Scott Boras, the Avenging Agent, tops this year's list of major-league turkeys

 
Had enough turkey? Oh, c'mon, what's 10 more? Here's our annual top 10 baseball turkeys, counting down from 10 to No. 1. [link]

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On bloggers and the blogosphere…

They can present stuff/analysis that the mainstream media aren’t allowed to cover and they have no constraints of how many words they can use or how thorough they can cover a given subject. They can approach a subject from any number of angles (i.e. sabermetrics) that those in the mainstream are not allowed to by the higher ups. They’re just such a tremendous online resource and they’re ...
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Rays: Boras still has Pena's confidence

News | Rays Boras still has Pena's confidence By EDUARDO A. ENCINA, Times Staff Writer Published November 25, 2007 The amount the Rays will have to pay 1B Carlos Pena after his AL comeback player of the year performance remains a mystery. Pena's ...
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Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankees reach Home Run marketing deal; $305m/10yrs; NYY, Boras finalizing

Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees have agreed on a US$30-million marketing package based on home-run achievements that could raise the total value of his new contract to $305 million over 10 years. Under the agreement, which remains to be finalized, Rodriguez could receive $6 million each for tying the home-run levels of Willie Mays (660), Babe Ruth (714), Hank Aaron (755) and Barry Bonds
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Carlos Peña rechaza contrato de 30 millones de dólares a Tampa :: Portada :: Impacto Deportivo con Franklin Mirabal

a rechaza contrato de 30 millones de d lares a Tampa El dominicano Carlos Peña, quien brilló por todo lo alto en el 2007, acaba de rechazar un contrato de tres años y 30 millones de dólares a Tampa, según se confió este sábado a ...
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Bronx Banter: Lettuce Entertain You

The Yankees and Scott Boras are still grinding out Alex Rodriguez's contract. Yesterday some details emerged about the milestone bonuses that will be included. Seems the contract will get around the fact that player contracts are not allowed to ...
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