Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
February 27, 2009
Dodgers Rejected

Jon Weisman posts the Dodgers statement that Scott Boras rejected their offer for Manny Ramirez:

"We love Manny Ramirez," said Dodgers Owner Frank McCourt, "And we want Manny back, but we feel we are negotiating against ourselves. When his agent finds those 'serious offers' from other clubs, we'll be happy to re-start the negotiations.

"Even with an economy that has substantially eroded since last November, out of respect for Manny and his talents, we actually improved our offer.

"So now, we start from scratch."

I take it Manny won't be getting any more $20 million a year offers. Jon goes on:

It's interesting to note that the Dodgers aim their venom at Boras, even though ostensibly Boras is working for Ramirez. Of course, the natural explanations for this are 1) the Dodgers need to stay on Ramirez' good side in the event he does end up with the team, and 2) doubt about who's boss in the Boras-Ramirez relationship.

That is one of the jobs of an agent, to take all the abuse so the client doesn't need have his relationship soured. It's in fact, one of the best reasons for having an agent. The boss can scream and yell as much as he wants at your representative, but a good one never tells the client that. You just hear how much they love you.

The Dodgers believe they called Boras's bluff. We'll see if that's true soon. I'd really love to see the Giants swoop in and sign Manny now. That would make the NL West a lot more interesting.


Posted by David Pinto at 12:20 AM | Free Agents | TrackBack (0)
Comments

Yes, so would I. Then you will stop talking about the Giants signing Manny and Dodger fans can laugh about Manny taking 3.99 minutes to go from home to first as a Giant. Sadly, I still believe 6 months from now I will get an e-mail from you Mr. Pinto reversing the aforementioned teams. But seriously the "how cool would it be for the Giants..." is getting a bit old. I say this with all due respect.

Posted by: Bill at February 27, 2009 01:37 AM

Yes, so would I. Then you will stop talking about the Giants signing Manny and Dodger fans can laugh about Manny taking 3.99 minutes to go from home to first as a Giant. Sadly, I still believe 6 months from now I will get an e-mail from you Mr. Pinto reversing the aforementioned teams. But seriously the "how cool would it be for the Giants..." is getting a bit old. I say this with all due respect.

Posted by: Bill at February 27, 2009 01:38 AM

This is amazing. It's the Scott Boras Show now, not the Manny Ramirez Show, and it's just as nutty and unpredictable.

Hm, Bill, I somehow doubt you're going to get an e-mail from David Pinto six months from now.

Posted by: James at February 27, 2009 06:38 AM
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