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I want you to consider, for a moment, what historians will someday think as they’re combing through the archives and discover that Jayson Werth was discussed (and paid!) as if he were some sort of superstar. Here’s Scott Boras on Werth’s impact for the Nationals:
So, in addition to growing for the player’s performance, the brand in Washington is now a different brand. It is now an acknowledged brand. Their fans know it. Other players know it. And it provides a brand value to the franchise that did not exist prior to Jayson Werth signing.
Sometimes it’s disheartening to think about Boras wasting his talents as an agent, when he could instead be working for the State Department, convincing poor countries to sign distinctly unfavorable trade agreements that would make my sneakers cheaper.
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Sometimes it’s disheartening to think about Boras wasting his talents as an agent
This.
by awilson11 on Feb 3, 2011 4:06 PM EST reply actions
Sometimes it’s disheartening to think about Boras wasting his talents as an agent
Thank goodness he’s doing it with something as ultimately (relatively) trivial and inconsequential as baseball. May God have mercy on our souls if he were running around the Departments of State or Defense; he’d convince allies like Australia to buy weapons or make treaties that are overpriced that they don’t need, except in that scenario, Australia would do a lot more than just sulk that they’re stuck with a contract that’s overvalued and they can’t afford. There could be war and anarchy as a result of Scott Boras.
Although, the more I think about it, how cool would it be to unleash him onto the international geo-political scene??? Maybe there wouldn’t be warfare anymore, he would just Jedi-mind(f) North Korea into nuclear détente . . . .
by bigcatasroma on Feb 4, 2011 9:09 AM EST reply actions
et tu, Rob?
Rob Neyer, protectionist? Intellectually, this is a sad day for me.
by ltrebleg on Feb 4, 2011 2:12 PM EST reply actions
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