I mean, shit:
Boras recently proposed turning the Series into a best-of-nine contest, with the first two games played at a neutral site.
That way, the entire industry could turn the Fall Classic into a bustling convention – not unlike the Super Bowl, which has become America's favorite TV sports event. By comparison, the World Series continues to suffer from its hurry-up, hastily thrown-together agenda, a victim of the league championship's unpredictability. "Corporate America can't embrace [the World Series]; they don't know where the games are being played," Boras said by telephone recently. "People can't say, 'I'll see you at the World Series.' This way, we have a plan for it."
Under Boras' revamping – explained in a letter sent to MLB's headquarters – Game 1 would be played on a Saturday in a warm-weather city, where there's a low probability of rain or even snow. The night before, he said, would be like "the Oscars" where players from both teams would be introduced and feted before a national TV audience. But the event wouldn't be just for pennant winners; everyone would be there, including the game's biggest stars, along with the networks and the advertisers.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 27 June 2007 18:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Gord Ash proposed they turn the WS into a nhl style playoff format where roughly 1/2 the teams get a shot, with numerous rounds. he was promptly ignored, iirc.
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Wednesday, 27 June 2007 18:21 (sixteen years ago) link
they should play them all in the rose bowl!
that's actually a pretty hot idea. esp. the best-of-nine part.
― cankles, Wednesday, 27 June 2007 20:04 (sixteen years ago) link
well, as Dubya has turned the clock back to before the Scopes trial, returning the Series to the old 5-of-9 format would fit. Cue the ragtime.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 27 June 2007 20:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Yankees and Red Sox, best of 163. That's what I want to see. That's what America wants to see.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 27 June 2007 20:16 (sixteen years ago) link
What America wants to see is one 28-inning game.
― Leee, Wednesday, 27 June 2007 20:22 (sixteen years ago) link
New Yorker feature on Boras.
― Leee, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 17:18 (sixteen years ago) link
200 words is about all I can take on him (and I'm fine with mega-paid players).
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 17:20 (sixteen years ago) link
The Cliffs Notes version, then.
― Leee, Wednesday, 24 October 2007 17:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Scott Boras will be the keynote speaker at this summer's SABR convention in Long Beach CA.
― Fuck bein' hard, Dr Morbz is complicated (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 17 March 2011 03:25 (thirteen years ago) link
this guy is a fucking scumbag
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 17 March 2011 07:04 (thirteen years ago) link
tbh i don't really get the whole 'scott boras is ruining baseball' thing
― ciderpress, Thursday, 17 March 2011 07:08 (thirteen years ago) link
"this guy is a fucking scumbag"
Compared to the sport owners the guy is saint as far as I can tell.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 17 March 2011 12:12 (thirteen years ago) link
That said his Super Series is a really depressing idea.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 17 March 2011 12:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm guessing that went nowhere
― Fuck bein' hard, Dr Morbz is complicated (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 17 March 2011 13:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Which is weird cuz I could totally see Selig being all over that.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 17 March 2011 14:42 (thirteen years ago) link
just used the phrase "the opiate of player control" re: kris bryant and the cubs
― mookieproof, Thursday, 26 March 2015 21:14 (nine years ago) link
"ersatz baseball"
― mookieproof, Monday, 30 March 2015 19:28 (nine years ago) link
credit: ben lindbergh's twitterhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2rKIcBIIAAwJxt.png:large
― are... are you saying you fucked a gazelle? (slothroprhymes), Monday, 30 March 2015 19:49 (nine years ago) link
I have some editorial complaints about these MLBPA tweets
@MLB_PLAYERSToday is a bad day for baseball. We all know that if @KrisBryant_23 were a combination of the greatest Players to play our great game,(1/3)and perhaps he will be before it's all said and done, the @Cubs still would have made the decision they made today. (2/3)This decision, and other similar decisions made by clubs will be addressed in litigation, bargaining or both. (End)
and perhaps he will be before it's all said and done, the @Cubs still would have made the decision they made today. (2/3)
This decision, and other similar decisions made by clubs will be addressed in litigation, bargaining or both. (End)
― polyphonic, Monday, 30 March 2015 20:43 (nine years ago) link
everyone is just posturing about this, but that's especially egregious from the players association, which has consistently bargained away anything that would help minor leaguers/rookies (because those ppl aren't in the union and have no power)
― mookieproof, Monday, 30 March 2015 20:56 (nine years ago) link
The basic truth is this: Scott Boras walked into a bunch of GMs’ offices in the winter of 2000, he threw down a sheet of paper that said exactly what Alex Rodriguez was going to do over the next 10 years, and he was almost exactly right!
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=26172
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Monday, 27 April 2015 17:12 (eight years ago) link
Scott Boras just referred to Jake Arrieta as a “big squirrel with a lot of nuts in his trees.” Don’t ask why.— Jerry Crasnick (@jcrasnick) November 15, 2017
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 19:05 (six years ago) link
Scott Boras: “This isn’t the Windy City. This is the economic hurricane in Chicago of what the Cubs have done."— Patrick Mooney (@MooneyNBCS) November 15, 2017
― na (NA), Wednesday, 15 November 2017 20:04 (six years ago) link
is this moustakas deal the biggest L of boras' career y/n
yikes
― mookieproof, Friday, 9 March 2018 15:16 (six years ago) link
Scott Boras says Jake Arrieta “puts the cream in the coffee” for the Phillies. I think that means the Phillies are ready to win, but I don’t speak Borasese.— Jared Diamond (@jareddiamond) March 13, 2018
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 14:04 (six years ago) link
Scott Boras: ‘If this were major league Christmas, we’d be looking at 30 stockings that wanted a lump of Cole.’— Alex Speier (@alexspeier) November 13, 2019
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 21:34 (four years ago) link
Scott Boras on Nicholas Castellanos: “Ol’ St. Nick delivers once a year. Young St. Nick delivers all season.”— Vinnie Duber (@VinnieDuber) November 13, 2019
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 21:48 (four years ago) link
Scott Boras on Yasmani Grandal: "Some team's gonna find themselves having a very Yasmerry Christmas this year. It'll be a Grand 'al time"
― frogbs, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 21:53 (four years ago) link
Scott Boras on Travis d’Arnaud: "One lucky team is going to be decorating their tree with many fine d'Arnaments"
― frogbs, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 21:54 (four years ago) link
Scott Boras on Odrisamer Despaigne: "If I were you I'd open up a fine bottle of
eh fuck it
― frogbs, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 21:56 (four years ago) link
couldn't be taking a pay cut to move into color analyst
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 22:40 (four years ago) link
Scott Boras on the CF free agent market and Bradley’s place in it: ‘JBJ is kind of the PBJ of the market. He’s sweet, smooth, and spreads (defense, presumably?) all over.’— Alex Speier (@alexspeier) December 15, 2020
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 22:41 (three years ago) link