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At the time he hired Boras he thought his No Trade clause WAS FINE!

WHich means he couldn’t have fired the Agent for not filing what he thought WAS filed!

Here is the lawyer once again.

“They did something atrocious. Their arrogance makes this so evil. It’s like rear-ending somebody but instead of stopping your car and trading insurance information they blew up the car and ran away. They committed negligence and turned it into a fraud case … He’s going to lose a lot of money; the question is whether it’s seven figures or eight figures. There’s long-term damage to his career. He wasn’t even in position to be marketed as a closer last winter. They really (messed) with his career in a monumental way.”

From the article: The alleged damage is that by being unable to veto a trade to Milwaukee like he thought he’d be able to, K-Rod lost out on showcasing himself as a closer late last year and thus was unable to make bank this winter as a free agent. Instead he accepted arbitration and will remain, presumably as a setup man, with the Brewers.

“If Rodriguez had been aware a no-trade provision was never filed during his career, Johnson said, he would have been more amenable to signing an extension with the Mets. Rodriguez thought he had leverage, Johnson said, that didn’t exist.”

He thought he had leverage. You don’t need leverage if you don’t plan to use it.

Which is why he hired Scott Boras. TO USE THE LEVERAGE HE THOUGHT HE HAD!!!!

When the Mets saw he hired Boras they traded him BEFORE they could find out they had no leverage and it became a bigger issue. If Alderson knew he’d waive the option and STILL couldn’t find a market for the guy from teams who needed a closer – what would the market be when he hits free agency? Nothing. Thus he knew teams getting him probably won’t get the picks they THINK they will get. Which is what would have happened to them.

It was practically the next day. KRod was rumored talking to Boras a few days prior, he hires Boras, he gets traded and then realizes his previous agent screwed him.

You hire Scott Boras to help you make more money. You don’t make more money by helping your current team out. He wanted out of NY and he thought he could waive the option so he could hit the open market and get PAID. The problem as we saw was, he did the exact same thing with Milwaukee and the Brewers thought “go ahead, we’ll get picks” and what happened?

Nobody wanted him. Why?

And what happened to the Brewers? An expensive setup man and no draft picks.

The whole situation was ugly but in the end, Alderson did 1 thing right here – he accurately predicted the market for KRod. You cannot deny it. Nobody wanted him but the Brewers, and nobody wanted him in the open market. Nobody. Just like nobody bid for him the first time and the Mets outbid themselves – just like they did with Ollie P and Luis Castillo.

Should I underline and bold the line about K-Rod asking to get rid of the option and his agent meeting with Alderson and it not getting done?

Should I also bold the line that showed Sandy used the fact he was willing to lose the Option as a selling point for the trade when you claim he never spoke to alderson (your old fantasy) with your new one that K-Rod refused to give it up over some LEVERAGE you now claim he knew he didn’t have at the time and fired his agent for?

You evidence seems to contradict whatever it was you have tried to say for a year on this K-Rod issue!

It seems to me that more mediocre players have come on to become great managers, perhaps because they were able to identify with so many players under their wing who were just as limited talent wise and understood how to use them and what to expect. And some of the great ones failed as managers, often because they expected their players to perform too often like they did.

I wish I could bold and underline it for you

Rodriguez thought he had leverage, Johnson said, that didn’t exist.

Johnson is KRod’s Lawyer. KRod got traded because he made the first move and hired Scott Boras because he thought he had leverage to get a better deal for himself NOT to try and help the Mets out.

When he did that, they QUICKLY traded him because they knew what KRod didn’t and the longer he was with Boras the worse things would get for the Mets.

And then they wondered why it happened so fast, then they realized why and got mad. They thought they had leverage. You don’t talk about leverage if you dont plan to USE IT.

You can spin the story anyway you’d like but the fact remains he hired the best sports agent probably in the world because he wanted to get more money.

If he had dropped his vesting option with the Mets – what would have happened?

Exactly what happened to the Brewers, they would have THOUGHT they’d get draft picks but then guess what? Nobody wanted KRod so they had to keep him and lost the possibility of draft picks that they thought they would obtain. Lose, Lose.

Hi Joey,
Well we can be certain his big moments didn’t occur on the field. He was less than average there. LOL.
From Des
P.S.: I hope you have a meaningful holiday.

Now can we please move on from this nonsense and talk about the present and future of the Mets instead.

Amen to that. I will agree as being one of those culprits killing his fingers on the keyboard.

Since we both are two of the elder statesmen of the group, though I wasn’t old enough to see Rigney play I did get a chance to see Marv Thronberry before he became a Met when he was playing first base for Kansas City in a game against the Yankees. Little did we know his glory years were ahead of him.

I think Rigney’s biggest accomplishment was as a manager, leading the Angeles to a third place finish in only their second year of existence (1962) before the advent of free agency when teams could buy players like Arizona did decades later. They were still challenging the Yankees for most of the season until failing in late August.

Under Rigney, they actually finished above .500 three of their first seven seasons. It took the other three original expansion teams (Mets, Astros and new Washington Senators) more time to do that even once. I shudder to think how long it’s going to take us to accomplish even that again.

As soon as Sandy gets the boot Jessup will come back to earth and you will see a big difference.

We never disagreed this badly before he got on this Sandy Worship kick!

And thank you as always.

Can you do me a favor? You and Jessep make peace together for you’ve both been cordial with me and I just hate to see two really nice guys hurting each other.

Despite the ridicule, please know tomorrow after sundown I’ll be including you in my prayers to G-d to enter your name in the Book of Life for another year as Yom Kippur, begins, as I will everyone and their loved ones here at MMO.

Sharing a Good Yontif with everybody.

There is a group of about 5 or 6 guys here who love Sandy alderson and won’t leave anyone who criticizes him alone!

Rigney got brought up because someone said Sandy hadn’t really won anywhere except Oakland and he had little to do with that team as he was just an inexperienced business guy learning the business from Rigney and Eisenhardt!

89 is the only WS Sandy has on his resume so it has been debated ad nauseum because the guys who think Sandy Craps Gold Nuggets need something to use as justification for saying he has a track record and has won something!

He fired his agent because he said:
“Rodriguez told Collins during their discussion that he wanted to get rid of the option, so any decisions on how the Mets used him would be related strictly to baseball.”

And fired him becauase:

“Waldstein said that Collins referred Rodriguez to Sandy Alderson, but that a deal could not be worked out, but Alderson told other teams that Rodriguez would be willing to forgo the option, making it much easier for the Mets to trade him.”

http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/08/back-story-on-k-rod-option-beato-and-parnell-have-struggled.html

Nothing there says he wanted the best deal for himself in fact there is proof that he would have preferred to stay a closer and become a Free Agent.

“K-Rod could get a multiyear deal as a free agent, so he might not mind so terribly giving up the vesting option and becoming a free agent instead.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/jon_heyman/07/13/mets.brewers.trade.francisco.rodriguez/index.html#ixzz27RrPdiWq”

SO read it and weep smart ass!
You once again put your own foot in your mouth by trying to create these SANDY SAFE fantasies in order to keep the shine on this miserable and failed GM!

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303812104576440440167142796.html

Voras thought there WAS no Trade paperwork which means at the time he couldn’t have been hired for the screwup mentioned in the lawsuit!

Here is some more for you to choke on…Boras seemed to think he had a say in where K-Rod went but didn’t.

“It’s certainly curious how quickly they traded K-Rod. Boras’ presence changed the game a bit, as the agent immediately seemed to set a new course, saying Rodriguez wouldn’t be happy to be traded to a team where he’d be a set-up man, in opposition to K-Rod’s previous public pronouncements. So the Mets have been concerned some teams would become scared.”

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/jon_heyman/07/13/mets.brewers.trade.francisco.rodriguez/index.html#ixzz27RpVs851

Note the phrase K-Rod’s PREVIOUS PUBLIC ANNONCEMENTS!

Boras was hired and thought he had a no trade list but didn’t which makes your original link (AS USUAL) just post dated subterfuge hoping to rewrite historic events!

Now if you admit you were wrong and your attitude unjustified maybe we can continue on a civil path!

YOUR the one who thinks he is always right!
Even when your wrong and if the facts don’t prove you out you make up facts or twist some other fact to try and fit your little Sandy Is Great Fantasy world!