everyone is just posturing about this, but that's especially egregious from the players association, which has consistently bargained away anything that would help minor leaguers/rookies (because those ppl aren't in the union and have no power)
― mookieproof, Monday, 30 March 2015 20:56 (nine years ago) link
The basic truth is this: Scott Boras walked into a bunch of GMs’ offices in the winter of 2000, he threw down a sheet of paper that said exactly what Alex Rodriguez was going to do over the next 10 years, and he was almost exactly right!
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=26172
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Monday, 27 April 2015 17:12 (nine years ago) link
Scott Boras just referred to Jake Arrieta as a “big squirrel with a lot of nuts in his trees.” Don’t ask why.— Jerry Crasnick (@jcrasnick) November 15, 2017
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 19:05 (six years ago) link
Scott Boras: “This isn’t the Windy City. This is the economic hurricane in Chicago of what the Cubs have done."— Patrick Mooney (@MooneyNBCS) November 15, 2017
― na (NA), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 20:04 (six years ago) link
is this moustakas deal the biggest L of boras' career y/n
yikes
― mookieproof, Friday, 9 March 2018 15:16 (six years ago) link
Scott Boras says Jake Arrieta “puts the cream in the coffee” for the Phillies. I think that means the Phillies are ready to win, but I don’t speak Borasese.— Jared Diamond (@jareddiamond) March 13, 2018
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 14:04 (six years ago) link
Scott Boras: ‘If this were major league Christmas, we’d be looking at 30 stockings that wanted a lump of Cole.’— Alex Speier (@alexspeier) November 13, 2019
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 21:34 (four years ago) link
Scott Boras on Nicholas Castellanos: “Ol’ St. Nick delivers once a year. Young St. Nick delivers all season.”— Vinnie Duber (@VinnieDuber) November 13, 2019
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 21:48 (four years ago) link
Scott Boras on Yasmani Grandal: "Some team's gonna find themselves having a very Yasmerry Christmas this year. It'll be a Grand 'al time"
― frogbs, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 21:53 (four years ago) link
Scott Boras on Travis d’Arnaud: "One lucky team is going to be decorating their tree with many fine d'Arnaments"
― frogbs, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 21:54 (four years ago) link
Scott Boras on Odrisamer Despaigne: "If I were you I'd open up a fine bottle of
eh fuck it
― frogbs, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 21:56 (four years ago) link
couldn't be taking a pay cut to move into color analyst
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 22:40 (four years ago) link
Scott Boras on the CF free agent market and Bradley’s place in it: ‘JBJ is kind of the PBJ of the market. He’s sweet, smooth, and spreads (defense, presumably?) all over.’— Alex Speier (@alexspeier) December 15, 2020
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 22:41 (three years ago) link