The Agency
Posted by rich on July 17th, 2007
Last night I had the opportunity to watch the Commodores play Hyannis in my little luxury box behind home plate, like every other night. My buddy John Cabral, holder of the Collar Up Cup, hung out with me as well, which was cool. We talked about different web sites we like to browse and came up with a few new links for this one (check out the dashboard).
Throughout the game this guy kept popping in and looking over my shoulder to check out some f the pitchers. I figured he was a scout and finally asked him about the sixth inning or so who he was scouting for.
Now usually the answer to that question is one of the MLB teams. Last week I watched a game with a Red Sox scout, and I’ve shot the breeze with guys watching the league from nearly every club in the bigs.
But, he was not working for a big league team. He was working for a big league sports agent.
Now, because this guy was extremely cool, I don’t want to blow his cover (not that it is illegal for the agents to watch the kids play, they’re just not really supposed to have any type of relationship with them). This gentleman is an executive for a high-powered agency that represents several players you’ve heard of.
Now the normal baseball fan hears about agents and thinks about how they’re “ruining” the game, but this guy explained it as his boss looks out for the best interests of his clients, just as the teams that they’re negotiating with do the same. It was an argument you’ve heard on sports radio a million times, but still interesting to get it from the horse’s mouth.
We talked about he different types of baseball players that his company represents, and they prefer the high ticket ones, and why not? He said of the CCBL talent, there are only a handful of players that have the opportunity to be true MLB stars, and those are the ones that everyone would like to have in their folds, obviously.
I also learned some interesting tidbits about the NYY, but I can’t share those because they’re just heresay at this juncture. Still, it was fun to hear some dirt on those guys.
A fun night at the ballpark (the Commodores won their seventh straight — they’re hotter than hot right now) was made all the more interesting. As a baseball fan, it was an interesting perspective to hear. Cabral and I definitely were intrigued.
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If he had made today’s final table at the WSOP Main Event, this is the guy that we would have been rooting for. Instead, we’re going to go with the Rain Man.
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