[USML Announce] USML - A Plea
Dennis Adams
dadams17 at gmail.com
Tue Jan 14 17:56:41 EST 2014
What part of "I get to keep Jose Abreu" was unclear? I'm 100% in and
unfortunately have to fly in from NYC this year for the draft.
On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 5:48 PM, Jeff Winick <jhwinick at aol.com> wrote:
> Andy,
>
> Thanks for the nice note. As long as it isn't an impediment to the return
> of anyone else, I would very much like to return to the league.
>
> Jeff
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 14, 2014, at 4:42 PM, Andy Klein <anrklein at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Friends,
>
>
>
> I’m not sure quite how to start this note, so I’ll get right to the point.
> I’m writing with hope that we can set aside any ill feelings from the 2013
> USML season and begin planning our league’s 26th season.
>
>
>
> Many of us have been part of this group for more than half our lives. The
> league has survived longer than an average marriage. Like any family, we
> have fought, fumed, and argued – sometimes with remarkable intensity. But
> we’ve also had a lot of fun and shared many of our lives’ most important
> events together. Without the league to connect us, I doubt we would have
> maintained friendships the way we have for so many years. To me, it would
> be beyond sad to lose that, and it depresses me to think about a summer
> without the USML.
>
>
>
> I am not trying to diminish any hurt feelings from last year. Rather, I
> am pleading with everyone to do his best to put it in the past and move
> forward. A few suggestions …
>
>
>
> 1. Let’s have Mark B. will start the annual process of picking a
> draft date for the spring.
>
>
>
> 2. No apologies, no revisiting old issues, no looking back. Let’s
> buy our software (or in my case a magazine) and start putting together
> rosters.
>
>
>
> 3. If others think it would help, I am open to instituting a “no
> comment” custom on future trades.
>
>
>
> 4. If someone still won’t play, I might propose holding a
> franchise “open” for the year. Personally, I’d rather play with a smaller
> group this year than lose anyone for the long term.
>
>
>
> Thanks for listening. I’m open to any other suggestions that moves us
> ahead.
>
>
> -Andy
>
>
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Dennis F. Adams III
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