Uh, but in the quote you give, the offer that Boras was spinning was *real*, wasn’t it?  That doesn’t really back up your larger point.

Good for Henry, sure, but if Boras is out there spewing BS to squeeze out the last penny for his clients, good for him, too.

Teix should just be grateful for whatever the Red Sox are willing to offer him, I guess. How dare he ask for more of John Henry’s money!

I get so tired of this “Boras is evil, Boras is ruining the game” stuff, and I really can’t understand how fans put players on a pedestal, then turn around and argue that they shouldn’t be asking for as much money as they can possibly get from ridiculously wealthy owners. I like Teix, and Manny, and CC—why wouldn’t I want them to get as much money as they can?

If the Red Sox decide they don’t want to pay that much, that’s their prerogative, and I’m fine with it. If Teix decides he wants to play for the Nationals for a few million more, that’s his prerogative. Teix accepting less money from John Henry is not going to save any jobs in Ohio.  Believe it or not, if everyone acts in his own interests, things will turn out pretty well.

I love the bluff, if that’s indeed what it is.  I also love the line in the sand, if that’s what it is.

Time that someone held their ground with big, bad Boras.

And FWIW, the NY papers are saying the Yanks were not the highest bidder.  Guessing that Cashman, like his counterparts in Boston, had a line they would step up to and not much further.

Enjoy the Nats, Teix.  Just as ARod enjoyed the Rangers in 2001 or whatever.  The highest offer doesn not always equal happiness when that team are perennial bottom feeders.

Yeah, millionares getting richer, and I’m supposed to cry a tear becasue someone only offered to pay them $123,000,000 to play a game, and they feel offfended.

Using the argument that they should be able to get all they can get is complete crap. Back in the days of $100,000 contracts, I might have bought it.

But not today. Selling yourself to the highest bidder in prostitution, no matter how you look at it. They could at least exhibit a little bit of integrity and proffessionalism.

Ron, would you rather the Owners pocketing 80% of the $6.6B in revenues?  when there were $100k contracts, the pie was less than a billion, in all likelihood.

I’m more pro-Labor, pro-Capitalism in my leanings.

I don’t have a problem with them getting as much money as they can. That’s a free market ecomony and its a good thing. I have a problem with guys who are making hundreds of millions of dollars complaining about respect and expecting us to sympathize with them, especially considering the tactic they use.

And I particularly have a problem with the dirty tactics used by the agents to get the money.

Any owner who doesn’t use proper tactics should be punished also. Remember in ‘87, when the Players Union sued for millions of dollars for collusion, and won.

I’d be a lot more willing to listen if Boras or Tellem were fined for thier actions, but that will never happen.

Bottom line is, whether its from the owners, players, or agents, we’re all getting scrwed when it comes to tickets, concessions and merchandises.

I’m just trying to figure out what it is that any of them have to complain about. Rich people getting richer, and we’re paying the bills. Why don’t they listen to us for a change.

Hey, I’m doing my part.

No, fair point. I don’t have a problem with the big contracts. I wish I could have one.

I would just like to see guys like Boras and Tellem get hit for their dirty tactics, like the owners got.

All this revenue that baseball owners and players fight over come from where again?  Oh yeah - people like you and I that love baseball and can afford to attend games, buy packages to watch our favorite teams and clothes our children in the regalia of our favorite teams in hopes they too follow the teams of our youth.  So when the our pocketbooks are hurting baseball pocketbooks will hurt as well - maybe not quite to the same extent but the effect of the poor economy will be felt.

Maybe because I live in one of the poorest sections of Ohio, work with college students that struggle to afford an education at a state school and who families cannot afford to attend events celebrating their childrens successes I am a little bothered by the tactics Boras uses to get a few more million dollars. 

I do not begrudge anyone the ability to make money and have financial success - my wife and I are well educated and have well paying jobs ourselves.  However I do struggle when billionaires and millionaires haggle over money that could alter the lives of many people.  Maybe if they fully funded their enterprises I would be less perturbed than I am today but when Bloomberg asks for more taxpayers monies the same week the Yankees signed two ballplayers for roughly the same amount of requested fund - I feel a little sick to my stomach.

I don’t really have a problem with Boras lying in negotiations, because there’s a perfect check for that: At some point, a team will call him on it and his client will lose big. If the team doesn’t call him on it, obviously they were willing to pay the price.

If Boras lies to the Red Sox and says, “I have a $250M offer” and the Sox offer $260M, doesn’t it follow that they value Teix at $260M? Why should we feel bad for the team or have negative feelings toward Boras for getting the maximum amount the team is willing to pay?

Moose, I’m just as offended by public financing as you, but Teix not getting the last dollar from ownership isn’t going to make it go away.

Ron, I don’t think I’ve heard Teix complain or say that he’s being disrespected.