[USML Announce] 2011 Campaign About Over, Still No Call

Andy Klein anrklein at gmail.com
Tue Sep 27 15:36:08 EDT 2011


But the battle for second place rages on!

I'm on top (by virtue of leading Jim in more categories*).  But if Jim gets
one more win than I do the rest of the way out, he'll pass me.

-Andy

On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Richard Robbins <rerobbins at itinker.net>wrote:

> And I thought that my ground-breaking findings based on review of prior
> league results debunked the notion that fifth place matters.****
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] *On
> Behalf Of *Jeffrey Winick
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 27, 2011 10:11 AM
>
> *To:* USML Announcements
> *Subject:* Re: [USML Announce] 2011 Campaign About Over, Still No Call****
>
> ** **
>
> Brad Lee,****
>
> ** **
>
> Don’t let that clearly not-so-heartfelt concession from Mr. B get you
> down.  This is the man with whom the Drive for Five originated.  There is NO
> ONE who better appreciates the importance of a fifth place finish than he.
> Know that to come so close and fail in the end must be extraordinarily
> painful for him.  So, be the better man and accept the best that Mark could
> muster in these difficult times.  ****
>
> ** **
>
> But, I congratulate you on a job well done.  Seriously, who else could have
> turned Neftali Feliz, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jesus Montero, etc. into such a solid
> 5th place team.****
>
> ** **
>
> The King****
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] *On
> Behalf Of *Blocker, Mark B.
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 27, 2011 9:54 AM
> *To:* USML Announcements
> *Subject:* Re: [USML Announce] 2011 Campaign About Over, Still No Call****
>
> ** **
>
> Brad:  A hearty congratulations on your much-sought-after 5th place
> finish.  I concede.   Only my busy schedule coupled with the need to sit
> with Doug and watch game film from this past weekend’s Packer rout of the
> Bears is preventing me from making the traditional hour-long call to the
> winner of the 5th place non-trophy.  But rest assured, I never had a
> chance of competing with your fantasy baseball creationism agenda, a term I
> must sheepishly admit that I did not know existed until moments ago (did I
> sleep through that part of Moneyball?).  I am a fantasy baseball
> evolutionist, looking for big bang to get the Bombers back to the top, so I
> reject your whole creationism agenda.****
>
> ** **
>
> But I digress.  Let me just say: job well done Brad.  I know you set out
> from early March to secure this 5th place finish, and let me not stand in
> the way of what must be a moment of real celebration at the Jansen household
> now that the goal has been achieved.  I salute you, Brad Jansen.****
>
> ** **
>
>   -- Mark Blocker, owner of the now-vanquished-to-6th-place Block’s
> Bombers.****
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] *On
> Behalf Of *Brad Jansen
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 27, 2011 9:39 AM
> *To:* USML Announcements
> *Subject:* [USML Announce] 2011 Campaign About Over, Still No Call****
>
> ** **
>
> With 160 out of 162 precincts reporting, the Rips have locked down 5th
> place, edging out the Bombers in a race that turned once the Rips
> acquired Mike Moustakas from the LMC and traded Trevor Cahill to the Bombers
> for Robinson Cano.****
>
>  ****
>
> "By every measure I am pleased with the Riptorns' accomplishments this
> year," remarked Brad Jansen. "We set out to start the season with nine
> pitchers. Done. We wanted to stay in the race long enough to advance
> our fantasy baseball creationism agenda. Done. We wanted some cheap keeps
> and a fifth place finish to nab the first round pick in '12. Double-Done. We
> couldn't catch Trout so we fished for Carp. Done."****
>
>  ****
>
> All that remains is the traditional concession call from the defeated
> opposition. So far, it has not happened. Said Brad: "Look, I know that Andy
> Klein called Rich to concede first place as soon as Rich acquired Verlander
> and Lester--and Andy had a twenty point lead at the time. I also know that
> Andy this morning asked his assistant to get Jim Barrett on the line. I
> expect an announcement will be made shortly.****
>
>  ****
>
> "But Mark's Mark and I'm not going to sit by the phone all day. He pulled
> down the shades and closed the shop weeks ago, so at this point I don't
> expect to hear from him. Heck, I think Harold Washington is still waiting
> for Bernie Epton's call. We'll just move forward with our celebration and
> enjoy some free time with the family. It's been a long season. I'm
> just gonna relax a spell before I resume ghostwriting Jeffrey Winick's
> fantasy magazine columns."      ****
>
>  ****
>
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