[USML Announce] B is For Bean ...

[Richard Robbins]

You will also find posts with the most recent first under the Banter
heading on usml.net.

For any particular post, you should have the ability to reply.

What I've been doing is back filling the site with old material, it's a
tedious, manual process.

I'd like to see if discussion, like the one Andy just prompted, can be had
on usml.net and not announce.

We'd end up with something that's searchable and easier to play with than a
truck load of old email messages.

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 8:18 AM, Richard Robbins <rerobbins at itinker.net>
wrote:

> Humor me, instead of replying to Andy's email message regarding Beans, why
> not try discussing this classic topic using the new site.
>
> Andy's post can be found here. . . .   http://www.usml.net/b-is-for-bean/
>
> It can also be found using the menus under the Other Stuff section or in
> the category browsser in the Regarding Beans section.
>
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 8:09 AM, Andy Klein <anrklein at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It is ironic that during the same week Rich reminded us of the classic
>> "C.O.P.S. v. D.U.M.P." debate, we witnessed the demise of *Byron Buxton*'s
>> career.  To my friend Dennis:  I only hope that Rochester meets Round Rock
>> in the AAA World Series, so you can have the satisfaction of seeing Buxton
>> high-five Joey Gallo during pre-game warm-ups.
>>
>> In any event ... the question remains "to *Bean* or not to *Bean*," and
>> *Byron*'s demotion made me think of the USML favorites who came before
>> him -- many of whom have names that begin with the letter "*B*."
>>
>> So "*B* is for *Bean*," and a tip of the hat to *Brandon* Wood, perhaps
>> the USML's most overrated (and overtraded) prospect.
>>
>> And who can forget *Brien* Taylor?  Isn't he in the Hall of Fame by now?
>>
>>
>> How about the first-ever Winick-hyped bean *Ben* Grieve?  I think he's
>> selling used cars in Texas.
>>
>> Then there's *Ben *McDonald, *Brian *Matusz, Rocco *Baldelli*, and *Ben *Sheets
>> -- perhaps not quite as hyped as the others, but overrated nonetheless.
>>
>> And just think if we were a mixed league?!  No doubt *Brad* Jansen would
>> have sold someone on *Bryan Bullington* and Josh *Booty*.
>>
>> It's a slight disappointment that the parents of Ruben Rivera and Nick
>> Johnson didn't plan better when naming their sons.  But who knows.  Perhaps
>> their middle names begin with B.
>>
>> So once more:  "To *Bean *or not to *Bean*?"  And to young *Byron
>> Buxton, **best *wishes, and we hardly knew ye.
>>
>> -Andy
>>
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