<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'> He was indeed. And you just jolted me to the realization that I've ended up with all 3 of the <br>Cub Studs involved in that trade - Archer, Hak-Ju, and Guyer. Any of you Cub fans want to<br>deal?<br> Rick<br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Brad Jansen" <bljansen@gmail.com><br>To: "USML Announcements" <announce@usml.net><br>Sent: Monday, May 9, 2011 6:31:20 PM<br>Subject: Re: [USML Announce] FAAB Follies<br><br>Hey, Rick, I was hoping to get TP to replace that FAAB slug of mine,<br>Luke Hughes. Was Guyer part of the Garza deal???<br><br>On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 4:49 PM, <rickgam@comcast.net> wrote:<br>> Alright, I'll take the heat for Plouffe, but I wasn't the only dreamer<br>> to bid double digits on him. Besides,<br>> if you had to start B. Ryan, you'd think Plouffe was an upgrade too! But<br>> don't go casting aspersions Mr.<br>> Guyer's way - the Cub fans among us can vouch that this young man has some<br>> real talent and is a<br>> STEAL at $5. Just you wait until 2012 or 13!!<br>> Rick<br>><br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>> From: "Brad Jansen" <bljansen@gmail.com><br>> To: "USML Announcements" <announce@usml.net><br>> Sent: Monday, May 9, 2011 12:31:35 PM<br>> Subject: [USML Announce] FAAB Follies<br>><br>> ITEMS:<br>> Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Brandon Guyer, who homered in his first<br>> major league at-bat Friday night, headed back to the minor leagues<br>> Sunday.<br>><br>> Trevor Plouffe left Sunday's loss to Boston in the eighth inning with<br>> an injured left hamstring and will be re-evaluated Monday, the<br>> Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.<br>><br>> LOSERS: Reckless teams that pursue the hot hand through FAAB bidding,<br>> only to see their hearts broken and their FAAB budgets busted. Can you<br>> spell Albuquerque?<br>><br>> WINNER: Berliners and Angries. After this Sunday's frenzy they don't<br>> look quite as silly for spending $21 on Matt Harrison and $22 on Dan<br>> Cooper, respectively.<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> announce mailing list<br>> announce@usml.net<br>> http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce<br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> announce mailing list<br>> announce@usml.net<br>> http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce<br>><br>><br>_______________________________________________<br>announce mailing list<br>announce@usml.net<br>http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce<br></div></body></html>