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A-Rod & Boras
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:53 pm
by Royals
Alex Rodriguez said during an interview with 60 Minutes that he and agent Scott Boras are not speaking to each other.
Rodriguez indicated that he's upset over the way Boras handled negotiations with the Yankees. "The whole situation saddens me a little bit," Rodriguez said. "There hasn't been much back-and-forth talking. When I realized things were going haywire, at that point I said wait a minute I've got to be accountable for my own life. This is not going the way I wanted it to go, so I got behind the wheel."
Wow, that decision almost makes me respect A-Rod. now, if he dumped Boras completely, THEN I'd really respect him.
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:01 pm
by Pirates
A-Rod saying that makes him look a lot more respectable especially since he cares a lot about his public image. But playing Devils Advocate for a second it could also be possible that Boras realized he screwed up real bad and told A-Rod that he will take the hit and to put all the blame on him.
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 3:54 pm
by Royals
I agree, but for now, I'm going to give A-Rod the benefit of the doubt for no other reason than a gut feeling.
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:34 pm
by Pirates
fair enough
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:03 pm
by Rockies
You really think boras doesn't care about his image as much as he cares about arods? If this weren't completely what it seems it would surprise me, considering Boras could be losing millions in future clients by having his #1 dis-own him on national tv.
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 7:43 am
by Mets
He got worked pretty well at the T.O. news conference as well.
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:18 am
by Mets
This is all over the radio stations this morning...thought it was interesting and puts a rest to conspiracy theories...looks like for the first time in his life, A-Rod is showing leadership..just so happens it happens off the baseball field.
In other news...Congress wants to speak with Scott Boras about his sudden drop off in performance since MLB started it's drug testing policy in 2005.
A-Rod Drops Boras, Signs With Oseary
Variety is reporting that Alex Rodriguez has dropped Scott Boras to sign with Guy Oseary. A-Rod is Oseary's first athlete; he's worked with celebrities ranging from Madonna to David Blaine. (Hat tip to Mark Feinsand on this one).
Whatever Oseary does for Rodriguez probably won't concern MLBTR readers much. Rodriguez's current contract, which he negotiated himself, runs through 2017. He'll be 42 when the deal is done, perhaps ready to retire. I can't see into the future but it doesn't seem like the Yanks will ever trade him. I haven't read whether the new contract includes a no-trade clause but I assume so.
The more interesting part is Boras, whose rep has taken a hit this winter. However to me it seems like that hit is mostly from the media. It's not like the Boras Corporation is going to go out of business or players will start leaving in droves because A-Rod and Kenny Rogers did. He's still the best in baseball and he's got plenty of big names that we'll be hearing about in coming years such as Matt Holliday, Carlos Beltran, Adrian Beltre, Magglio Ordonez, Carlos Pena, Mark Teixeira, and Prince Fielder
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:00 am
by Royals
Wow.... way to go A-Rod...
I can't think of the last time I said that about A-rod that didn't involve him striking out or grounding into a clutch DP.