[USML Announce] Not Manny Happy Returns For Squids

[Andrew Klein]

Alas, the Nine rosters is so powerful that Kotchman was given his walking papers last week. Let the FAAB bidding begin!

-Andy

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On Apr 8, 2011, at 6:33 PM, Brad Jansen <bljansen at gmail.com> wrote:

> ITEM:
> Manny Ramirez is retiring as a player, Major League Baseball announced
> in a statement issued Friday afternoon.
> 
> The statement said Ramirez had "an issue" under MLB's Joint Drug
> Prevention and Treatment Program and informed the league he is hanging
> it up rather than "continue with the process under the program."
> 
> LOSER: LMC's $11 investment returns nothing but heartache and
> ridicule.  Question remains: can Bautista carry the club's offensive
> load over the course of this long season?  Trend is FISHY.
> 
> WINNER: Klein Nine.  Andy Klein's brilliance further reveals itself as
> Rays recall the inestimable Casey Kotchman to replace Ramirez.
> Kotchman, one of the last players selected in the rotation draft,
> becomes a vital cog in K-9 batting machine now that Adrian Gonzalez
> has forgotten to hit. Trend is UPWARD.
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