2008-12-08T14:13:49-05:00 Could Varitek impasse hurt BoSox with Teixeira? 2008-11-24T14:38:47-05:00 9 2008-11-24T14:38:47-05:00 1 1 10 2008-11-26T00:09:11-05:00 4 CA AngelsFan4Life Irvine 599884 11 I think it's absurd to think the negotiations of one player could impact another simply because they're friends. I can assure you this much, if Boston offers Teixeira the most money, he goes there.....period. Same with Varitek - he goes where the money is, especially at his age. I'm an Angels fan and think the Sox would be insane to sign Tek for anything beyond one year. Boras comes up with the most ridiculous nonsense when it comes to older players. It's really unbelievable. 3452883 2008-11-24T23:46:39-05:00 296 MA RunItUp 180877 10 Ok here's the deal...YOU write articles based on FACTS and NOT what YOU think. Then we read and comment on how retarded you are. This article is a fail 3439365 2008-11-24T18:50:59-05:00 783 CA BandofGold Beverly Hills 25866 8 Tek is not worth 13 million. I am sick of Tek being some kind of saint. Boras is his agent so that says it all. He is out for the money but he isn't going to get it. ONLY the Yankees would be paying Posada that type of money at his age. The Red Sox are not that stupid. If Tek was really the classy guy people pretend he is he would take 7 million for 2 years because that is more then he is worth at the plate and close to what he is worth behind teh plate at HIS old age 3436957 2008-11-24T17:44:21-05:00 6 RI Tim'79 North Kingstown 615988 7 Jon how much does Scott Boras pay you? Honestly question Jon, how much does Boras pay you to carry his water and to make a professional fool of yourself? Follow along baseball fans..... Report in Boston on WEEI.com this morning said the Sox initial offer to Varitek was for only one year.......the Boston Globe then reported that Boras told them negotiations haven't even started yet......well o and behold look who has this very topic on the tip of his tongue and chimes in JUST THIS AFTERNOON with a not so veiled Boras threat.....errrr propaganda piece about slow negotiations with Varitek possibly affecting Teixeira and the Sox. What a coincindence of timing eh Jon? Jon we get it that you're a tool of Boras and have been for a long time. Must you be so obvious about it? Have you no pride left? Embarrassing!! 3436313 2008-11-24T17:17:37-05:00 1 MA Stork1125 Braintree 615937 5 Boras will definitely use one contract for the other, just like he did with Dice-K and JD Drew. He's an evil man that sees only dollar signs. I can see him agreeing to a short term but lucrative deal with Tek providing the Sox give 8 yrs to Tex or vice versa... maybe he'll cave on 6 yrs if the Sox promise Tek 4. Something along those lines. And the Sox will do it because they want to keep good negotiations going with Boras. 3435961 2008-11-24T17:35:02-05:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/826/0/thumb/9.gif 12521 hyperRevue 8280 Boras will definitely use one contract for the other, just like he did with Dice-K and JD Drew. He's an evil man that sees only dollar signs. I can see him agreeing to a short term but lucrative deal with Tek providing the Sox give 8 yrs to Tex or vice versa... maybe he'll cave on 6 yrs if the Sox promise Tek 4. Something along those lines. And the Sox will do it because they want to keep good negotiations going with Boras. 6 2 years for Tek and 8 for Tex. I think that's fair. 3436186 2008-11-24T17:17:37-05:00 1 MA Stork1125 Braintree 615937 5 Boras will definitely use one contract for the other, just like he did with Dice-K and JD Drew. He's an evil man that sees only dollar signs. I can see him agreeing to a short term but lucrative deal with Tek providing the Sox give 8 yrs to Tex or vice versa... maybe he'll cave on 6 yrs if the Sox promise Tek 4. Something along those lines. And the Sox will do it because they want to keep good negotiations going with Boras. 3435961 2008-11-24T15:53:31-05:00 8 NH Ray1950 West Lebanon 275800 3 If signing Teixeira means signing Varitek, I'll pass on both. 3434477 2008-11-24T15:46:53-05:00 1121 CA Yankee27 Castaic 188694 2 Its a business... Boras will not let this be a factor. 3434426 2008-11-24T15:02:12-05:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/826/0/thumb/9.gif 12521 hyperRevue 8280 1 I doubt it. Teixeira will sign with the Sox if they offer the best contract. End of story. They could spit in Varitek's face and Teixeira wouldn't blink. 3433761 9 <p>The big stars almost always go for the best offer, no matter what. Friendship usually doesn't determine where the $100-million-plus players sign. But it's interesting to wonder whether the Red Sox's chances to land star free agent first baseman <strong>Mark Teixeira</strong> could be hindered by their current impasse in negotiations involving his good friend <strong>Jason Varitek</strong>.</p> <div>The current tenor of Varitek's talks may not impact Texiera's thinking one bit. I don't know that to be the case. But the team's chances to sign Teixeira certainly aren't being helped by the fact Varitek isn't being signed quickly.</div> <div>If the Red Sox don't get&nbsp;Teixeira, it'll probably be because they don't want to go the eight years or more he'll almost surely be able to get elsewhere. But if they budged a little&nbsp;in the case&nbsp;Varitek, it might help.</div> <div>It surely couldn't hurt.</div> 26363 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/100/64/thumb/Heyman_Jon.png 0 NY Jon Heyman New York 10084