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you know, kenny rogers might be a head case, but he's ok in my book..

ditto. firing borass is the first "normal" thing rogers has done. there is hope that this guy just might be sane.

here is one tigers fan that hopes he signs quickly.

boron is a world class dingleberry

can't help but wonder if Boras' other clients aren't a tad worried themselves!? Boras screwed up with Rogers and A-Rod - bet they are wondering if they are next??

He is there to amke money for his clients....and himself.

Taketh not the ideas of greed away from baseball, but instill them for baseball is greed.

Kenny Rogers is a raged, aggressive minnow in a pond of larger fish.

Someone should plant a camera on Boras's shoulder and have him follow Rogers around.....

These players and teams should start negotitating their contracts together. Forget guys like Boras. He's only there to drive up the prices to gain a greater commission. If guys would go to the teams and ask them to make a serious offer to them without an agent being present I wonder what would happen. First of all the player could take less money because they wouldn't have to pay anybody a commission. This would help the team because it could lower their payroll. The player would still get the same amount of money in the end.

soxsider wins comment of the day already! In a perfect world, every pro athlete would have cut ties with Boras in the last week seeing his classless display with Pay-Rod. It's a far from perfect world though, and Boras counts his $million stacks like I count pennies to pay my rent.

Dark Knight, the reason that agents became part of the system in the first place was because the players were getting creamed by the owners when it came to negotiating salaries.

I remember when Selig owned the Brewers and made a statement that the only revenues they made were from ticket sales. He had ample documentation to support this. He showed how they sold off parking revenue, merchandising, concessions and broadcasting rights to various companies for cash to keep the team alive. So, he was right when he said their only revenue was from tickets.

Course, he never mentioned that the companies he sold these things to were companies he owned.....

That is why anyone negotiating with a team would be well served by having an expert working for them because the team sure plans on having one there in their employ...

I think Boras' career is almost over. It is becoming more obvious that he put his interests before his clients. And that will kill an agent's reputation.

Totally correct ghost but the balance of power has shifted too much to the other side now and a market correction is on the horizon, I fear. And that correction will come only with a lot of kicking and screaming by everyone concerned.

Boras will not have a problem. There are enough players out there that don't give to sheets about anything but money. Boras gets them that money. His client-base is huge. While this is bad press, as long as he can continue to get $70M/5 yrs for players like JD Drew, this man will be fine...

Maybe A Jones will be next.

The asinine offer Boras sent to the Braves is why they didn't bother to try to sign Jones at all.

It's looking like Boras is becoming more of a liability than an asset in negotiations.

boras is a walking****

that is the most ridiculus thing i have ever heard .Putting jeter to play first base

I dont agree with moving jeter to first base. He is an excellant short stop
leave a rod where he is .why pay so much for lowell to play first base when he doesent play first

The Agent has an incredible success rate. He got a huge deal for Beltran, even though it was for less than what he was "asking" for.

He's pretty smart, he sets a ridiculous ceiling, sees if anyone bites, and then finds a middle ground from the offers he gets and the asking price.

The man is brilliant. He just got another fat commission of this latest deal. My question is, does he have to rebate some of his commission from the deal that A-Rod opted out of? I'm going with probably not, in which case, the man is smarter than most.

Oh, and I hate him anyway, but as a player entering free agency, he sure wouldn't be a bad guy to have on your side.

CardsFan2, after the year Andruw Jones had he better have Boras at his side all the time to get any real money in the market with potential bargains in some other less expensive center fielders

As much as I hate to say it Boras is going to be just fine. There isn't going ot be mass exodus of his clients. He gets most players far more than they could get on thier own. Has he made a few mistakes this year? Absolutely, but he has a proven track record for getting players more money than they are worth, so he will always have players coming to him.

Can you spell c-o-l-l-u-s-i-o-n? Interesting how these high profile free agents had to drop their prices after the all of the teams met to discuss their "needs" for the coming year.