ghostrunner wrote:Guys, the meetings are here in Indy. Give me a plan of attack.
Pound on Boras's door every 15 minutes all night. Sleep deprivation is a powerful tool.
I saw La Russa yesterday at the convention center. I had no idea who he was with, but the other dude definitely wasn't somebody from the PD, and it wasn't DeWitt, Mozeliak, Duncan, Luhnow or any other big-name baseball figure. Maybe it was boyer14.
ghostrunner wrote:Guys, the meetings are here in Indy. Give me a plan of attack.
Pound on Boras's door every 15 minutes all night. Sleep deprivation is a powerful tool.
I saw La Russa yesterday at the convention center. I had no idea who he was with, but the other dude definitely wasn't somebody from the PD, and it wasn't DeWitt, Mozeliak, Duncan, Luhnow or any other big-name baseball figure. Maybe it was boyer14.
Ha, missed your chance to learn from the master.
I thought about going down there at lunch actually, but I don't know what I'd do. Just wait for people I recognize and look like a dummy.
ghostrunner wrote:Guys, the meetings are here in Indy. Give me a plan of attack.
Pound on Boras's door every 15 minutes all night. Sleep deprivation is a powerful tool.
I saw La Russa yesterday at the convention center. I had no idea who he was with, but the other dude definitely wasn't somebody from the PD, and it wasn't DeWitt, Mozeliak, Duncan, Luhnow or any other big-name baseball figure. Maybe it was boyer14.
Something about that just rings true to me. Next time leave out the apostrophe for effect.
ghostrunner wrote:Guys, the meetings are here in Indy. Give me a plan of attack.
Pound on Boras's door every 15 minutes all night. Sleep deprivation is a powerful tool.
I saw La Russa yesterday at the convention center. I had no idea who he was with, but the other dude definitely wasn't somebody from the PD, and it wasn't DeWitt, Mozeliak, Duncan, Luhnow or any other big-name baseball figure. Maybe it was boyer14.
Ha, missed your chance to learn from the master.
I thought about going down there at lunch actually, but I don't know what I'd do. Just wait for people I recognize and look like a dummy.
I didn't know what I was doing either. Because there's a job fair at the convention center, I thought I could talk to some minor league guys about what they do for a living, but the job fair has a $200 registration fee.
Mostly I got some light exercise walking all over the convention center complex. I never did find the fabled Media Room.
Boras recently has offered public critique of the Cardinals' spending habits — particularly their aggressive payment schedule for new Busch Stadium — and apparently reiterated those beliefs to team chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. One club source termed a portion of Sunday night's 90-minute meeting with Boras a "lecture" of DeWitt.
I wonder how much Boras' arrogance hurts his mid-level clients like Ankiel. Why would you want to deal with him when you can find equal value with a more agreeable agent.
Boras' full-court press in the P-D today makes it look like he's concerned about the Cardinals dropping out of the bidding, probably because this is where Holliday wants to play. Otherwise, why would he give a [expletive] about the team's spending habits?
jagtrader wrote:Boras' full-court press in the P-D today makes it look like he's concerned about the Cardinals dropping out of the bidding, probably because this is where Holliday wants to play. Otherwise, why would he give a [expletive] about the team's spending habits?
That's kinda the way I interpreted it, as well. He seems to be working the Cards awfully hard. I haven't heard much about his negotiations with other teams.
Said Boras on Wednesday: "There are always going to be those philosophical issues when you're making well over $200 million and you're putting $27 million to $28 million a year into your stadium."
Boras challenged the Cardinals' classification of such payments as an expense, insisting it should not be counted against their annual bottom line. "I don't know many accountants who would view it that way. I view that as profit. I view it as choice," he said, adding, "These are owners' decisions. I just think the fans need to know these are choices. There's nothing that prevents a great franchise like the St. Louis Cardinals from signing two great players."
Said Boras on Wednesday: "There are always going to be those philosophical issues when you're making well over $200 million and you're putting $27 million to $28 million a year into your stadium."
Boras challenged the Cardinals' classification of such payments as an expense, insisting it should not be counted against their annual bottom line. "I don't know many accountants who would view it that way. I view that as profit. I view it as choice," he said, adding, "These are owners' decisions. I just think the fans need to know these are choices. There's nothing that prevents a great franchise like the St. Louis Cardinals from signing two great players."
He makes some good points.
Having said that, shut the hell up Scott.
Why? I like when the owners are challenged to be open...
I am quite enjoying Scott's little tirade against ownership. He's good at what he does and every day is something new. And, it's awesome to see someone call out ownership on their spending.
