[USML Announce] An Open Letter to Jeffrey Winick: Please Compete

[Brad Jansen]

Mark:
  Don't I know it. It just hurts me so much to say his name....
Brad


On 6/4/09, springkerb at aol.com <springkerb at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Even Madonna knows A-Rod is soooooo over.  Longoria is the MAN at the hot
> corner.
>
> Mark
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad Jansen <bljansen at gmail.com>
> To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>
> Sent: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 9:57 pm
> Subject: [USML Announce] An Open Letter to Jeffrey Winick: Please Compete
>
> My dear Lord Jeffrey:
>
>     Your refusal to respond to my urgent cries to trade with me has hurt
> me. But at the same time it provided me an opportunity to reflect on our
> friendship and, more important, your roster.
>
>    Jeffrey, if you never listened to me before, I urge you to do so now.
> With the Ascension of Gordon Beckham, you now have one of the AL's finest
> third sackers, to go along with the AL's* best* third sacker A-Rod,  Your
> roster features one of the league's best outfielders (Adam Lind), catchers
> (Wieters), and pitchers (Porcello). Oh, and did I mention: Alexi Casilla,
> Vlad The Impaler, Alex Gordon, Niemann...Hughes...Cahill....the list goes on
> and on.
>
>    My point is simple and it is this: Go for it. Now. Your team has a solid
> foundation and a boatload of cheap keepers. The Time has come. It came one
> year earlier than you planned,  but sometimes Life throws a curve ball--and
> when it does, you have got to take a swing.  Jeffrey, the pitch is heading
> toward home plate. Take the bat off your shoulders and sma ck that ball.
> Smack it, Jeffrey.
>
>    Look, I gave it a shot, did the best I could. But you and I both know
> that DeRosa and Sherrill are likely headed to the NL, that King Carlos
> Quentin is done for the year and Josh Hamilton is, well, he's Josh
> Hamilton.  In the meantime, the Bombers continue to steamroll through the
> standings.....
>
>    So that leaves you, Jeffrey. You--the only team between the Bombers and
> The Damon.  Does the thought of the Bombers winning that prize not gall you
> enough to take action, Jeffrey?  You sat on the sidelines all season,
> Jeffrey, a bystander offering the occasional quip and snide remark.  Well,
> Jeffrey, it's your turn at bat.  Will you step to the plate?  Will you?
>
> I await your response. My players are at your service.
> Warmest regards,
> Brad Lee
>
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