» SCOTT BORAS http://youbeenblinded.com Wed, 23 May 2012 05:04:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://youbeenblinded.com http://youbeenblinded.com/wp-content/mbp-favicon/favicon.ico Manny Ramirez’ Arrival At Dodger Stadium http://youbeenblinded.com/manny-ramirez-arrival-at-dodger-stadium/1455 http://youbeenblinded.com/manny-ramirez-arrival-at-dodger-stadium/1455#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:06:36 +0000 HG http://youbeenblinded.com/manny-ramirez-arrival-at-dodger-stadium/1455

I posted a video of Manny Ramirez leaving Fenway Park so I had to post this video of Manny’s first day at Dodger Stadium. Manny is accompanied by agent Scott Boras as team owner Frank McCourt and icon Tommy Lasorda show him around his new stomping grounds. The best part of the video is when Manny talks to catcher Russell Martin about his new jersey number.

MR: What’s going on with the number? 99?
RM: Wayne Gretzky bro. You’re the Wayne Gretzky….
MR: I’m not a hockey player.

The jersey number doesn’t matter because Manny Ramirez has been on fire since joining the Dodgers. Wayne Gretzky took the L.A. Kings to the NHL finals in the 99 jersey. Will Manny get the Dodgers to the World Series?

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Back in the day.. Before Alex Rodriguez fired Scott Boras, before Alex Rodriguez opted out of his Yankees contract during the World Series, before Jose Canseco said he had steroid related dirt on A-Rod, before Alex was seen with the chick with the tig ‘o bitties and her Medifast coupons and before Alex was beefin with Jeter, Super Agent Scott Boras helped Alex Rodriguez sign a $252 million dollar contract with the Texas Rangers.

How did Boras do it?I don’t know.. But I do know one of the tactics that Boras used. He, well his staff at the Scott Boras Corporation, put together a sharp blue binder full of Alex Rodriguez stats and mailed it to every team in MLB. The book is full of statistical breakdowns and projections for A-Rod against current (2000) and former ball players.

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There are pages and pages like this, mixed in with quotes from guys like Larry Bowa and Dusty Baker. All of it was done to celebrate the greatness that is Alex Rodriguez. Funny how times change.. Fast forward 7 years, Alex has a bigger contract but Boras almost blew it, and now they don’t speak.

If you’ve got a little time on your hands you can check out the entire Alex Rodriguez Historical Performance binder.

Alex Rodriguez Historical Performance
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