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Alex Speaks!

Nothing made me happier than seeing Alex Rodriguez stand up for himself and stick it to Boras on national television Sunday night. For years, Alex has been a magnet for criticism. A lot of that criticism was from ridiculous things he said and did, but some of the blame can also lie with his agent, […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up

Tony LaRussa has signed his first agent. He is now represented by Creative Artists Agency (CAA) for speaking engagements [Business is sweet]. CAA has also taken over representation for professional beach volleyball company, AVP [AVP ANNOUNCES NEW STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP WITH CREATIVE ARTISTS AGENCY]. Tack on another 10 years for Coca-Cola to say it is the […]

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Ellsbury Drops Urbon, Signs With Boras

You knew Scott Boras wouldn’t stay down for long. His declining media status was killing his insides. So what does he do? Boras Corp signs one of the hottest young players in the MLB, who just helped his team win a World Series Championship. At the end of last week, Jacoby Ellsbury dropped agent Joe […]

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Goodbye To Select Bonus Clauses

If your baseball client wins the MVP, Cy Young, or Rookie of the Year award, he better be content with getting a piece of hardware to hang up on the wall, because MLB will no longer allow a team to compensate him with cold cash. The Baseball Writers’ Association of America recently passed a new […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up

Two finals down, two to go. Criminal Law and Torts will be out of my mind for a while. Now it is onto studying for Professional Responsibility and Constitutional Law. Oh, and it is Hanukkah! So spin those dredles and burn down the candles. Here comes some stories that I failed to cover during the […]

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Can I Have Two Crunchy Tacos And A Side Of Torii Hunter, Please?

Morton’s Steakhouse? Capital Grille? Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse? Those are so old school. Next time you are going to sit down with an owner to sign a multi-million dollar deal for your client, do it at a fast food joint! That’s the setting for Torii Hunter’s contractual negotiations. Larry Reynolds of Reynolds Sports Management does not […]

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Curt Schilling And His Bully Pulpit

Curt Schilling has really picked up his posting lately.  The man loves his blog, especially now that the 2007 MLB season is over.  As I have said in the past, I am not a huge fan of Schilling, but it is my responsibility to keep track of his writings and see if he ever mentions […]

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Sell Stock In Boras Corp?

You probably missed it, but the Oregionian had a very humorous piece last week which aimed to get in the mind of Scott Boras [Deep thoughts with Scott Boras]. This was one of his generated thoughts: Indicted? Thank you, Barry. Ain’t nobody going to have the time to pile on ol’ Scott now. Indicted. Indicted. […]

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Colluding against ARod?

So MLBPA executive director Donald Fehr doesn’t seem too concerned about the possible fallout from Former Senator George Mitchell’s impending steroid report. But he is upset over rumors that came out of the recent general managers’ meetings relating to the sharing of information between clubs as to their plans regarding players. Baseball’s labor contract says […]

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Writers Strike. New York Yankees Sitcom Prevails.

I was sitting through a lecture today when my friend highlighted something as he was doing his daily read of ESPN.com. He and I were initially shocked to read that an undisclosed Yankees source said that the Yankees have been negotiating with A-Rod about his possible return and that, “We [the Yankees] will not negotiate […]