[USML Announce] Notice of Hot Wax Seal

Brad Jansen bljansen at gmail.com
Wed May 21 13:38:15 EDT 2008


so when's next year's draft?

On 5/21/08, Blocker, Mark B. <mblocker at sidley.com> wrote:
>
>  Jeff:
>
>   I am only responding to your last point, about USML skepticism.  I think
> you are seeing shadows that aren't there.  I could be wrong, but I doubt you
> will hear anybody question the fairness of this particular trade.  It looks
> pretty even to me, with risks and rewards on both sides, and I think
> Kerber's point was just that he thinks it will come out better for Gammons
> (and hey, what doesn't?).  In my own view of the world, I wish there were
> more trades like this one, but our rules and league composition really
> discourage it.  Kudos to you and Rick on an interesting trade.
>
>   -- Mark B.
>
> P.S.  Call me about Putz (and yes I know this is a league-wide message)
>
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> *From:* announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] *On
> Behalf Of *jhwinick at aol.com
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 21, 2008 12:36 PM
> *To:* announce at usml.net
> *Subject:* Re: [USML Announce] Notice of Hot Wax Seal
>
>
>  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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