[USML Announce] Easter Day Piracy Resurrects Berliners' Pennant Hopes

[jhwinick at aol.com]

Price (and/or Joba) are headed to the Red Hots imminently.? Sonnanstine, Duchscherer, Sherrill, Beltre, DeRosa and Suzuki could be moving on soon.? I think this is a train Brad Lee better get on or he might find himself left at the station.? Its starting to feel like a Bombers' year for the first time since Ronald Reagan was sitting in the Oval Office.

As for the cackling among Brad and Andy, we'll let things sort themselves out and see how it all ends.? Andy is a man of his word and you'll find little, if any, deviation from his avowed aversion to minor leaguers, aka "magic beans."? But I do find it a more than a bit ironic that Brad "Magic Bean" Jansen would belittle a trade of this sort.? 

The over/under on Weiters' home runs in 2009 is 15.? I'll take any and all bets if you're interested in wagering on?the under.?

TOeFuKi


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From: Andrew Klein <anrklein at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Easter Day Piracy Resurrects Berliners' Pennant Hopes


Ahoy, Brad Lee! Why so pessimistic on Weiters? With 300 AB, I figure 50 HR is a lock.?
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Anyway, the league awaits the dropping of the Price-Bomb. Who will be the lucky recipient?????
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-Andy?
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Brad Jansen wrote:?
> It was all hands on deck on the Winick Schooner of Fortune as the > hearty fantasy captain negotiated a breathtaking deal that freed two > minor leaguers from the grips of the mighty Bombers (sorry, Red Hots, > you're just not that mighty this year).?
> > "Understand this, mateys," growled the wizened old Winick. "The deal > that sent Vernon Wells and Maggs Ordonez to the Bombers for Wieters > and Matusz puts me back in the hunt for The Damon this year. I'll > tell you why: I project that beginning in late May, Wieters will > provide me 300 + at bats, with 35 home runs, 99 RBIs and a .450 BA. > That's enough for me to net several batting points, assuming I have at > least one other active hitter on my roster. Matusz....well, who > knows, but he has a a cool name, and if he /does /get activated during > his contract term I project many many strikeouts. So clearly this > deal puts me back in the sea hunt."?
> > The seafaring merchant Mark Blocker was far more sanguine. "I know > some owners will want to crucify me for trading impact players such > as Wieters and Matusz for up-and-comers Wells and Maggs. But it was > time for me to dump excess ballast. I really think Wells and > Maggs are entering their peak, prime years and their salaries were too > good to pass up. I fully expect to build my 2010 team around them."?
> > "Whatever," replied Winick. "But all ye should know this: the Coin of > the Realm this season is the Minor Leaguer. That is all. Arrggghhh."?
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