Pete Parise couldn’t even make TheCardinalNation.com’s 2010 Top 40 Prospect List, but what do we care? Plenty of prospects never make it to Major League Baseball, and many that do, don’t last very long. Wikipedia defines prospect in its relation to sports as any player whose rights are owned by a professional team, but who […]
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Busy weekends is the norm over at Scott Boras Corp. headquarters. This past weekend was no exception. Scott Boras has been busy playing with the media concerning Johnny Damon negotiations, but he also had a client fire him and subsequently was hired by a different professional player. Johnny Damon is not the only Scott Boras […]
My 25th birthday (this past Tuesday) was a wild and crazy time. As I get older, I hope that I never lose my fun side. Work hard, play hard. I will be in Gainesville this weekend, but next weekend, I will be down in Ft. Lauderdale to speak at the 2010 Nova Southeastern Sports and […]
It has been a very busy week. After concluding the 2010 UF Sports Law Symposium, it was time to take a day off and relax a bit. Then right back to work. Pete Parise is over in Venezuela representing Puerto Rico in the Serie del Caribe 2010, also known as the Caribbean World Series. He […]
With the Pro Bowl and Super Bowl XLIV in Florida this year, it is hard to imagine any more star power in the Sunshine State. However, the 2010 UF Sports Law Symposium defied the norm and did exactly that, bringing some of the top names in the sports industry to Gainesville. The symposium was titled […]
In a previous article, I predicted that Aroldis Chapman would go to the Angels or at least another big market club. I was wrong. Chapman signed with the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday for 6 years and $30.25 million. Apparently the Reds had been “going after him like crazy” according to a source. The December 15th […]
Even though Nick Brockmeyer and I have never met each other in person, he is definitely a person in my industry that I consider to be a friend. The President of Platinum Sports & Entertainment Management, LLC originally reached out to me in January 2008, to tell me that he enjoys this website and asking […]
Last week was a hectic one for those already in the business of baseball and many who are willing to do whatever they can for a small chance of breaking into the industry. Even if it takes flying to Indianapolis to tread through inclement weather and sitting in a lobby all day waiting for a […]
While all the talk has been focused on potential free agents in MLB, 87 players in the Japanese Baseball League became eligible for free agency on Monday. The league, domestically known as Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), has much stricter free agency rules than MLB, which may be helpful if you ever find yourself representing a […]
Cuba is known for producing remarkable talent on the diamond. Its players are followed by every single MLB organization, and many agents dream about getting their hands on the next Cuban-born prospect. Recently, the baseball world has been caught up with what team Cuba’s most recent defector, Aroldis Chapman, will sign with. Chapman is just […]