Here is a statement from Curt Schilling( who I can't stand, but it is a good comment)
Please stop with the greedy bum statements too, all of you screaming that would be saying nothing if the Sox had ante?d up. I?m surprised but I don?t think nearly as much as most others. Why? Because not once, never, did you hear ANYTHING from Mark in this entire charade. This is how Scott Boras works, and his clients love him for it. Mark never said he wanted Boston, sources ?close to negotiations? did. That and a handful of nickels will get you a quarter.
Stop being surprised in these deals when you hear comments from EVERYONE but the players. Until the player speaks I am comfortable telling you more than 90 percent of what you hear is what teams WANT you to hear through their media ?sources?. Half of these folks get told things from teams because teams
WANT that message in particular, out there?
I think the Steinbrenners, coming off a miserable last season in Yankee Stadium, are dead set on opening the new stadium with a World Series and they don?t care how much it costs. Good for them. You can bitch all you want about the Yankees and greed but they spend money in a sincere effort to win it all, every year. What fan wouldn?t want their teams to do that.
Please stop with the greedy bum statements too, all of you screaming that would be saying nothing if the Sox had ante?d up. I?m surprised but I don?t think nearly as much as most others. Why? Because not once, never, did you hear ANYTHING from Mark in this entire charade. This is how Scott Boras works, and his clients love him for it. Mark never said he wanted Boston, sources ?close to negotiations? did. That and a handful of nickels will get you a quarter.
Stop being surprised in these deals when you hear comments from EVERYONE but the players. Until the player speaks I am comfortable telling you more than 90 percent of what you hear is what teams WANT you to hear through their media ?sources?. Half of these folks get told things from teams because teams
WANT that message in particular, out there?
I think the Steinbrenners, coming off a miserable last season in Yankee Stadium, are dead set on opening the new stadium with a World Series and they don?t care how much it costs. Good for them. You can bitch all you want about the Yankees and greed but they spend money in a sincere effort to win it all, every year. What fan wouldn?t want their teams to do that.
