<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Listen, it takes me a few decades to get this closer thing right. I'm still traumatized from the year I spent $36 on Joe Grahe. </div><div><br></div><div>-Andy<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On May 23, 2013, at 8:06 PM, <a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com">springkerb@aol.com</a> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font color="black" size="2" face="arial">Wow. That's almost as good as John Axford and Fernando Rodney.<br>
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<div class="aolReplacedBody" text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">Well ... Johnson was 51-54 last year and 14-14 this year before his recent slump. He's also 29 years old and throws about 100 mph. So I'll take my chances. (Plus I have Ripper favorite Pedro Strop in reserve!) As for Pestano, he's a good handcuff for Chris Perez. The hope is that I'll have two closers going into next year. (That said, if Gose pans out, then I agree: The Brats screwed me.)<br>
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Anyway, I'm officially open for business and playing no favorites -- other than being unwilling to help the Bombers. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/23/13 10:41 AM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com">springkerb@aol.com</a> wrote:<br>
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<div>I sort of get the offense for saves part, but I think Andy overpaid from that perspective. More importantly, why would a team that's going nowhere this year (K9) take on a long-term contract on a guy who's about one bad outing away from becoming a former closer? It's not as if Pestano will be a big enough bargain at $9 to offset Johnson's contract, if Pestano takes over the job. I think Andy screwed himself.</div>
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<div>Meanwhile, looking at developments that may actually be relevant to the title chase, Ryan Madson's looking like toast:</div>
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<div class="report">Ryan Madson has experienced yet another setback in his recovery from Tommy John elbow surgery.</div>
<div class="impact">Madson felt renewed soreness in his right arm while trying to throw this week and has been shut down indefinitely. There is no longer a timetable for his return and he can be dropped in most fantasy formats at this point. Ernesto Frieri is the Angels' ninth-inning man. <span class="date">May 22 - 4:15 PM</span></div>
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<div>With Jeff and Block deadlocked in saves, and June 1 right around the corner, I feel a flurry of activity coming on.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Klein Nine trade Michael Bourn and Anthony Gose to Brats in exchange for Jim Johnson and Vinnie Pestano. That is all -- discuss among yourselves.<br>
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Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 21:33:48 -0500<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I knew the league would appreciate the D. Adams pickup. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't largely motivated by exactly what Mr. Gammons pointed out- a Yankees player named D. Adams!</div>
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<div class="ecxgmail_quote">On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Andrew Klein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anrklein@gmail.com">anrklein@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>And I got budding Yankee ace Vidal Nuno. We don't share a name, but he's $45 cheaper than Happ and $36 less than Grimm!</div>
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</blockquote> Amidst the Sweetness/Hornung banter, I found it humorous that OF COURSE Dennis would buy up D. Adams - a Yankee, no less.<br>
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