[USML Announce] Where's Winick?

[jhwinick at aol.com]

The "offical" release date is January 20th and it will be on the shelves of Barnes & Nobles and WalMart on that very day.? But if you can't wait that long, it is scheduled to be "pre-released" to convenience stores next week.


-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Klein <anrklein at gmail.com>
To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>
Sent: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 6:29 pm
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Where's Winick?


Jeff-?
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I want the exact release date so I can camp out at Barnes & Noble and be the first to buy the magazine!?
?
-Andy?
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jhwinick at aol.com wrote:?
> Dr. Shandler has many things to say in his newest tome, the most > important of which is the following:?
>?
> "The truth is, perhaps the least valuable part of this book are the > statistical projections [and associated values] that appear at the > bottom of each player box."?
>?
> So, while Brad Lee's team may be one that is presently indicated to > have an amazing amount of undervalue, the lesson is to not be fooled. > They're called projections for a reason.?
>?
> As for the more important question of when my magazine will be > appearing on the shelves of your local book stores, I am advised that > the release date is next week. The big mystery is whether I was able > to sneak in my reference to the Professor in this year's edition. The > editors have left Mr. Klein on the cutting room floor the last few years.?
>?
> That is all.?
>?
> The Once and Future King?
>?
>?
> -----Original Message-----?
> From: Brad Jansen <bljansen at gmail.com>?
> To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>?
> Sent: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 9:34 am?
> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Where's Winick??
>?
> Brother Andrew:?
> Dr. Shandler's accolades about Sir Jeffrey are too lengthy to > quote here. Given the competitive nature of our USML, you cannot > afford /not /to buy Shandler's tome. As we say in Illinois, you > gotta pay to play. And as far as Dos and Don't are concerned, I have > only one: Never pick a fight, but if you get in one do whatever it > takes to win (even if that means trading with Rebuilding Blocker).?
> Best Wishes for the Hew Year,?
> Brad >?
> > On 1/3/09, *Andrew Klein* <anrklein at gmail.com > <mailto:anrklein at gmail.com>> wrote:?
>?
> Bradley,?
>?
> It's a tough economy, and some of us can't afford subscriptions to?
> Shandler's materials. Can you at least give us the actual quote??
> Anyway, the Sporting News provides the proletariat with a list of?
> auction league "do's" and "don'ts" Perhaps you should take heed of?
> Don't #5: "Hold vendettas against other owners." (Sporting News?
> Fantasy Baseball 2009, p.15; quote from Winick noticeably absent).?
>?
> As for my early preparation, recall that our draft is next?
> weekend. And in terms of retention rosters, I believe that Dice-K?
> is $1000 undervalued all by himself. I am considering signing him?
> to a decade-long contract.?
>?
> Humbly,?
>?
> -Andy?
>?
> Brad Jansen wrote:?
>?
> Andrew:?
> Ron Shandler, the dean of fantasy baseball, pays Mr. Winick?
> a very nice compliment in the acknowledgment section of his?
> 2009 forecaster (and I might add, that even though we?
> sophisticates who study at the feet of Shandler are taught to?
> pay little heed to his dollar values, my players are about?
> $2,000 under valued--it's shocking just how good my team is).?
> So, if you must know about Winick's whereabouts, try?
> reading something besides that rag published by Sporting?
> News....although I must say, given the quality of your drafts,?
> I am shocked that you actually prepare this early--trying?
> studying something else next time, perhaps Mad magazine.....?
> Brad?
> On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Andrew Klein?
> <anrklein at gmail.com <mailto:anrklein at gmail.com>?
> <mailto:anrklein at gmail.com <mailto:anrklein at gmail.com>>> wrote:?
>?
> The 2009 Sporting News Fantasy Baseball magazine is on sale.?
> Where the hell is the Winick magazine??
>?
> That is all.?
>?
> -Andy?
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