[USML Announce] Winter Meetings Leave Nukes and Berliners Cold

[Richard Robbins]

Red-Hots sorry to lose McCarthy . . .

On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Brad Jansen <bljansen at gmail.com> wrote:

> From Nashville:
>    Although Hoosier Daddies can no longer tout Ernesto Frieri in their
> closer caravan, Baseball's Winter Meetings put a bigger hurt on two other
> storied USML franchises, the Nukes and Berliners. Nukes first get stung by
> Russell Martin trade to the Bucs, but the bombs really dropped when Ben
> Revere, the $5 speedster, was traded to the Phils, Denard Span got shipped
> to the Nats and staff ace Dan Haren signed with the Nats. If Nukes have
> shot in '13, they'll do it with Smoak and mirrors....Berliners' 2013
> rebuilding project took on water when team cornerstone BJ Upton was traded
> to the Braves...Berliners continue efforts to unload guaranteed contracts
> of Austin Jackson and Santana, while praying that Wil "Trade Bait" Myers
> does not end up in NL before Berliners can sell at plummeting price....LMC
> flounder with loss of Pennington and Rhymes to NL..... AFV continue to
> await news on Manny Ramirez signing.....start heating the coals for the Hot
> Stove.....
>
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