[USML Announce] The Curse of Sam Dyson Expands ...

[Andy Klein]

Rick - your batters haven't faced Sam Dyson enough.  That would fatten up
their batting averages.

Jeff - nice to remind me of the Joey Bats trade.  I'm sure that made Jim B.
smile!

-Andy

On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 11:12 AM, Rick Gammons <ricklgammons at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Darwin Barney (he of the robust .389 average) is tired of being dissed by
> Andy.  Hell, without him the H.D. team BA would only be about .189, as
> opposed to .194.  Note to league historians - has there ever been a USML
> team with a B.A. below the Mendoza line going into May?
>   Rick
>
> On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 9:50 AM, Jeffrey Winick via Announce <
> announce at usml.net> wrote:
>
>> Before we start comparing this trade to the worst of all time, allow me
>> to point out that there wasn't a Lou Brock equivalent sent to me.
>>
>> Here are the guys that I got:
>>
>> Dustin Pedroia ($13) - 5 runs and 5 rbi.  No home runs, no stolen bases.
>> Kevin Pillar ($10) - 3 runs, 1 home run, 2 rbi and 2 stolen bases.
>>
>> That's a total of $23 for 8 runs, 1 home run, 7 rbi and 2 stolen bases.
>> For comparison's sake, I spent $22 on Elvis Andrus and he's already
>> delivered more in every single category - all by himself.
>>
>> Most importantly, I merely said yes.  It was Andy who approached me with
>> the deal.  And the trade is still way better than the one that Andy made
>> for Joey Bats.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Andy Klein <anrklein at gmail.com>
>> To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>
>> Sent: Thu, Apr 20, 2017 8:06 am
>> Subject: [USML Announce] The Curse of Sam Dyson Expands ...
>>
>> So I think to myself.  OK, I got screwed on Sam Dyson, who will never see
>> the 9th inning of a major league game again.  But at least Jeff threw in
>> that Lourdes Gurriel guy from Cuba.  With the Jays struggling (and playing
>> the likes of Darwin Barney), there's a good chance he'll be with the big
>> club in short order.  But then ...
>>
>> <<
>> Lourdes Gurriel was removed from his minor-league debut when he came up
>> limping while running the bases in Tuesday's game for High-A Dunedin.
>> After appearing in a few spring training contests with the big-league
>> club, the Jays' No. 7 prospect began 2017 in Dunedin on the seven-day DL.
>> Tuesday's occurrence appeared to be a problem with the same leg that
>> hindered Gurriel originally. The organization has no reason to push his
>> recovery and risk long-term problems, so it wouldn't be surprising to see
>> Gurriel land right back on the DL -- for an extended period -- in the
>> coming days.
>> <<
>> Damn.  I might as well have traded for Ernie Broglio ...
>>
>> -Andy
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