[USML Announce] Bailey, Daily
Brad Jansen
bljansen at gmail.com
Wed May 13 11:18:17 EDT 2009
Andy:
Thanks so much for conducting your due diligence and sharing your research
results with the rest of us who like to follow the fortunes of Blocker's
Bombers. I was in Barnes & Noble last night (to pick up the latest Stones'
remastered re-reissues--when will I learn...) and stumbled upon Baseball
America's 2009 Prospect Handbook (no, Andy, I did not buy it this year).
This Bailey guy ranked something like 28th of all the A's prospects, and we
know what a shallow talent poool they have. It appears that he's a
one-pitch pony. Besides, with Franky Francisco's shoulder in flames I am
not so sure the Bombers will so readily part with their "closers." After
all, when is a 25 point lead ever *that *safe?
Brad Lee
On 5/13/09, Blocker, Mark B. <mblocker at sidley.com> wrote:
>
> 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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> >> [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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