[USML Announce] USML - simple proposal

Jim Barrett chicagojab at gmail.com
Mon Aug 3 17:00:31 EDT 2020


I’m ok with MLB asking the Cardinals to sit out the season.

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> On Aug 3, 2020, at 3:37 PM, Jeffrey Winick <jwinick at hwhlegal.com> wrote:
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> Just like the fricking Cardinals to screw things up.
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> Both options doomed.  6 more cards test positive.    Tiger series cancelled.  
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> On Aug 3, 2020, at 3:01 PM, Jeffrey Winick <jwinick at hwhlegal.com> wrote:
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> I’ll take Chuck.  Which one of the two of you is Nancy?
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> Biden
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> On Aug 3, 2020, at 2:22 PM, Jeffrey Winick <jwinick at hwhlegal.com> wrote:
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> Shabes, Buddha and Winick….can you imagine a stronger team!
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> From: Announce <announce-bounces at usml.net> On Behalf Of Doug Shabelman
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> Mission Accomplished! Heckuva job Billy!
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> On Aug 3, 2020, at 2:05 PM, Bill Strotman via Announce <announce at usml.net> wrote:
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>  Look how far we have come.  SHABES & ME.   Bedfellows !!
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> On Aug 3, 2020, at 1:04 PM, Doug Shabelman <Doug.Shabelman at burnsent.com> wrote:
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> From: Jim Barrett <chicagojab at gmail.com>
> Date: 8/3/20 12:37 PM (GMT-06:00)
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> Option 1
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> On Aug 3, 2020, at 12:25 PM, Bill Strotman via Announce <announce at usml.net> wrote:
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> Let’s put 2 options to a vote 
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> 1- The season is a go if games played Aug 16 . If not we return to rosters and contracts walking out of draft 
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> 2- If MLB does not crown a champ we don’t.    If MLB doesn’t crown we revert back to Draft Rosters. Even if they kill the season Sep 15
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> I’ll begin with voting Option 2. 
> Reasoning.   I can make trades in the next 2 weeks knowing the value of players I am trading especially FA contracts. 
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> On Aug 3, 2020, at 12:08 PM, Doug Shabelman <Doug.Shabelman at burnsent.com> wrote:
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> Despite this Pence-type rationale, I remain against crowning a champion.
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> I think the reasoning is what others suggested - we need a point of clarity, particularly for trading purposes.  ... The 1994 parallel is a good one.  MLB never crowned a champion, but we did - asterisk or not!  Of course, it would be odd to be champion of a 40-game season.  But all of 2020 is odd.  And to paraphrase David Ross, if they're handing out the Damon, I want it coming my way ...
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> -Andy
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> On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 12:44 PM Doug Shabelman <Doug.Shabelman at burnsent.com> wrote:
> Why would we crown a champion if they don’t finish the season? Not in favor of that piece.
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> Agreed.  Good clarification.
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> From: Announce <announce-bounces at usml.net> On Behalf Of Andy Klein
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> Looks good to me.  Just to be clear, though ... if the season gets cancelled before August 16, we revert as Buddha suggests, wiping out all trades/FAAB and starting 2021 with the teams we drafted/retained for 2020.
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> On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 12:15 PM Blocker, Mark B. via Announce <announce at usml.net> wrote:
> League:  Here is a simple proposal to deal with 2020 and reduce complications: if there are MLB games played on or after August 16, we will treat this year as a season and proceed with all of our usual rules (champion crowned, contracts are running, usual rules in 2021 on keepers and otherwise, except for position eligibility), even if MLB later suspends operations and plays no further games (including no playoffs).
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> Rationale:  Aug. 16 is the first day to begin bean trading. Once that begins, trading teams have to know the rules that apply. 
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