[USML Announce] HATE TO BE A SNITCH

[Brad Jansen]

Jeff:
  It's "a lot" when you intend to write many.  There is no such word as
"alot."  Never has been, never will be. (Of course, there is a word "allot,"
which meams to assign a share or a portion, not something at issue here.)
You young people drive me crazy with your destruction of Our Queen's
English.

Brad

On 3/29/07, Blocker, Mark B. <mblocker at sidley.com> wrote:
>
>  Jeff:
>
>   I think some people said they would support the Barrett proposal IF the
> Klein proposal fails, so lets first see what happens with the Klein
> proposal.  And I don't think it is fair to label this as coming from the
> fringes of the league (a "Klein/Blocker" proposal).  Five teams have said
> yes to Andy's proposal, and therefore it seems to me this deserves some
> serious consideration.
>
>   -- Mark B.
>
>
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> *From:* announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] *On
> Behalf Of *jhwinick at aol.com
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 29, 2007 9:10 AM
> *To:* announce at usml.net
> *Subject:* Re: [USML Announce] HATE TO BE A SNITCH
>
>  "Speaking of shouted down, between Brad's various rants and insults, it
> appears as if my original proposal garnered 5 votes of support and 5 votes
> opposed.  Gammons should be required to get off the fence and weigh in."
>
> -Andy
>
> Actually, I see things a little differently.  Well....alot differently.
> For once, I don't find Brad's comments insulting.  I think he pointed out a
> reasonable difference of opinion regarding the suggestion that the
> successful trading or acquisition of minor league prospects is the
> consequence of nothing other than dumb luck (I believe as it pertains to the
> particular example that is being used to illustrate the importance of the
> new rule -- the one that involved an unnamed $40 player (Arod) being traded
> for an unnamed $19 minor league prospect (Brandon Wood) and I might add, a
> $5 pitching prospect from the Yankees (Philip Hughes).  Of course, Wood was
> turned into a $1 JJ Putz and Hughes is likely to be a valuable member of
> the Yankees rotation this year, but obviously those were circumstances that
> only dumb luck can explain.  You are certainly entitled to question whether
> such a strategy is good for the league, but I think its fair to challenge
> your assertion that it doesn't involve any strategic thinking at all.
>
> And the other comment I recall is the one that identified the unintended
> consequence of preventing teams from trading one minor leaguer for another
> (say Adam Jones for Adam Miller).
>
> More importantly, I count the votes a little differently.  I see the
> Barrett rule having the support of at least five teams (Barrett, Robbins,
> Jansen, Winick and Fruit) and the likely support of Kerber.  By my count,
> that proposal will then be passed.  And at least three teams (Fruit, Jansen
> and Winick) believe that such a result would obviate the need for a vote on
> the Klein/Blocker proposal.  The fact that such a result would
> also postpone discussion on an issue that is sure to be very contentious
> appears to be lost on the sponsors of the Klein proposal.
>
> I'll ask one last time....PLEASE can we table the Klein proposal, adopt
> the Barrett proposal and get back to having fun?
>
> Jeff Winick
>
>
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