看了這篇NYTimes的文章，才知道原來A-Rod以前和水手也來過同樣的戲碼 當時Mariner第一順位選上了他，Boras認為他值$2.5M，但水手只願意付$1M 所以Boras拒絕Mariner和A-Rod所有直接的接觸，一直拖到了Deadline結束幾小時前 A-Rod才決定跳過Boras直接和Mariner簽了$1.3M的約， 但Boras很生氣，還向MLB申訴，並打算讓合約失效 一直到隔年Mariner和A-Rod簽下延長合約，整個事件才結束。 咱們來看看這次Boras會不會有什麼反應吧~ Familiar Negotiating Strategy for Rodriguez By ALAN SCHWARZ http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/16/sports/baseball /16rodriguez.html?_r=1&oref=slogin As Alex Rodriguez appears to be straying from Scott Boras’s game plan and negotiating with the Yankees himself over a new contract, the Seattle Mariners may be experiencing de'ja` vu. Fourteen years ago, Rodriguez signed his first professional contract under eerily similar circumstances — he broke from Boras’s hard-line negotiating stance and agreed to lower terms without Boras’s direct involvement. Rodriguez, who was picked No. 1 over all by Seattle in the June 1993 amateur draft, held out for months as Boras demanded a $2.5 million contract. Boras declined all attempts by the Mariners to speak with Rodriguez directly, angering club officials and creating a contentious atmosphere. The Mariners, who were offering $1 million, were prepared to walk away as the Aug. 30 signing deadline approached. But Rodriguez, then 18 and preferring to play professional baseball rather than accept a scholarship to the University of Miami, asked a family acquaintance, Joe Arriola, to bridge the gulf between the two sides. (Arriola, a well-known South Florida baseball figure at the time, had advised Rodriguez to hire Boras as his agent.) Arriola called the Mariners on Rodriguez’s behalf and arranged a last-minute negotiating session in Miami that included himself, the Mariners’ president, Chuck Armstrong, Rodriguez and his family. Two days of talks at a local hotel, at which Boras was not present but was occasionally consulted by the Rodriguez camp by telephone, culminated in Rodriguez’s signing a contract mere hours before the deadline. The deal was worth about $1.3 million — not far from what the Mariners had been offering all along. Boras had advised not to accept such a deal. Boras, whom Rodriguez kept as his agent, was furious that the contract had been negotiated without his involvement. He later filed a grievance on Rodriguez’s behalf through the Major League Baseball Players Association that accused the Mariners of breaking rules by negotiating with a player without his agent present. Boras wanted the contract voided, which would make Rodriguez a free agent. The case, at which other club executives scoffed, languished in baseball’s arbitration system well into 1996 until Rodriguez signed a contract extension with the Mariners and agreed to drop the grievance. --

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