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PLEASE DON'T BORAS WITH THE DETAILS: AGENT DEFENDS DEALINGS

          Agent Scott Boras called comments made by Padres
     President Larry Lucchino regarding Kevin Brown's signing
     with the Dodgers a "reflection of 'sour grapes,'" according
     to Buster Olney of the N.Y. TIMES.  Boras: "To suggest that
     the Dodgers and [News Corp. Chair Rupert] Murdoch lack
     market savvy is like saying Whitney Houston is tone-deaf. 
     It's a very arrogant and transparent position to suggest
     that the Dodgers, Murdoch and Fox are a willing market
     patsy."  Lucchino "suggested" that Boras was giving
     "misinformation" during the Brown negotiations and said,
     "there are flaws in the structure of the process that allows
     for blindman's bluff."  Boras, on Lucchino's suggestion that
     "contending offers" for a free agent be confirmed in one way
     or another: "The clubs did report their offers to central
     baseball, and it's called collusion, and they had to pay ...
     as a result" (N.Y. TIMES, 12/18).  More Boras: "This is a
     case of someone being upset with the market message, so they
     try to shoot the messenger" (L.A. TIMES, 12/18).            
          REAX: In N.Y., George Vecsey: "Cancel the basketball
     season.  And while you're at it, cancel the baseball season,
     too.  There's no point playing ball, what with big
     television money creating a wedge between the haves and the
     have-nots" (N.Y. TIMES, 12/18)....ESPN.com's Peter Gammons
     wrote that the Brown deal "raised questions about the
     dichotomy between the elite and the elves."  MLB Exec VP/
     Baseball Ops Sandy Alderson said that if teams "do the wise
     thing" and reduce payrolls to $15-20M to "finish in the
     second division ... it will get the union's attention"
     (ESPN.com, 12/16)....In Boston, Bob Ryan suggests that since
     Brown probably gets "some sort of bonus," on top of his $15M
     salary, if he makes the All-Star team, he should "kick back
     half a mill if he doesn't" (BOSTON GLOBE, 12/18).
          SAY IT AIN'T 'SPOS: The NATIONAL POST's Tom Maloney
     writes that the Expos, who received a revenue transfer
     payment of C$12M -- a 50% increase over their payroll of
     $8.3M -- are "accused" of using those payments to "turn a
     profit, rather than to field a competitive team."  MLB Exec
     VP/Baseball Ops Sandy Alderson "confirmed" that the Expos
     made a profit "primarily" due to the revenue transfers. 
     Expos VP/Baseball Ops Bill Stomeman: "These owners did not
     take $12-to-13 million and slide it into their pockets. ...
     I can tell you, without revenue sharing, this business
     doesn't survive" (NATIONAL POST, 12/18). 
          MLB NOTES: USA TODAY's Hal Bodley writes that MLB
     Commissioner Bud Selig's "first step to put a damper" on
     spending is to enforce a rule that states teams cannot
     borrow more than 40% of their value (USA TODAY, 12/18)...
     ...Fatsis & Walker of the WALL STREET JOURNAL report on
     other amenities offered to athletes in addition to
     "contracts for a zillion dollars a year" (WSJ, 12/18).

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