Hand over that game, I have a Blackberry here
Getting around to Alex Rodriguez. If you're wondering how the A-Rod "You couldn't get me to stay in New York for $72 million" announcement came about during the World Series clincher Sunday night, the answer is simple.
Rodriguez' agent, Scott Boras (below), sent an e-mail to reporters during the game.
That move essentially stole the World Series telecast's attention from the actual game for several minutes as Fox announcers, including former Sun sports reporter Ken Rosenthal, were forced to deal with the "development."
Not everyone was amused, as evidence by this note from MLB president Bob DuPuy that appeared in a New York Times story today.
DuPuy said he was "appalled at the lack of respect shown the game by the selfish and self-centered announcement of Scott Boras (Sunday) evening."
"The announcement appeared to be a deliberate attempt to take attention from the preeminent baseball event of the year, the World Series, and showed a significant disregard for the core principle that baseball is a team game and not an individual sport."
The Times story said that Boras later apologized. Profusely, I'm sure.
Photo credit: Branimir Kvartuc/AP
Comments
It would be nice if MLB would be able to hand out a real punishment to Boras.
Posted by: Captain Jack | October 30, 2007 10:58 AM
As criticism mounts for his handling of Alex Rodriguez's departure from the NY Yankees, a subdued Scott Boras, in an exclusive interview, told eTrueSports: "I'm a real jerk."
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Frank,
Thanks for writing and passing that along.
-- Bill O.
Posted by: Frank Coffey | October 30, 2007 7:39 PM
This guy is a real idiot, It would be nice if arod didnt play for the next few years and Boras had to pay his wages. i will not watch baseball for two years, along with a whole group of us,
Sick of the selfishness of these players.
Posted by: Jim mcLaughlin | November 2, 2007 10:48 PM
Bill, playing a little catch ball here, but did you hear that A-Rod is buying Shaq's mansion? And we reported that he was so in need of bucks he was having garage sales. Maybe he borrowed from Bore-ass.
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Frank,
All news to me ... but if that's the rumor. Geez, I'd like to see what's in that garage sale.
-- Bill O.
Posted by: Frank Coffey | November 10, 2007 3:07 AM