From The Windup: Sorting Through the Latest Scott Boras Draft Power Play

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From The Windup: Sorting Through the Latest Scott Boras Draft Power Play
Where have you gone, Andy Van Slyke? found this 9/4/2008 on mlb.fanhouse.com [flag]
From The Windup is FanHouse's daily, extended look at a particular portion of America's pastime. There is one name that strikes fear into the heart of baseball fans and it's not Rodriguez or Santana or Sabathia or Ramirez. It's Boras. Signing or drafting a Scott Boras client means that your team is going to be put through every wringer possible as Boras tries to hustle, hassle, and finagle ... [link]

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Published 9/4/2008 by Pat (noreply@blogger.com) at Where have you gone, Andy Van Slyke?
... in which one of the MLB 'Housers gets to write a long-form column. All of the stuff everyone's been doing so far is quite good. I think my day of the week will be Thursday. I bet you can't guess what my first topic was. ...

From the Windup: The Evolution of Loyalty
Published 9/10/2008 at FanHouse
... The bright side -- and admittedly this is optimistic -- is that maybe this trend won't continue forever. This seems like an odd statement, especially when I start thinking about the proverbial sharks that are circling the water in the MLB free agent pool. But at the same time, maybe there is a glimmer of hope, stemming from the economics of baseball. ...

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