Super-agent Scott Boras is king of the squeeze play

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Super-agent Scott Boras is king of the squeeze play 

Post#1 » by HMFFL » Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:52 am

Baseball's most hated negotiator is bane of teams and many fans, but clients reap rewards

The most reviled man in baseball is nursing a late-afternoon coffee, pondering how a farmer's son with a pharmacy degree copes with his image as the game's Dark Lord.

"You can't be concerned with fans and talk radio and management," Scott Boras said. "I understand this agent thing and what it is."

Boras does more than understand; he has advanced sports agency from the simple argument to statistical science. Not that everyone thinks this is a good thing.


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Post#2 » by Bleeding Green » Mon Oct 22, 2007 4:37 am

I love Scott Boras. There is no doubt that baseball would be worse off without him.
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Post#3 » by TheSheriff » Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:12 am

Scoot Boras is to Sports Agent, As Michael Jordan is to Basketball.
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Post#4 » by PhilipNelsonFan » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:18 pm

Bleeding Green wrote:I love Scott Boras. There is no doubt that baseball would be worse off without him.


In what ways specifically?
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Post#5 » by Bleeding Green » Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:48 am

He gets his clients as much money as possible and he tricks horrible franchises into coughing up money. He keeps the smart teams on top and the idiot teams at the bottom.
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