<div>Kerbs, you have the heart of a champion and the soul of a warrior. But most important, you have Vinnie Pestano. You, sir, shall go far in 2012. </div>
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<div>Let me add that the struggle for fifth has been a fierce and bloody one. Today the Bombers reign but their grip on the crown is not firm. Many battles remain before this day is done.</div>
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<div>Jeffrey, cue up The Battle For Evermore---I feel like twirling.</div>
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<div>--Brother Brad <br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 6:10 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com">springkerb@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="h5">Sent: Tue, Sep 6, 2011 6:08 pm<br>Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Jesus Doesn't Want Jeffrey For A Rainbow<br><br>
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<div>Dear Jeffrey:</div>
<div> So nice to hear from you and to know your standard rhetorical flourishes have not altered since you last sat on the throne: attack your opponent's position and platform when you have nothing of value to offer. I am happy to hear that your many players who performed so poorly all season have had a couple good weeks. That's certainly a basis upon which to retain them. So, good luck and quit distorting my players' records. Why not talk about positives, like young Moustakas's 15-game hitting streak or Walden's phenomenal run over his last 10 games (2 wins, 4 saves, 0.93 ERA, 13 Ks/9.2 IP) or how wonderful Nick Swisher has performed since you traded him to me?</div>
<div> I, sir, walk the high ground. And I will write my songs, songs which next year will tell the tale of how yet again I finished ahead of you in the USML.</div>
<div>Brother Brad <br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Jeffrey Winick <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jhwinick@aol.com" target="_blank">jhwinick@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">Angry and bitter? Not a chance. Is Brian Matusz going to cost me $7 next year in lost draft dollars. Probably. The only other guaranteed contract is Carlos Santana and his 21 home runs for $11. What about that isn't positive?<br>
<br>Mike Trout has 4 home runs, 8 rbis, 11 runs and a sweet .325 average over the last 21 days. And he may still retain rookie status.<br>Jesus Montero looks like the real deal. And his $2 salary should make up for the Matusz problem almost all by itself.<br>
Eric Hosmer is en fuego with 3 home runs, 8 rbis and a stolen base in the last week. A $5 contract.<br>Austin Jackson has 2 home runs, 5 rbis, 12 runs, 2 stolen bases and an amazing .471 batting average over the last week (.346 over the last 3 weeks). Another $5 contract.<br>
Neftali Feliz hasn't given up a run since August 6th and has reaffirmed his role as one of the top closers in baseball. Another $2 contract.<br>Matt Moore has been proclaimed as the consensus #1 minor league pitching prospect. Another $5 contract.<br>
<br>There is great anticipation for the coming season at Berliner headquarters. All is well.<br><br>But I appreciate that you're looking for excuses to focus on ANYTHING other than your own team, Brad Lee. My condolences about your failed prospects with running contracts (Moustakas (1HR, 22RBI, 0SB, .228), Chisenhall (32k's in 132 AB), Mike Carp (27k's in last 76 AB), Sergio Santos (last 7 innings, 7.50, 1.67 WHIP), Jordan Walden (9 blown saves in 37 chances), Carlos Carrasco (hurt) and Tyson Ross (hurt)....) And then there's your not ready for time prospects like Jacob Turner.<br>
<br>At least you have Desmond Jennings to watch for the next couple of years while you wait for a potential return to relevance. Until then......there's always your lovely songs.<br><br>That is all.<br><br>The King
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<div><br><br><br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Brad Jansen <<a href="mailto:bljansen@gmail.com" target="_blank">bljansen@gmail.com</a>><br>To: USML Announcements <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a>><br>
Sent: Tue, Sep 6, 2011 11:39 am<br>Subject: [USML Announce] Jesus Doesn't Want Jeffrey For A Rainbow<br><br><br>NEW YORK -- Jesus Montero reached across the plate and sent a 93-mph pitch about a dozen rows deep into the right-field seats for his first major league home run, a tiebreaking solo shot in the fifth. A Labor Day crowd of 45,069 at Yankee Stadium coaxed him out for a curtain call.<br>
<br>Two innings later, he leaned for a 94-mph pitch on the outside corner and drove it 10 rows into those same right-field seats, a little bit more toward the foul line. He had another opposite-field homer, a two-run shot. Curtain call No. 2 followed.<br>
<br>WINNERS: All of us, even the new owner. Montero is the most exciting player to grace our presence since...since....Mike Trout. <br> <br>LOSER: Jeffrey Winick. Angry and bitter over guaranteed contracts he must carry over to 2012. Has yet to see the light.<br>
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