Wait, you could have had Wieters and Santana? That would have appeared really sweet -- a year ago. Oh Carlos, what happened.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 1:46 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com" target="_blank">springkerb@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span>Look, I’ve already turned down an offer of Wieters for Hosmer and Machado. Having walked away from an offer as generous as that, how could I possibly just give him away to you?</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span>From:</span></b><span> <a href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net" target="_blank">announce-bounces@usml.net</a> [<a href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net?" target="_blank">mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com" target="_blank">springkerb@aol.com</a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 13, 2012 1:32 PM<br>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span>But 474 in Japan. So 487 combined.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span>I'll tell you what. I'll take on Machado at no additional charge to you. If he gets to 488 (including any in Japan) you can have him back.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span>By the way, Tuffy finished his major league career with 13 home runs. As I said, I’ll take the over. You name the amount of the wager.</span><span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span>From:</span></b><span> <a href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net" target="_blank">announce-bounces@usml.net</a> [<a href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net?" target="_blank">mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com" target="_blank">springkerb@aol.com</a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 13, 2012 1:21 PM<br>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:12pt" class="MsoNormal"><span>I think I actually said something more like "he's <u>no</u> Tuffy Rhodes."</span></div>
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Sent: Mon, Aug 13, 2012 12:09 pm<br>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span>Mark,</span><span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span>So much for peacemaking, huh? First he’s Tuffy Rhodes and now he’s Justin Smoak? I’ll take the over and give you generous odds.</span><span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span>But at least you and I can agree on something. The Brats will win the Damon. A nicely played season started with taking advantage of the young guy (Brett Lawrie and a bucket of bolts nets Pujols, Morneau and Mauer) and then closed by taking advantage of the Professor while he was apparently under medication (Adrian Gonzalez for Jake Odorizzi (a Kansas City pitching prospect??)).</span><span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span>From:</span></b><span> <a href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net" target="_blank">announce-bounces@usml.net</a> [<a href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net?" target="_blank">mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com" target="_blank">springkerb@aol.com</a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 13, 2012 11:56 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a><br>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span>The Brats are gone, if you ask me. I should have held onto Rodney. (Hell, I should have dumped in May.)</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span>Great piece on Machado in today's Daily Dose--reminding us that he was only hitting .262 in AA ball and saying he's gotten lucky while facing some of the worst pitchers in the majors. I think his "sell by" date is rapidly approaching. But, Jeff, go ahead and activate him. He'll almost certainly get his 135 ABs in this year and blow through the first year of his contract anyway. Then he can be next year's Justin Smoak (who you pawned off on me for a perfectly good prospect, Bradley.)</span></div>
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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>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span>Wow. What an exciting finish to the Olympics. I can't believe the Spice Girls put aside their differences and got back on stage one more time. Too bad the Six Pistols are too dead and damaged to do likewise. That would have been awesome. But it's time to put aside real sports and get back to fantasy baseball and where things stand after dump deals and other disasters:</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span> Per the 8/12 report this team had accumulated <strong><span>666 </span></strong>runs. I'll say no more.</span></div>
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