Boras the Great!!

A few snippets from various papers throughout the country regarding 'super-agent' Scott Boris and the a-rod situation...

He (A-Rod)was so angry at Boras that at one point he told friends he was thinking of suing him. Then there was a series of steps that led him to take control of the situation. The Lowell talks (with the Yankees) pushed him over the edge. He didn't want any part of going to Boston. So he made his move without Boras.

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This time it was the client who controlled the super-agent, instead of the other way around. That prompted one major league executive to say on Wednesday, "This is the greatest day of my life, seeing Boras get put in his place."

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I think there are a lot of people in this business having various degrees of glee over this," said a longtime baseball power broker, "whether they are general managers, people in the commissioner's office, people in the media or some competing agents."

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"Not only was it a misread of the market, it was a complete strategic blunder to put A-Rod in that situation."

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On the one hand, one competing agent said, it would have been nice to see the first $300-million contract in baseball. On the other, he said, it was nice that Boras did not get it.

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This is Boras' worst hour, in over 20 years of representing baseball players. You had to figure that he had a plan, a package ready to grab, when he opted out. It appears that he underestimated the ill will that the opt-out created, and that his top client acted unilaterally to erase a mistake.

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And one more I saw today - a parting shot at CarlP -

Carl Pavano has won 5 games in three years with the Yankees. Andy Pettitte won 6 games in August.