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Edgy DC Sep 23 2007 07:53 PM |
Report: Prospective Cubs ownership set to offer A-Rod megadeal
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Frayed Knot Sep 23 2007 08:16 PM |
So basically the magazine claims the agent is talking to a guy who doesn't own the team, about a player he can't talk about, in respect to a contract that can't be offered or accepted.
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SteveJRogers Sep 23 2007 08:18 PM |
Scott Boras, THE reason Alex Rodriguez is not in a Met uniform today. What a POS.
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SteveJRogers Sep 23 2007 08:20 PM |
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Good point. Where are the tents out side Yankee Stadium, they weren't there in Arlington. Where is the private jet, office, and everything else that was in that dopey prospectus.
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Edgy DC Sep 23 2007 08:28 PM |
If Alex Rodriguez fired Scott Boras, he could die of stupidity.
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DocTee Sep 23 2007 08:38 PM |
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EDGY:
SJR:
Looks like it worked.
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metsguyinmichigan Sep 23 2007 08:46 PM |
People hire Scott Boras for one reason: They don't just want the money, they want ALL the money.
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SteveJRogers Sep 23 2007 08:46 PM |
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There is a difference between getting the most for your client and doing some stupid dealings that includes making a prospectus that drives away most of the bidders, including the team many experts thought would win the sweepstakes because of demands that never materialize. Ditto with even talking causally with someone who may or may not be an owner of a team into doing something that actually is illegal at the current time in baseball. To say nothing about the ethics involved with future labor strife.
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metirish Sep 23 2007 09:05 PM |
Boras responds......
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Edgy DC Sep 23 2007 09:09 PM |
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First of all, this is an out-of-control run-on. Second of all, it doesn't make sense. He got the most for his client. Expert texpert choking smokers. Don't you think the joker laughs at you?
Ditto nothing. The first statement didn't make any sense. Whatever cards Boras has played, his clients tend to walk home with the pot. He'd be firing him for doing what he hired him to do.
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Edgy DC Sep 23 2007 09:15 PM |
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Win-win, if he can successfully distance himself from the report but allow it to put heat on the Yankees to sign a ridonculous extension.
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metirish Sep 23 2007 09:18 PM |
true...anyway back to Rodriguez and the Cubs,if he goes there for whatever money they'd have some sort of offense and he could play SS as well.
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Elster88 Sep 23 2007 10:22 PM |
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I can't really take this.
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SteveJRogers Sep 24 2007 06:20 AM |
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There are still fans bothered by Ryan for Fregosi, so why can't I still be bothered by the lack of an offer given to ARod back in 2000?
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Edgy DC Sep 24 2007 07:11 AM |
You can be anything (legal) you want. Understand that it makes you look silly.
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metirish Sep 24 2007 07:21 AM |
It seems such a waste of energy to still be thinking about why the Mets didn't make Rodriguez a FA offer.
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soupcan Sep 24 2007 07:28 AM |
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Lemme tell ya - I've got no problem with this. As fans we always say "I'd never want that guy on MY team", even though its a great player - Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, etc. that would unquestionably help the team win. Sometimes we're forced to suck it up (Guillermo Mota) when all of a sudden a guy we never wanted (Robbie Alomar, Bobby Bonilla) shows up on the roster (Vince Coleman). For me, while I love ARod as a player, I don't really dig ARod the guy. I like the Mets SS and I like the Mets thirdbaseman. I love ARod's numbers but I'm pretty happy that he's playing elsewhere and has very little chance of coming to Shea anytime soon.
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Edgy DC Sep 24 2007 07:48 AM |
I think Rodriguez is great. I think cursing about him not signing seven years ago and trying to formulate conspiracy theories why it didn't happen is a a collosal waste. I think speaking as if he's a property we lost (like Ryan), rather than one we never had, is worthy of a psychological study.
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Frayed Knot Sep 24 2007 07:55 AM |
I never had a beef with ARod and still don't. Yeah he's a bit prissy at times but that's mostly tabloid stuff I couldn't give a crap about.
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metirish Sep 24 2007 08:00 AM |
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Well said soup,edgy and FK.......for some though this topic will never be closed it seems.
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Benjamin Grimm Sep 24 2007 08:02 AM |
I was flabbergasted when the Mets pulled out of the bidding so early in the process.
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Valadius Sep 24 2007 08:41 AM |
The left side of our infield is comprised of All-Stars. I'm totally over the A-Rod thing. Besides, the play that defines A-Rod for me, that interference play against the Red Sox, would make me loathe having him on my team. He plays dirty. I prefer playing the game the way it's supposed to be played.
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soupcan Sep 24 2007 08:52 AM |
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Let's not get crazy now.
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Valadius Sep 24 2007 09:01 AM |
Remember when he yelled on the basepaths and caused that guy to drop the ball? Another example.
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TransMonk Sep 24 2007 09:02 AM |
Attachment 19 of the MLB Labor Agreement is titled Uniform Regulations. Under Section B (Pants), rule #7 states: Pants pockets may not intentionally be untucked.
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soupcan Sep 24 2007 09:20 AM |
Vlad - you're giving two (lame) examples of what you call 'dirty play' in this future first ballot Hall of Famer's 14 year career.
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metsmarathon Sep 24 2007 09:22 AM |
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that's (arguably) busch, not dirty. dirty is going in spikes-high, or taking out people's knees when breaking up dps. also, keep in mind that had derek jeter done either, it would likely have been looked upon by the masses and the mass media as a player willing to do anything to win, and not as a cheap trick.
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Edgy DC Sep 24 2007 09:37 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 24 2007 09:45 AM |
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I like the spelling of bush. When I was in the leftfield seats with Farmer Ted at the Bobby, we noted a player rounding third, during a two-out popup to the thirdbaseman, yell and throw his arms up in the air in an apparent attempt to distract the thirdbaseman. Don't remember who he was or even which team (think he was a Nat), but Ted and I both noted it.
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metsmarathon Sep 24 2007 09:41 AM |
that's what i get for doubting and changing my spelling of bush, and never verifying...
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Rockin' Doc Sep 24 2007 11:29 AM |
Without question, A-Rod is a great player. However, he isn't worth $25 mill/year now and he certainly won't be worth that amount (or more) in the future. That type of salary prohibits the majority of teams from retaining or acquiring the supporting cast needed to field a championship contending team. As good as A-Rod is, he can't win games on his own. It is not a coincidence that no team has won a title while saddled with his monstrous contract. The Yankees have come close, but they have had the benefit of a large subsidy from the Rangers to cover a substantial portion of A-Rod's salary.
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SteveJRogers Sep 24 2007 03:08 PM |
I didn't mean it to sound I'm still not over the lack of an offer given to ARod. I just thought of the first thing that popped in my head of Boras doing something that is more beneficial to him (highest and craziest bidder) rather than something that would have made both business and baseball sense (Opening the bidding up to let Boston, both NY teams, LA, both Chicago teams, or even Atlanta, St Louis or SF ect).
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smg58 Sep 24 2007 03:32 PM |
The one thing I think A-Rod has proven in the seven years since the Texas signing is that he's not the difference maker he needed to be to justify that contract. And the next contract will likely be worse.
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Rockin' Doc Sep 24 2007 05:15 PM |
SJRogers - "...Very much akin to people still whinning about why Scott Kazmir was traded for Victor Zambrano."
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metsmarathon Sep 24 2007 05:22 PM |
why should boras care what makes baseball sense?
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SteveJRogers Sep 24 2007 05:32 PM |
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Letting it be clear that ARod/Boras were the bad guys by giving a firm offer and letting them decline would have been a better PR decision.
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Edgy DC Sep 24 2007 07:32 PM |
Which (1) supports none of your prior contention, (2) what difference does it make?, and (3) doesn't make anybody bad.
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