *all *Jeff's
players, not just the 12 that used to be Riptorns. And my concern extends to
all players on all teams, from Cliff Lee (that's a bummer, Mark) to Kevin
Millar (how will you ever cope with this dude, Doug, I  mean, really?).
   Let me also note that I'm beginning to sense from emails composed by Andy
and now you that the term "magic bean" is intended to be somewhat
pejorative. I find that rather hurtful, but note that beans --lowly members
of the legume family-- really are seeds. And from those seeds, some things
grow and, alas, some things perish. That's part of the life cycle, as Buddha
has taught us. For every Swisher, there's a Cantu and for every Cabrera,
there's a Butler (right, Rich? you with me on this?)
  Years, if not months from now, as Jeff continues to update us on the
progress of  JJ's soft-toss program, we'll also read of the exploits of
Brandon Wood and Evan Longoria, and perhaps you will track their major
league statistics with the same attention you have devoted to JJ's. But that
is a decision you must make, perhaps before ther are tradedback to Winick.
  In any event, I'm glad about JJ's elbow, as I am about Joe Crede's back,
Craig Monroe's legs and Frank Thomas' ankles.  Jeffrey has so much to be
grateful for and for that all of us should be happy.
 Still learning the Noble Truths,
    BLJ


On 3/13/07, Doug Shabelman <doug at burnsent.com> wrote:

>  Wait, is this the same JJ Putz ($1 or $2?)  4 1 36 0.0 0.92 .207 2.30
> ......procured for magic beans and undying, devoted friendship? I think it
> is. I was curious as to the Brad Lee reference, but now I remember why he
> would be so concerned.....
>
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> *From:* announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] *On
> Behalf Of *jhwinick at aol.com
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 13, 2007 9:31 AM
> *To:* announce at usml.net
> *Subject:* [USML Announce] All's Well in Winick Land
>
>
>  For all those, like Brad Lee, that have been worried about JJ, this is
> just in from the Tacoma (Washington) News Tribune:
>
>  *Putz says he's OK*
> Putz, meanwhile, played catch again Monday ? throwing for the second day
> in a row after being sidelined five days by a tender right elbow.
> "We looked at my mechanics, and they were slightly off when I threw my
> second bullpen (of the spring)," Putz said. "The elbow tightened up. If it
> were June or July, I'd never have said anything. I'd just have kept
> pitching.
> "Here, why push it? I put a little heat on the elbow today, then went out
> and threw hard and the ball jumped. It was inflammation, period. No damage,
> no injury."
>
> That is all.
>
> Jeff Winick
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