Hi Angelica,

I know that Boras represents many other players. I follow MLB news
every single day. I also publish a daily Red Sox newsletter here in
Yahoo! Groups. I put Manny up on a throne and it's my fault for
worshiping him like a god. I have to keep telling myself that he's
human like the rest of us. It just bother me that he isn't signed yet,
and that he should have taken that first deal when the Dodgers offered
it to him.

It's about 430AM here in Santa Barbara. Too early to be "stressing"
out about baseball. LOL! It's suppose to rain around 6AM so I need to
got outside and pull stuff of the patio and cover some of my precious
plants. I truly appreciate your comments and insight. Babble away
anytime! I'll probably have more to stay later tonight after
watch/reading sports news.

Have a peaceful day,

Lynne

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--- In mannyacs@yahoogroups.com, Angelica Chilson <angelica1222@...>
wrote:
>
> hi lynne,
>  
> scott boras is also jason varitek's agent, and i don't know if
you've followed what has been going on with him, but basically varitek
had the chance to go to arbitration with the red sox and most likely
make the same salary he had last year (about 10 million) for one more
year. boras/varitek said no, they wanted to go to free agency and get
a multi year deal. now varitek has been on the decline and only hit
.220 last year. clearly boras overestimated the market for him,
because after a long drawn out drama, varitek ended up coming back and
signing with the red sox - for only 5 million, one year - because
there were no other offers.
>  
> now look at what is happening with manny...
>  
> i can't say i blame them for turning down LA's latest offer, only
because LA origianlly was willing to give him two years, and now they
have gone down to one. so i can understand that. i think boras has
overestimated the market for manny, and yes, i do think he has a lot
of influence on his clients. he is shady, but until now he has always
gotten his clients what they want.
>  
> i don't think it is so much what manny (or any athlete) needs. given
his history with the red sox, i think there was a good chance that
they were NOT going to pick up his options and were NOT going to
re-sign him, they've pretty much come out and said so since he was
traded. I am not defending his actions and certainly not defending
boras, but that is where this whole mess started - the red sox didn't
want to commit to manny's options, boras told him "get out now and
we'll get you a better contract anyway"... .maybe that will turn out
to be bad advice. regardless of how much money or how many years he
gets somehwere else, i think he and the red sox had pretty much come
to the end of their relationship - and i don't think that is solely
one side's fault, either.
>  
> i don't wnat to put all the blame on scott boras, but he has quite a
history of shady dealings, i don't know what it is with him, but he
definitely has a ALOT of influence on his clients, and this is not the
first time he had advised them to do things that hurt their image
(A-Rod, JD Drew, Varitek, and many others). It is about money, but
remember, more money for manny is more money for boras.
>  
> Ok I am babbling, I just get so riled up when talking baseball,
boras, manny, etc... forgive me!
>  
> Angelica
>
>
> --- On Tue, 2/3/09, Lynne <lynne@...> wrote:
>
> From: Lynne <lynne@...>
> Subject: [mannyacs] What;s Going on with Manny?
> To: mannyacs@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 11:35 PM
>
>
> Good Evening Everyone,
>
> Does anyone else think that Scott Boras is the devil? Ever since
> Manny fired his old manager and hooked up with this greedy fool it's
> been down. I'm really disappointed with the direction that Manny has
> taken. Spring training is right around the corner and he still doesn't
> have a team. He was worshiped in Los Angeles and did a lot for the
> Dodgers. He made millions of dollars with the Red Sox. How much cash
> does a person need? I've always had his back in discussions with my
> friends. These days all I can say is "he's a future Hall-of-Famer, so
> shut up!" I'm trying not to lose the love and respect I always had for
> him, but I'm starting to get extremely frustrated.
>
> Talk to me, people. I've love to hear your input and opinions. Help
me understand what the hell is going on.
>
> Take care,
>
> Lynne