[USML Announce] All's Well in Winick Land

Tue Mar 13 12:54:08 EDT 2007

Make one comment about a cheap, cheap closer (they are still valuable, are they not?) and years of building up your reputation vanishes just like that....  Now I know how Newt feels.

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Brad Lee,

I just wanted to confirm our conspiratorial agreement to exchange these same players at a later time when it will be most advantageous for me. 

By the way, you don't think Doug is on to us, do you?

Your partner in crime,

Jeff 
Sent from my BlackBerry? wireless handheld  

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From: "Andrew R. Klein" <anrklein at yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:59:59 
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Good to know that Doug has landed firmly in the COPS camp ...

 -Andy

 Brad Jansen wrote: 
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: <mailto: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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 ? 

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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