[USML Announce] Anyone Surprised About This Story

Fri Feb 24 13:30:16 EST 2012

Mark,

You know I never keep secrets with this group.  Hell, I even post my trade
offers publicly on most occasions ...

-Andy

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 12:52 PM, <springkerb at aol.com> wrote:

> Why are you letting the cat out of the bag?  If you'd have kept it secret,
> you could have waited until the end.  Now you're going to have to use a
> pick in the $5 rounds, if not the $10 rounds, to lock him up.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Klein <anrklein at gmail.com>
> To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>
> Sent: Fri, Feb 24, 2012 10:44 am
> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Anyone Surprised About This Story
>
> Two points.
>
> First, I agree on Karen's reporting skills.  Jeff ... get her to
> contribute to the magazine next year so we can seek "Karen's picks" and
> "Karen's pans."  No way she'd have the gall to pan Jordan Walden.  He's The
> Man!
>
> Second, I'm putting everyone on notice that I plan to take Elijah Dukes in
> the rotation draft.  Rich and Kerber mocked me when I took Josh Hamilton
> during his dark days.  I was just ahead of my time!
>
> That is all.  For now.
>
> -Andy
>
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Richard Robbins <rerobbins at itinker.net>wrote:
>
>> Hey -- this thread was hijacked.  I want an Elijah Dukes discussion!
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Jeffrey Winick <jhwinick at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Now, Mr. B., you know better.  The proceeding was to establish whether
>>> he would be suspended.  Not whether he was guilty or innocent.  As a
>>> skilled litigator, surely you recognize that the sole objective of his
>>> counsel was to "win", i.e. avoid the suspension.  They won on a
>>> technicality that was brilliantly raised.  They also raised questions about
>>> whether a testosterone level that was 20 times average and at an almost
>>> unprecedented level bolstered their claim that the sample had been altered.
>>>  They also noted raised the fact that a subsequent test taken immediately
>>> after the "positive" came back negative.  Add to that the fact that the
>>> drug in question wasn't steroids and I think you owe Mr. Braun the benefit
>>> of the doubt.
>>>
>>> Most importantly, though, the results were supposed to be confidential.
>>>  MLB sucks for leaking the result.  MLB also sucks for making a statement
>>> after the results of the appeal.  Total BS.
>>>
>>> We can discuss this further at lunch.
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Blocker, Mark B. <mblocker at Sidley.com>
>>> To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>
>>>  Sent: Fri, Feb 24, 2012 9:10 am
>>> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Anyone Surprised About This Story
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Oh, I believe he is innocent, sure.  As I understand the facts, his
>>> defense was that yeah, he was using steroids, but that the mlb guy should
>>> have hurried to get his sample to fed-ex on Saturday, and when he didn’t,
>>> end of story.  That’s convincing to me.  Plus, while not much has been
>>> reported about this, I heard that during the arbitration, he was asked to
>>> try on Prince Fielder’s batting glove, and it did not fit, and well, you
>>> know the legal rule concerning ill fitting gloves.  Count me among the
>>> skeptical for now.
>>>
>>>
>>> From: announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.**net<announce-bounces at usml.net>]
>>> On Behalf Of springkerb at aol.com
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 9:47 PM
>>> To: announce at usml.net
>>> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Anyone Surprised About This Story
>>>
>>>
>>> Good writer, great reporter. And this story begs for reporting (beyond
>>> Braun's people saying he's been vindicated and the anti-doping folks saying
>>> he's getting a free pass). But unfortunately, she's busy (and she's not a
>>> sportswriter). I hope somebody will do the story right, but I'm not going
>>> to hold my breath waiting for it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Jeff Winick <jhwinick at aol.com>
>>> To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>
>>> Sent: Thu, Feb 23, 2012 8:33 pm
>>> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Anyone Surprised About This Story
>>>
>>> No. Your wife is a GREAT writer. Now, what would it cost to get her to
>>> freelance the story?
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 23, 2012, at 8:04 PM, springkerb at aol.com wrote:
>>>
>>> I actually wasn't kidding about the "if I could put Karen on it" part.
>>> My wife is a really good reporter and most sports writers aren't.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: dadams17 at gmail.com
>>> To: USML Announcements
>>> Sent: Thu, Feb 23, 2012 2:13 pm
>>> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Anyone Surprised About This Story
>>>
>>> In all seriousness, a friend of mine from Milwaukee told me 2 weeks ago
>>> he heard a story about how Braun had herpes and was taking some sort of
>>> medication for that which had a steroid in it.  Given the secrecy
>>> surrounding the situation, I would not be surprised if that's true.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 7:07 PM, <springkerb at aol.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I think the joint tucked behind the ear was going to screw up the
>>> attempt to hide the evidence.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> However, when I saw the re line on your e-mail, I thought you would be
>>> asking about Ryan Braun beating the MLB on his positive.  Now there's an
>>> interesting story.  I haven't seen any quality reporting on it yet, though,
>>> so I don't know what to think.  If I could put Karen on it for about 24
>>> hours, I'd know the real deal on that one.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Richard Robbins <rerobbins at itinker.net>
>>> To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>
>>> Sent: Thu, Feb 23, 2012 6:14 pm
>>> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Anyone Surprised About This Story
>>>
>>> Another incredible example of a waste of magnificent talent.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Dennis Adams <dadams17 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> The only thing surprising is that nothing was actually lit, just tucked
>>> everywhere on his body (his lap, behind his ear, etc).  This is more
>>> surprising:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_**/id/7608360/ryan-braun-wins-**
>>> appeal-50-game-suspension<http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7608360/ryan-braun-wins-appeal-50-game-suspension>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Richard Robbins <rerobbins at itinker.net>
>>> wrote:
>>> http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_**/id/7608635/former-mlb-player-**
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