Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
October 21, 2007
Understanding Boras

I just received an advance copy of Ben McGrath's profile of Scott Boras, titled "The Extortionist." The article appears in tomorrow's New Yorker. McGrath's mostly paints Boras with a negative brush. There are a lot more quotes against Scott than for him. The only player who gets quoted on Boras is Damon:

Boras's controlling style may be better suited for less self-assured stars, like A-Rod, or cheery, guileless players like Johnny Damon, who told me, of his relationship with Boras, "Scott for me was much like a psychologist this year. I was way into my head, and for the first time I had trouble with my legs. He makes you feel like you could play another ten years."

Negativity about Boras abounds, from MLB, from Marvin Miller and from other agents. I come away liking Scott, however, because he pushes the baseball envelope. The story of Tim Belcher show how Scott is willing to challenge the idiotic rules baseball plays by, thereby exposing problems with the game. Boras wants to grow the game, and he's willing to think outside the box to do so. That's something baseball should value.

If the article is on-line tomorrow, I'll post a link.

Update: The article is on-line here.


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