[USML Announce] Kiss of Death
Bbuddhas at aol.com
Bbuddhas at aol.com
Tue Aug 26 18:24:13 EDT 2008
watching Michelle Obama replays ( I still think it's Anita Hill)...
In a message dated 8/26/2008 2:38:55 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
jhwinick at aol.com writes:
Just want to make sure Buddha is paying attention.
-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Jansen <bljansen at gmail.com>
To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>
Sent: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 2:34 pm
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Kiss of Death
Why must you always interject Al Gore into every conversation?
On 8/26/08, _jhwinick at aol.com_ (mailto:jhwinick at aol.com) <_jhwinick at aol.com_
(mailto:jhwinick at aol.com) > wrote:
Mark,
This was discussed at the draft. I don't recall whether there was any email
traffic regarding the issue, but there might have been.
But I really couldn't care less about the particular issue. Does it really
matter to you whether you have Karstens or some other bum active on your
roster? Seems to me you're almost certain to finish 10th. And you're
definitely not keeping Karstans next year, right?
I'm more concerned about your treatment of the issue as black/white,
up/down, true/false. Our constitution has never been applied in that fashion and
wasn't as recently as the decision regarding Jim's over-budget bids. As I
recall, you voted to treat his bids in a manner that was inconsistent with a
strict reading of our constitution . Or are you treating this particular issue
in the same manner as Justice Scalia and his cohorts treated the issues in
Bush v. Gore and adopting an ends justify the means approach?
EVERY issue ought to be subject to a league vote, including this one.
BTW - Rich, apology accepted. But the mental image has put me completly
off my feed. Can't imagine I'll be eating again anytime soon. There's just
that vision of a pale white guy running back and forth on the tennis court in
spandex. Whew......too much to handle.
The King
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From: _springkerb at aol.com_ (mailto:springkerb at aol.com)
To: _announce at usml.net_ (mailto:announce at usml.net)
Sent: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 1:05 pm
Subject: R e: [USML Announce] Kiss of Death
As I've said multiple times, if we had such a conversation regarding
waivers, I'm happy to abide by it. But I don't recall it and couldn't find it in
about half an hour of trolling through our e-mail archive. If a consensus was
reached on this issue, it will show up somewhere in the archive. Just show
me the e-mail(s) where we discussed the issue and I'll go away quietly.
I don't think this is subject to a vote. We have a constitution that
permits waiver claims. We either did or did not agree to depart from the
constitution in ligh t of the web site's system limitations with respect to waivers.
If we agreed that we would not have waiver claims, then I obviously couldn't
claim Gabbard. If we did not have such an agreement, I could.
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: _jhwinick at aol.com_ (mailto:jhwinick at aol.com)
To: _announce at usml.net_ (mailto:announce at usml.net)
Sent: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:39 am
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Kiss of Death
Kerbs,
With all due respect, I encourage you to consider a different tack on this
one. Not only do I agree with Mark that there was a consensus reached
regarding following the dictates of the stat service, but I specifically recall the
absence of waivers having been dis cussed. The fact that there hasn't been a
single waiver claim up to this point in the season should be some evidence
of the fact that others also operated=2 0on the basis of that understanding.
More importantly, though, I encourage you to act in the longstanding spirit
of the league, i.e. actions based on general agreement among the league (if
not consensus). And I encourage all parties involved in this issue to act
similarly.
Perhaps this is an issue that is one that is best dealt with by a vote or a
show of hands to see if anyone shares your perspective. Notwithstanding a
similar understanding with respect to free agent bidding, we resolved Jim's
over-bud get bidding issues by putting the matter to a vote. As far as I can
tell, we came to a resolution that everyone found satisfactory.
I do have to confess that I have enjoyed the mano-a-mano testosterone laced
messages exchanged between Mark and Mark. At least I did until Rich painted
a picture of Mark B in his tight tennis outfit and since then the combination
of Mark B, testosterone and tight tennis shorts is something that I'm
struggling to get out of my mind.
That is all.
The King
-----Original Message-----
From: _springkerb at aol.com_ (mailto:springkerb at aol.com)
To: _announce at usml.net_ (mailto:announce at usml.net)
Sent: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:09 am
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Kiss of Death
Unless and until someone comes up with evidence of a league consensus that
we decided to depart from our normal waiver rules, that's Kason Gabbard's s
lot and I'm 9 bucks over the minimum. If and when someone comes up with such
evidence, I have a several other pitchers I can activate.
By the way, that's a really great, cheap bullpen, regardless of what Ron
Washington does with or to Frankie Francisco. And if you want to get rid of
Morrow now that he's been banished to a starting role, I'm here for you.
-----Original Message-----
From: Blocker, Mark B. <_mblocker at Sidley.com_ (mailto:mblocker at Sidley.com) >
To: USML Announcements <_announce at usml.net _ (mailto:announce at usml.net) >
Sent: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 8:11 am
Subject: RE: [USML Announce] Kiss of Death
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Kerbs:
I checked your roster to see if your comment might have been motivated by
the presence of other potential Texas closers on your roster, but it was
not. What I did notice, however, is that your roster is below the salary floor,
which appears easily remedied since you only have 8 active pitchers, and you
have a pitcher with a $10 salary whose contract is running already. Please
fix.
Also, note that after drafting two established closers that went bust
(Borowski, Todd "Great Pick" Jones), the Bombers are now flush with "real"
closers: F. Francisco (Tx), Jensen Lewis (Cle -- note I had tried to cut him only
a few weeks ago), and Brandon Morrow (Sea - so good at it that they Joba-iz
ed him). I do not even think I would have room on my team for a Luke
Hochevar.
-- Mark B.
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"It was pretty clear-cut for me that Frankie is the guy," Rangers manager
Ron Washington said. "We'll try to get the ball to Frankie."
Given Washington's track record for identifying and managing closers, is it
too early to start calling Frankie Francisco a "former closer" right now?
Mark
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