Sunday, December 30, 2007

Boras Still Hasn't Recovered From A-Rod's Pounding

From the NY Daily News:

Several weeks after Alex Rodriguez broke free from Scott Boras’ influence and personally talked Hank Steinbrenner into rethinking his Yankee opt-out ultimatum, a lingering media perception suggests that it was all some clever plan contrived to get A-Rod his $300 million and repair his battered image.

Perhaps A-Rod has only himself to blame for such cynicism that surrounds his every move. But baseball insiders insist the hard feelings on A-Rod’s part toward Boras are genuine, that in taking over the negotiations himself he accused his agent of betrayal by misleading him about the level of interest from the Yankees.

Likewise, they say that Boras is reeling from the ego blow A-Rod dealt him by telling the world on “60 Minutes” he’s not even speaking to his agent these days.

I was one of the people who felt all of this may have been concocted by Boras, but I'm glad I was wrong. Boras being humbled is good for baseball, maybe he won't be so greedy from now on... ehhh who am I kidding, he's an agent, it's his job to be greedy.

Also according to this article, Boras doesn't like dealing with Hank, and especially Hal Steinbrenner, because they are apparently "tough" with him. He liked their father a lot better.

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