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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:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Rick,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I call them as I see them. If you win this thing, I’ll eat a bug.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jeff<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><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>rickgam@comcast.net<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 26, 2012 12:57 PM<br><b>To:</b> USML Announcements<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] Berliners At The Precipice<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Jeff;<br> Them's fightin' words! I'm down from 9 DL guys to 7, soon to be 6 now, and like Mr. Jansen points out, <br>I've got loads of space to play with and plenty of keepers as I'm barely above $200. Let the battle begin!<br> Rick Braveheart (or Delusional Heart, we'll find out)<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center id=zwchr></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"Jeffrey Winick" <jhwinick@aol.com><br><b>To: </b>announce@usml.net<br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, June 26, 2012 11:09:35 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [USML Announce] Berliners At The Precipice<br><br>Brad Lee,<br><br>Are those "warm regards" or the "warm bucket of spit" that John Nance <br>Gardner once famously referred to? No need to answer - I think it's <br>self evident.<br><br>I am curious though since you seem to quote from my email. Where did I <br>use the terms "load" or "owe"? Again - no need to answer - I didn't.<br><br>I made a statement and an indication in interest in a trade. No <br>intimidation was intended, nor do I (apparently unlike you) think so <br>little of my competition to believe that they would be intimidated. <br>That fact is that the likely winner of this league is going to be the <br>Brats, the Nukes or the Berliners. The standings suggest, at least to <br>me, that the remaining teams have too much ground to make up. And <br>you're correct that each of the "non-contenders" have DL players just <br>like the Berliners. The difference is their place in the standings <br>versus where the Berliners sit.<br><br>But thanks, as always for your ever so valuable insight.<br><br>Jeff<br><br><br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Brad Jansen <bljansen@gmail.com><br>To: USML Announcements <announce@usml.net><br>Sent: Tue, Jun 26, 2012 10:48 am<br>Subject: [USML Announce] Berliners At The Precipice<br><br><br>Jeffrey:<br> I do not know what algebraic formula you used, but my best advice to <br>you is to retain your players that will "load" your team next year, or <br>so you think.<br> You put too much stock in the DL players on your roster. Heck, if <br>all of them perform as you expect, you would not need to solicit a dump <br>deal now, wouldya? Feliz will be a middle reliever, Santos will be <br>lucky to set-up, Danks likely won't pitch again this season and <br>Markakis is well, Markakis--modest power, modest BA (but certainly <br>better than that Pearce fellow you spent $16 to acquire). That said, <br>if you can acquire about 15 new players through your dump deals with <br>the Bombers and AYM you very well may not need much from your DL guys.<br> I also am offended how your "math" subtracts the Red Hots, Daddies <br>and LMC from the pennant chase. Each of those teams can follow your <br>lead and point to injured players who soon will lead them to the <br>Promised Land. And, each of those teams can point to various cheap <br>keeps to offer in deals, as can the Nukes and Brats.<br> So, don't try to restrict trade or intimidate those of us (in <br>particular, the K-9) who carry the goods you seek to purchase at <br>discounted prices. We don't "owe" you anything or anyone, no matter how <br>you calculate the ways to manipulate us.<br> <br>--With warm regards.<br> Running Dog Jansen <br><br><br>On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Jeffrey Winick <<a href="mailto:jhwinick@aol.com">jhwinick@aol.com</a>> <br>wrote:<br>Gentlemen,<br><br>I've done the math and I encourage you to do the same. Short of a <br>significant and unlikely turn of events, this league will be won by one <br>of three teams this year: Brats, Nukes or Berliners. I've sent out <br>feelers to those of you who aren't likely champions and the lack of <br>response suggests that either you disagree with my assessment, you're <br>biding your time or you're willing to settle for a finish somewhere <br>other than first without having improved your prospects for next year.<br><br>Despite the tales of woe spouted by my good buddy Brad Lee, my title <br>prospects remain strong. Wil Myers will be recalled soon. Nick <br>Markakis, John Danks, Neftali Feliz and Sergio Santos should return <br>shortly after the break. And sooner or later Hosmer, Youkilis and <br>Moore will heat up to the extent they haven't already. And yet, I sit <br>a mere three points behind the Brats and only 2 1/2 points behind the <br>Nukes.<br><br>Hosmer, Cabrera, Doumit, AJax, Santana, Plouffe, Moore, Nova and Peavy <br>are all sure to help a team next year. And prospects like Myers, <br>Machado, Lindor, Buxton and Walker will provide help for the future <br>and/or trade bait.<br><br>If there's no interest in a deal beyond the nonsense that Brad Lee has <br>been sending my way lately, then so be it. I'll see if my team has the <br>cojones to pull this off without any outside help and then come back <br>next year loaded for a repeat. But if you want to get a head start on <br>the 2013 Damon - you know where to find me.<br><br>That is all.<br><br>Jeff<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>announce mailing list<br><a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce">http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce</a><br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________announce mailing <br><a href="mailto:listannounce@usml.nethttp://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce">listannounce@usml.nethttp://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce</a><br> <br>_______________________________________________<br>announce mailing list<br><a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce">http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>