[新聞] A-Rod's call to Yankees just a negotiating ploy

看板A-Rod作者Ally1213 (No other way)時間18年前 (2007/11/15 21:38)推噓10(10推 0噓 6→)

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陰謀論來了，科科~~ http://tinyurl.com/22ztx6 A-Rod's call to Yankees just a negotiating ploy Wallace Matthews November 15, 2007 If you really believe Alex Rodriguez is going to negotiate with the Yankees without Scott Boras in the room, you probably also believe Ali G is about to be hired as a correspondent by "60 Minutes". You probably believe the Major League Baseball Players Association is about to abolish the DH, recommend the contraction of half the National League, ask players to pay for their own meals on the road and hand George Mitchell his reading glasses as he reads off the names of every player who can so much as spell H-G-H. You probably believe that someday, the commissioner of baseball will be allowed to own a team. (Oh, wait a minute ... ) So A-Rod made a call to Boy George and his cronies down in Tampa. So what? Talking ain't negotiating. When it comes time to really talk dollars, you can bet Scott Boras will be involved. After all, unless Rodriguez is even more duplicitous and disloyal than even I would have thought possible, there is no earthly reason for him to be dis- pleased with his agent. Seven years ago, Boras promised A-Rod the richest contract in the history of sports. He delivered. And seven years later, the deal remains untouched. So now, a full two days into the free-agent negotiation period, you're telling me A-Rod is getting impatient with Boras? Don't be a tool. If you think Rodriguez was overmatched by Fausto Carmona in the ALDS, just wait till you see how well he does with the Boss Brothers, Brian Cashman, Randy Levine and Lonn Trost, staring at him across a negotiating table. A-Rod may be a lot of things - vain, sensitive, insecure and artificial come to mind - but he is not stupid. He knows where his talents lie: on the field, not in a meeting room. He's also sharp enough to know that a little flattery from a star athlete goes a long way with the audience he's trying to cultivate. The Yankees needed A-Rod to make that phone call, to help them save face over the "opt and yer outta here" approach they adopted during the season, and A- Rod needed to make the call in order to do what he does best, which is paint himself as the helpless good guy at the mercy of a greedy, ruthless agent. Now that both sides have gotten their posturing out of the way, they can really get down to business. And that means Boras. Do you really believe for a moment that Donald Fehr and Gene Orza, who stepped in and voided A-Rod's proposed move from the Rangers to the Red Sox because it would have involved giving back some salary, are going to stand by and allow Rodriguez to be worked over in a room by the Tampa Mafia? Do you think Boras, who has a contract with A-Rod, is going to allow himself to be cut out of this kind of a deal? Yeah, yeah, I know, at the end of the day, Boras works for A-Rod, not the other way around. So does the landscaper at Castle Rodriguez. Do you think Alex Rodriguez is going to go out and mow his own lawn if the guy misses a spot? No, he'd get a new landscaper. The same way, if he were unhappy with Boras, he'd get a new agent. The guy got him $25 million a year for the past seven years and now, after the best season of his career, is positioned to get him even more. Boy, A-Rod must be furious with him. There are, of course, several rational ways to read the situation. The most obvious is that Cynthia Rodriguez must really love living, playing and shopping in New York. The second is A-Rod's almost pathological need to have people like him, even former employers. The third, and most likely, is that this is an unusually shrewd move even for Boras, who needs the Yankees, or even just the threat of the Yankees, to be active in the bidding process if he is ever going to attract the kind of money he apparently has promised his client. For 5 percent of A-Rod's next deal, Boras will gladly allow himself to be painted as the villain, or worse, the fall guy. Next thing you know, the door that had been shut in their faces has been re-opened for A-Rod, and where A-Rod goes, Boras is sure to follow. If anyone is being used here, it's the Yankees, but they must know this, mustn't they? Because if they believe they're getting Rodriguez in a room by himself, they must also believe somebody can do a better job of managing this team than Joe Torre. (Oh, wait a minute ... ) Rich neighborhood Alex Rodriguez will pass himself at the top of the most lucrative contracts in baseball history if he and the Yankees reach agreement on a new 10-year, $275-million contract. The other nine-figure deals: Player, Pos. Team Total value Years Alex Rodriguez, 3B Yankees $252M 10 (2001-10) Derek Jeter, SS Yankees $189M 10 (2001-10) Manny Ramirez, LF Boston $168M 8 (2001-08) Alfonso Soriano,LF Chi. Cubs $136M 8 (2007-14) Vernon Wells, CF Toronto $126M 7 (2008-14) Barry Zito, P SF $126M 7 (2007-13) Mike Hampton, P Atlanta $121M 8 (2001-08) Jason Giambi, 1B Yankees $120M 7 (2002-08) Carlos Beltran, CF Mets $119M 7 (2005-11) Ken Griffey Jr.,RF Cin. $116.5M 9 (2000-08) Carlos Lee, LF Houston $100M 6 (2007-12) Albert Pujols, 1B St.Louis $100M 7 (2004-10) -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 219.91.103.248