[USML Announce] Notice of Hot Wax Seal

[jhwinick at aol.com]

I'm afraid that as The King I'm not able to let this kind of insolence go unchallenged.

As much as I'd like to see Rick do well with Carlos Pena, there's a reason why I was willing to trade him away:

He's 17-76 (.223), 3HR, 8 RBI, 8 Runs and 0 SB's for the month of May.

If you go back to April 13th, after his hot start, he's 26-126 (.206), 3HR, 10 RBI, 12 Runs and 0 SB's for the entire period from April 13th on.? That's more than a month of dreadful production that doesn't seem to be turning around.

He's got a big contract and its not like he won't get the playing time, but this isn't the same guy who hit 45 home runs last year.? If Kerber wants to wager on whether "Pena gets back at least close to his '07 form", I hereby accept the bet - at any amount of wager.

George Sherrill, like any closer on a bad team, could very well get traded.? But its not like Baltimore has any good alternatives.? Chris Ray won't be coming off of?TJ surgery until the fall?and he wasn't very good to begin with.? And there's absolutely no one else in that pen who has any business being given the ball in the 9th inning.? Sherrill is cheap, he's effective and Baltimore is actually winning a few games.

There's also the point that with Pena on my roster I was forced to sit either Thomas or Millar.? I can now play both of them and move Gload into what was a dead slot occupied by Donnie Murphy.

All in all, I'm happy with the trade.? But it does go to show you that our league has some work to do with respect to non-dump trading.? As I suspected, USMLers are?skeptical of any trade that is an attempt to address the needs of both teams for the current season.

That being said - anyone want JJ Putz for the next two years?? 

That is all.

The King


-----Original Message-----
From: springkerb at aol.com
To: announce at usml.net
Sent: Wed, 21 May 2008 9:11 am
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Notice of Hot Wax Seal


I say Gammons just drank Winick's milkshake.? I say Pena gets back at least close to his '07 form and Sherrill gets traded at the deadline and doesn't close anymore.? End result--Winick gives up a boatload of offense for about 10 saves.

Mark?


-----Original Message-----
From: jhwinick at aol.com
To: announce at usml.net
Sent: Tue, 20 May 2008 5:49 pm
Subject: [USML Announce] Notice of Hot Wax Seal



In an effort to prove:

1.? Not all big trades need to be dump trades, and

2.? The Berliners are able?to make a major trade with someone other than the RipTorns

The Hoosier Daddies and the Win Ick Ben Ein Berliners announce the following mutually beneficial transaction:

Hoosiers trade George Sherrill ($2,Y2) and Ross Gload to the Berliners

Berliners trade Carlos Pena ($2,Y2) and Scott Downs to the Hoosier Daddies

That is all.

The King



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