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A-rod negotiated his own contract after his agent, Scott Boras, made mistakes during his World Series announcement. The Yankees and Alex Rodriguez decided to renegotiate on their own. A-rod talks with 60 Minutes about it. Check out the article!A-rod negotiated his own contract after his agent, Scott Boras, made mistakes during... more
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It should come as no surprise that this years AL MVP is Alex Rodriguez.
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NEW YORK -- Alex Rodriguez is headed back to the New York Yankees as the American League's Most Valuable Player.
A-Rod won his third AL MVP award Monday, easily defeating Detroit's Magglio Ordonez after compiling an astounding season at the plate. Rodriguez received 26 first-place votes and 382 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, while Ordonez had two firsts and 258 points.
Rodriguez started the year with 14 homers in his first 18 games, hit .314 for the season and led the majors with 54 homers, 156 RBIs and 143 runs. He was the first player since New York's Roger Maris in 1961 to lead in the majors in homers, RBIs and runs, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Los Angeles Angels slugger Vladimir Guerrero finished third in the voting with 203 points, and Boston's David Ortiz (177) was fourth.
The only two first-place votes that didn't go to Rodriguez were from Tom Gage of The Detroit News and Jim Hawkins of The Oakland Press in Pontiac, Mich.It should come as no surprise that this years AL MVP is Alex Rodriguez.
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Buffett vs Boras in the A-Rod decision to go to NY. The picture is the only one I could find with Buffett in a sports environment.
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NEW YORK -- Warren Buffett advised Alex Rodriguez to approach the New York Yankees and go around agent Scott Boras, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.
The newspaper cited a person familiar with the matter, whom it did not identify.
"A-Rod really loves being a Yankee," Buffett was quoted as saying. He wouldn't comment on the substance of any discussions with the player.
The two became friends several years ago.
Rodriguez, on Boras' advise, opted out of the final three seasons of his record $252 million, 10-year contract on Oct. 28. The Yankees had said many times that if he opted out, they wouldn't negotiate because they would lose $21.3 million from Texas for the final three seasons that was agreed to at the time of the 2004 trade, money to offset the $72 million New York owed from 2008-10.
Upset with developments after he opted out, Rodriguez contacted Buffett, and the investor told him to approach the Yankees without his agent, the Journal said.
After speaking with the investor, Rodriguez contacted a managing director at Goldman Sachs that he knew, John Mallory, who then got in touch with Gerald Cardinale, a Goldman Sachs managing director who has worked with the Yankees and their YES Network.
With the assistance of the two Goldman executives, Rodriguez and the Yankees negotiated a $275 million, 10-year contract that is in the process of being finalized.
Copyright 2007 by The Associated PressBuffett vs Boras in the A-Rod decision to go to NY. The picture is the only one I... more
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money controls baseball in so many ways. the A-Rod story is getting irritating in my opinion. money controls baseball in so many ways. the A-Rod story is getting irritating in my... more
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The late 90's were characterized by fan worship of jeter/nomar/a-rod... with tejada as the 4th musketeer...
After what we saw this season, is this quartet of Tulowitzki, Rollins, Reyes, and Hanley Ramirez even better?
Grabbed from total sports nerd blog...The late 90's were characterized by fan worship of jeter/nomar/a-rod... with... more
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Apparently Alex Rodriguez is following Joe Torre to the Dodgers. In his move, Alex is said to be taking a small paycut from his average $33 million a year and Yankees fans won't have so much to gloat about. so basically it's a win-win! This couldn't be true, could it?Apparently Alex Rodriguez is following Joe Torre to the Dodgers. In his move, Alex is... more
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Garret Anderson of the Los Angeles Angels became only the twelfth player in baseball history to hit ten or more RBI's. The last player to reach double digits was Alex Rodriguez who did it in 2005 against the Angels. Ironically, both Anderson and Rodriguez hit a pair of home runs in this Tuesdays game including Anderson's grand slam in the sixth.Garret Anderson of the Los Angeles Angels became only the twelfth player in baseball... more
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Before Sunday morning there were only 23 pitchers in baseball history with 300 wins, Jimmie Foxx was the youngest player ever to hit 500 home runs and Hank Aaron alone held the most revered record in American sports. As fate would have it Sunday ended with Tom Glavine winning his 300th game, Alex Rodriguez reaching the 500 home run mark at only 32 years and eight days and Barry Bonds became the second person ever to hit 755 balls over the fence. What a difference a day makes.Before Sunday morning there were only 23 pitchers in baseball history with 300 wins,... more
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