[USML Announce] Rocco on the Rocks

[Brad Jansen]

Really, Rick, you should feel sorry for Jeffrey--don't you want to compete
on a level playing field instead of having him spend all sorts of cash to
dump guys like Baldelli and Ray and start with a horrific handicap....that
just seems so...so...undemocratic, right, Buddha?
--BLJ


On 3/12/08, rickgam at comcast.net <rickgam at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>  Greetings;
>      Not to be insensitive, but from a USML perspective, why the hell
> couldn't they have had this press conference tomorrow?  Actually, this
> condition would explain a lot regarding his career.
>   Rick
>
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: jhwinick at aol.com
> This just in:
>
> Rocco Baldelli will be sidelined indefinitely due to metabolic and/or
> mitochondrial abnormalities that leave him feeling extremely fatigued after
> even brief workouts.
>
> Baldelli was on the verge of tears several times while discussing the
> details of what he called a life-threatening condition. "As far as my
> baseball career I'm not here to stand in front of you telling you I'm
> retiring,'' Baldelli said. "We're still going pursue any avenue that we can
> to try to figure out what is going on and have a better understanding of
> what is going on. But at this time throughout all of the extensive testing
> that we've done, we don't have a concrete answer." He'll be placed on the
> disabled list to start the season, and his career seems in jeopardy if
> Doctors can't diagnose the problem. *Mar. 12 - 12:35 pm et
>
> *The Berliner management is engaged in high level meetings at this time,
> but representatives say that the franchise is expected to have an
> announcement regarding Mr. Baldelli later this afternoon.
>
> That is all.
>
> Jeff Winick
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> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:24:14 +0000
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