[USML Announce] Hoosier Dads Provide Berliners Little Ray of Hope
Blocker, Mark B.
mblocker at Sidley.com
Wed May 13 09:40:01 EDT 2009
I suppose, Andy, if given a choice between a struggling journeyman with a 1.65 WHIP this year (Ziegler), or a pitcher who had a 1.40 WHIP when he was 23 years old, but is now closing because he has a 1.27 WHIP (oops, my bad, that's his ERA; his WHIP is 0.61), I'd have to give that some thought....
-----Original Message-----
From: announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] On Behalf Of Andrew Klein
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:33 AM
To: USML Announcements
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Hoosier Dads Provide Berliners Little Ray of Hope
Man, you really have this puffery thing down pat. Like the Big Rippers,
I am eager to see which two All-Stars come your way for the young man
with the 1.40 AA WHIP!
-Andy
Owner of Brad "Big Z" Ziegler, Oakland's Man
Blocker, Mark B. wrote:
> Andy:
>
> Like you, I have a soft spot for Ziegler and Wuertz, because they are both so much closer to my age than 24-year old flamethrower Andrew Bailey. However, I am not sure if that is really going to help W or Z close games, so I will stick to watching the new closer for an organization that loves young pitchers.
>
> -- Mark B.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] On Behalf Of Andrew Klein
> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:52 AM
> To: USML Announcements
> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Hoosier Dads Provide Berliners Little Ray of Hope
>
> Dear Little Rippers,
>
> It would be best to pen your ode to young Mr. Bailey quickly, before he
> fades back into obscurity. Assuming we're talking about the same guy,
> it looks like he spent last year as a AA swing man, compiling an ERA
> over 4.00 with a horrible WHIP. Not exactly Goose Gossage material.
>
> Anyway, Big Z will be back in the A's pen soon. Until then, Michael
> Wuertz is the Man!
>
> That is all.
>
> Humbly,
>
> -Andy
>
> Blocker, Mark B. wrote:
>
>> Brad:
>>
>> Thank you for the oblique promotion of new A's closer Andrew Bailey,
>> who I acquired a week ago. I am now a team with four closers, and it
>> seems likely I will really only need two of them going forward, so if
>> Rick or others need a cheap closer for next year (Bailey, Morrow,
>> Francisco), please give me a call. I know you, Brad, are probably
>> shopping all of those catchers you FAAB-ed off the scrap heap, like
>> Corky Miller, so I am just hoping to keep up.
>>
>> -- Mark B.
>>
>>
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>> *From:* announce-bounces at usml.net
>> [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] *On Behalf Of *Brad Jansen
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 12, 2009 3:39 PM
>> *To:* USML Announcements
>> *Subject:* [USML Announce] Hoosier Dads Provide Berliners Little
>> Ray of Hope
>>
>> Only one team obstructs Jeffrey Winick's quest to become the first
>> ten-point team in USML history: Rick Gammmons' Hoosier
>> Daddies. "I can easily plummet to the bottom in wins, Porcello
>> and Cecil willing," mused the ever-scheming Roto Meister Jeffrey
>> Winick. "But to accomplish my goal of achieving just ten
>> points, the Hoosier Daddies have got to get at least 4 saves this
>> year. I can't believe I'm still ahead of him, 3 to 0. With
>> Chris Ray on his staff I thought that would never be possible.
>> But alas, I'm no longer so sure."
>>
>> "Look," responded the ever-thoughtful and always-bearded Rick
>> Gammons. "I'm doing everything I can to keep my team afloat, from
>> trading my cornerstone Betancourt to bidding $80 of my FAAB on
>> Mitch Maier. Nothing is working right now, but I fervently
>> hope Scott Linebrink can net me a few saves while Bobby Jenks
>> serves his 45-day suspension for dying his beard pink. That would
>> help the Berliners achieve their goal and, if Nix, Pods and Getz
>> get it into gear maybe I'll have a shot at the Nukes. And with
>> guys like Thome and Betemit on their active roster, I think I can
>> stay within striking distance. Of course, Blocker keeps pestering
>> me to trade him Carlos Pena and Grady Sizemore for the likes of
>> Andrew Bailey and Matt Palmer, his alleged
>> 'closers-in-waiting'...but until he puts Andy Marte on the table
>> there's no point talkin'. And how 'bout them Hawks, eh? And I
>> ain't talkin' NBA, boys."
>>
>>
>>
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