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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>Huh? It’s not August yet. A couple of interleague trades and some bad bounces for the Red-Hots and I’m in third place. C’mon guys.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>That said, if Andy or Jim (or anyone else) can deliver a speedy outfielder within my cap constraints, I’d seriously consider moving David Price.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>-- Rich<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> announce-bounces@usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>anrklein@gmail.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 29, 2011 10:00 AM<br><b>To:</b> USML Announcements<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] Year In Review: What Happened?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I also congratulate Rich on a well-earned victory. Jim B. -- still a few days to go if you want to talk about swapping a few guys so you can guarantee a second-place finsih.<br><br>-Andy<br><br>On Jul 29, 2011 10:37am, Brad Jansen <bljansen@gmail.com> wrote:<br>> Klein's toast, no one's trading, Winick not returning calls, nothing to write about, so let's acknowledge RER's victory and take a loving look back at 2011: WHAT HAPPENED?<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Angry Young Men: Drafts better by phone....distracted all year...misses Buddha...nice keeps for next year....<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Berliners: Rebuilding effort netted mixed results, with supplemetal draft picks among best keeps....as Montero stagnates in minors and Feliz loses closer's role to Bell, season turns on one player: Hosmer....guaranteed to finish behind Riptorns in 2012, too....<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Bombers: Held cards too long, but won a Cahill....but any team with a Furbush can't be that bad.....<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Hoosier Daddies: Sluggish start startled Gams into early dump deals and he's got nice supply of keeps for 2012....<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Riptorns: Brilliant strategy of retaining nine pitchers crushed by weight of underproducing veterans....traded away league's best player in Ellsbury (30), but netted far better keepers than Winick so season not a total bust...this is the team to beat in 2012<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Nukes: Draft day distractions (laptop and Winick's babbling) hurt Nukes out of gate, but Kerbs picked a winner in Pestano (5--closer of the future)<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Flaming Brats: Sizemore and Morneau held back a solid team that coulda been a contenda<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Lake Michigan Calamari: solid draft guaranteed money finish and it's gonna happen<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Klein Nine: The all-in offense strategy only goes so far--this year it was mid-July before wheels rolled off the wagon--but lack of quality pitching untracked this exciting second place squad<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Mighty Red Hots: Adopted Morningstar's asset management strategy and sold at optimal time...well-managed squad met optimistic pre-season predictions and finishes first. CONGRATULATIONS, RICH!! <br>><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>