A little over a year ago, Ryan Howard dropped his agent Larry Reynolds of Reynolds Sports Management in favor of Casey Close, who works for CAA. Howard was coming off of an MVP year and was hoping for another stellar season so that he could go to arbitration with Close and get a monumental deal. […]
Category: MLB Players
Splitting the difference is a time-honored and often successful negotiation strategy. But, according to Roger Dawson, author of Secrets of Power Negotiating, the real rule is that one never offer to split the difference oneself, but should always encourage the other person to offer to split the difference. “Don’t fall into the trap of thinking […]
Randy and Alan Hendricks have a very solid baseball agency in Hendricks Sports Management. While they seem to not publicly list their client sheet on their website, they definitely do not hold back from promoting the fact that Roger Clemens is a Hendricks client. And after Clemens has been bashed by his longtime trainer, Brian […]
I found an interesting ESPN.com piece on the Manhattan-based Peter Greenberg (rated by Forbes as the “best” agent in baseball), agent for the recently traded Johan Santana. Greenberg’s foray into the industry (he founded Peter E. Greenberg & Associates) occurred in the early 90’s after first working as a lawyer, and was founded upon a […]
My 2nd favorite team, the New York Giants, will be taking on the evil empire in the Super Bowl. Can’t wait to see if Lawrence Tynes is still a savior in February. Anyway, lots and lots of links for you to visit on this week’s edition of Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up. Here are the links […]
I am almost recovered from Las Vegas. I know that what happens in Vegas is supposed to stay there, but I do not like to live by the rules. If we are Facebook friends, make sure to check out some of the pictures. A couple of bachelor parties and business deals later, I am now […]
This Shabbat Shalom Wrap-Up is brought to you one day earlier than usual. I am soon leaving Florida for Las Vegas to celebrate my step-brother’s bachelor party. I will not have access to a computer for the entire weekend, and thus submit to you the stories that I failed to cover during the week: Sports […]
Last Saturday I was tuning into 1050 ESPN radio, hosted by Warner Wolf. The main topic was the Mitchell Report. After discussing the individual players who were mentioned in the report, Wolf went on to discuss how some of these players may have significantly altered the outcomes of games. The specific event he was talking […]
Rumors begin that A-Rod will opt out of his contract with the Yankees and sign a big deal with the Cubs that includes a stake in the franchise. Boras asks the Yankees for something around $500 million in return for A-Rod’s services for the next 10 years. Hank Steinbrenner makes it clear that if A-Rod […]
Mass Media law in the United States includes the tort of defamation (libel and slander) and is a surprisingly thorny subject matter. In fact, there are lawyers who devote their entire professional careers just to this subject. One question that immediately popped into my mind when I heard months ago that former U.S. Senator George […]